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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 one-month review – Highly functional foldable phone with bold looks (Analyst Angle)

'Perfect fusion between the small size of a flip phone and ... advanced functions' My wife Ashwini and I have been using and testing Galaxy Z Flip4 for over a month. My wife uses it as a daily driver, and I intermittently steal it from...

The scorching of Arm’s earth (Analyst Angle)

On September 30, 2022, Qualcomm Inc. quietly filed a counterclaim to Arm’s lawsuit against Qualcomm/Nuvia. It was a long-awaited rebuttal as it seemed Qualcomm had gone dark after the company’s General Counsel, Ann Chaplin, released a brief retort shortly after Arm went very public...

The Sunday Brief: All aboard the fiber bandwagon

Greetings from New York City (pictured), Lake Charles (Louisiana), Nevada (Missouri), and other points across the Midwest.  It’s been great being out on the road and seeing fiber deployments finally coming into shape (Fastwyre’s recent 9-area fiber expansion coverage from Diana Goovaerts at Fierce...

Kagan: Altice USA new CEO Dennis Mathew is focused on growth

Dennis Mathew is the new CEO of Altice USA, one of the nation’s largest cable television companies. The good news is he comes from Comcast, the nation’s largest and most successful cable TV giant. So, the hope is, the lessons he learned there over...

Galaxy Fold 4 one-month review— best productivity device for people on the move

I have been using Galaxy Fold 4 for the last six weeks and can confidently say that this is the best productivity device for people on the move. It significantly reduces reliance on laptops and eliminates the need for a tablet. It's an excellent...

The Sunday Brief: Competitive responses matter (3Q 2022 earnings review)

Halloween weekend greetings from the Midwest, where fall colors are in full show and temperatures are still above freezing.  Pictured is my neighbor’s Trick-or-Treat Treehouse moments before a dozen costumed boys showed up for their annual party.  With each of the Fab Five and Telco...

Kagan: Huawei says wireless industry moving from 5G to 5.5G

Huawei held their Global Mobile Broadband Forum 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand, last week. One of many interesting ideas they shared in the future outlook of the telecom industry is moving from 5G to 5.5G. Let’s take a closer look at what that means to...

Kagan: Top 5G players to watch in 2023

Last week, when AT&T and Verizon announced their earnings, I was asked to be a guest on the TD Ameritrade Network to discuss their future and that of the wireless industry. We discussed the changes, the challenges, and the growth opportunities, and what the...

Transforming next-gen enterprise Wi-Fi networks with wireless

When you think of enterprise Wi-Fi, what comes to mind is an office with many laptops, smartphones, and other devices all seamlessly connecting over wireless. However, the irony is that it takes lots of cabling and rooms full of wired routers and switches to...

Kagan: Facebook ignores hacked user plea for help

We’ve all heard the horror stories about stolen identities when our names and photos are stolen and used to create fake accounts on social media like Facebook and Twitter. It has happened to me before on Twitter, but they corrected the problem quickly. Then...

The Sunday Brief: So many questions for third-quarter earnings

Mid-September greetings from the Midwest, Georgia and Alabama, where we are wrapping up our Moundville Telephone Company acquisition.  Pictured is Tuska, a 7-ton elephant statue that was recently moved to the Bryant-Denny stadium in Tuscaloosa.  Legend has it that the association with elephants dates back...

Kagan: Where automated, self-driving vehicles are today and what’s next

We’ve been hearing so much about the amazing future of autonomous and self-driving cars for several years. And while I do believe the future will be filled with a wide variety of self-driving technologies that today we only see today in sci-fi movies, getting...

Why 5G Advanced is more important than people think (Analyst Angle)

5G Advanced, or as some vendors call it, 5.5G, is the next iteration of cellular standards and promises to enhance current 5G networks with not just organic updates, but also introduce major new functionality primarily targeting enterprise networking. These new features include Sidelink, Reduced...

The Sunday Brief: Glass half full or empty? (Jennifer Fritzsche, guest columnist)

Editor’s note:  We are very thankful for friends like Jennifer who are there when parental moves come into the picture.  Today’s opening picture was snapped last night as we prepared for the last leg of the “Planes, Automobiles, Hurricane, U-Haul, Trains” variant of the...

Kagan: Telehealth improves emergency healthcare

Telehealth, or telemedicine, uses modern electronics and telecommunications technology to connect patients to medical services, long-distance. Wireless is playing a growing role in this important and growing space. As it continues to advance, telehealth is now taking healthcare to new levels in areas which...

Kagan: Verizon slow recovery is a work in progress

CEO Hans Vestberg is focused on creating a Verizon turnaround and sustainable comeback. This has been the challenge he has been wrestling with since taking over the leadership position in 2018 from Lowell McAdam. Let’s take a closer look at how he is doing...

The Sunday Brief: Why did John Legere succeed? A decade in retrospective

Mid-September greetings from the Midwest.  We’re back to doing media interviews for Fastwyre Broadband – his latest appearance with the USDA Missouri Program Director, Kyle Wilkens, is here.  This week, after a full market commentary, we will look back on the impact of a decade of...

Kagan: Satellite service may be next step for wireless industry

The wireless industry is about to take the next big leap into the future with satellite connectivity. In the early days it was analog and voice. Then it changed to digital with 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G bringing a wave of new apps...

Kagan: Why Huawei is in ‘survival mode’ and Qualcomm is still growing

It’s amazing how quickly things can change in the wireless industry. A few short years ago both Qualcomm and Huawei were at the top of their games, battling it out for dominance in the minds of the global wireless marketplace. Today, things are much...

AI as a native part of the cellular radio system: Implementation approaches and market opportunities (Analyst Angle)

The mobile industry is witnessing a fundamental shift in the way in which Radio Frequency (RF) systems are handled. In no small part, this is mostly due to the shift to 5G and its related use cases, which brings with it a massive burden...

The Sunday Brief: Labor Day edition—August eye-catchers

Labor Day weekend greetings from the Midwest.  Since there was not a particularly attractive opening picture (most this week were of competitor’s sloppy hole digging), we are including a wonderful shot of a hot air balloon from our Colorado trip in July.  Hope your...

Kagan: Key questions on SpaceX, T-Mobile US satellite wireless service

Elon Musk of SpaceX and Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile US, against a backdrop of rockets recently announced they are joining forces to take wireless to the next level… satellites. They will use Starlink satellites to connect calls, texts and data sessions when the...

Kagan: Cox Mobile faces significant challenge entering wireless

After a long wait, Cox, the Atlanta-based media giant which has its hands into more industries than you can shake a stick at, finally entered the wireless business with Cox Mobile. Let’s take a closer look at how the cable TV companies are doing...

Huawei launches the green development solution to reduce global carbon emissions (Analyst Angle)

Huawei recently held its Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week conference, July 18-22, 2022, with a commitment to building “simplified, green and intelligent” Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure. In addition to making recommendations for a joint industry standard for energy efficiency, Huawei also launched its...