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Analyst Angle: 2016 outlook for macrocell base station market murky

EJL Wireless Research just published its new macrocell base station market analysis and forecast research report. The findings indicate the overall market grew by 16% in 2015, and reached record shipment levels with Huawei Technologies still the number one supplier. LTE technology also represented...

T-Mobile: Wi-Fi Calling and VoLTE jointly redefine voice

A conversation about Wi-Fi Calling with Mark McDiarmid, VP of Radio Network Engineering and Development, T-Mobile US Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice.” With over half of voice...

Analyst Angle: The outlook for Sprint (Pt. 3) – the price of success

In its immediate attempts to right its financial ship, is Sprint hampering its competitive position going forward against rivals Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile? Time for the third – and last – article on the immediate outlook for Sprint. And in the words of Billy Joel,...

Analyst Angle: How enterprises can manage CYOD

Enterprises have seen their IT strategies transform from managing BYOD to overseeing CYOD, which then calls for MDM, MCM, MAM and EMM For many years, “bring-your-own-device” strategies have been popular in enterprises. This came about because users wanted to bring their own personal mobile devices...

Analyst Angle: The outlook for Sprint (Pt. 2) – the Ferrari spectrum problem

Does Sprint have a Ferrari in the garage? Iain Gillott looks at Sprint’s options in terms of its 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings For the second installment on the outlook for Sprint, let’s start with a little fantasizing. Imagine you own a Ferrari. A really nice,...

Analyst Angle: What Yahoo needs to do in mobile

Gerry Purdy suggest when the new owner of Yahoo is determined, they will need to provide more cross mobile integration When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared mobile would be one of the keystones that would play out across their strategic media outlets that included Search,...

Raising the bar for voice quality over LTE and Wi-Fi

A conversation about voice quality with Al Balasco, Senior Director of Product Management, Radisys Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In our conversation with Al Balasco, Senior...

Expanding the reach of voice services in the enterprise with LTE and Wi-Fi

A conversation with Terry McCabe, CTO, Mobile Division, Mitel Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” With VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling, the role and reach of voice is changing...

Analyst Angle: Text messaging as a services platform

Text messaging remains a significant form of communication between people, but it also looks set to become an ordering platform for businesses Remember when you could sign up for online email notifications? You could ask your bank to email you an alert if your balance...

Analyst Angle: The outlook for Sprint (Pt. 1) – the WYSIWYG network

Iain Gillott parses out Sprint network plans in light of recent comments, noting what’s there today will likely be the same in a year Market research analysts love change and confusion. And so in the mobile world of 2016, Sprint is like a gift straight...

The evolution of voice testing

A conversation about voice testing with Robert Bichefsky, Senior Manager, and Jagdish Vadalia, Senior Manager, GL Communications Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In this conversation, we talked...

Improving voice quality with VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling

A conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran, Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies about VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” In this conversation with Shyamal Ramachandran,...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi doesn't let success go to its head

Wi-Fi is a decades-old technology, but it remains as relevant as ever because it continues to evolve in ways that benefit vendors, service providers and their customers. The Wi-Fi Alliance’s 2015 annual report is a convenient opportunity to look back and forward at some of the...

Analyst Angle: 5G is not really about faster data

Mobile Experts sees the move to 5G as a change in business models, not just a move for higher speeds Each generation of technology adds something new to the picture: 1G gave us a phone in the car; 2G put the phone in your pocket;...

Analyst Angle: Think about supporting mobile before the desktop and web

Development should focus on building mobile apps first and then build out the backend infrastructure for the web and cloud It wasn’t too long ago (less than five years) when the strategy for application development was entirely focused on the desktop, which could be a...

AT&T: Expanding voice and video use across interfaces, devices and services

A conversation about expanding voice and video with Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio Access Network and Device Design, AT&T Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” Gordon Mansfield, VP Radio...

With analytics, VoLTE leverages real-time, end-to- end network and service assurance

A conversation with Michael Campbell, Director of Service Assurance, EXFO Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the report “Voice comes to the fore, again. VoLTE and Wi-Fi Calling redefine voice” Ensuring a good voice quality experience with VoLTE requires a robust...

Analyst Angle: Search – something that seems generic, but is actually a family of similar services

Gerry Purdy looks at the complex world of web search and finds there are actually places outside the reach of Google and Bing You can search the contents of your PC or Mac, but not easily search the contents of your mobile device. You can...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi here and now

I just returned from the well-organized and well-attended Wi-Fi Now conference in Washington, D.C. Topics at the three-day conference included enterprise applications, home security, innovations, leadership, carriers, spectrum, LTE-U, the "Uber-ization" of the wireless industry and the disruptive role of Wi-Fi. There was less talk about...

Analyst Angle: It’s about APPU and QoE, not ARPU

Summary Traditionally, average revenue per user (ARPU) has been one of the key metrics used to measure service providers’ (SP) financial performance. Increased competition has been putting downward pressure on ARPU, resulting in declining earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). In parallel, the...

Analyst Angle: Will indoor small cells ever scale?

Dell’Oro Group looks at challenges facing small cells as they try to garner scale in the consumer and enterprise space At a high level, small cells have moved from the hype phase to reality. The Dell’Oro Group estimates the nonresidential small cell market approached 300,000...

5G empowering vertical industries

Standards work on "5G" technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s not too early to begin pondering what 5G could mean for verticals such as health care, manufacturing, smart cities and...

LTE-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi: moving beyond coexistence

Unlicensed spectrum is hugely valuable, and mobile operators are increasingly eager to leverage that spectrum. They started with Wi-Fi offload, and are now moving to LTE-Unlicensed and new ways to integrate Wi-Fi in their networks (carrier Wi-Fi, LWA). The Senza Fili report, “LTE unlicensed and...

The smart RAN: Trends in the optimization of spectrum and network resource utilization

This report on smart RAN will provide an overview and assessment of new technologies and solutions that optimize mobile traffic management to deliver a better performance and QoE, by improving network resource utilization. The report will discuss how real-time traffic management and virtualization will...