CES 2023 is coming to Las Vegas in the next few weeks, and many media and investors are asking me what can we expect this year? The Consumer Electronics Show is the premier kick-off event of the year with all sorts of new technology,...
Thanksgiving weekend greetings from the Midwest. Pictured is a flock of wild turkeys near the farm in Willard celebrating the “day after” (if only we had audio – they are not quiet!). This week, we will continue our discussion of key themes exiting 3Q...
Here we go again. Qualcomm has found itself in the middle of yet another grueling battle. This time with Arm, the chip technology company it has been working with. While no one knows how long this new fight will last, looking back on past...
'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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
