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Analyst Angle: Death of the hard disk drive in mobile

Flash solid state storage is becoming more viable in mobile devices as price per GB continues to fall Let me ask you a critical question: How much storage do you need in your mobile devices? 64 gigabytes? 128GB? More? How about 1 terabyte?...

Increasing spectral efficiency in the RAN by optimizing transmission in the core

A conversation about RAN optimization with Ofer Gottfried, CTO, Flash Networks Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Policy is a crucial driver for operators to meet QoE targets, to allocate their existing network resources efficiently, and...

Mobile World Live TV: Back in Barcelona (sponsored content)

It’s almost time for the doors to open on the world’s biggest annual mobile tech event: Mobile World Congress. And this year the Mobile World Live team is ramping up its TV broadcast with some major new program launches. This year we’ve expanded our...

Driving network strategy through customer perception

A conversation about network strategy with Mony Kochupillai, Head of Network Perception, Three UK Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Policy is a crucial driver for operators to meet QoE targets, to allocate their existing...

Tracking down QoE at the subscriber and network levels

A conversation about QoE with Neil McKinlay, Director of Product Management, Anritsu Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Policy is a crucial driver for operators to meet QoE targets, to allocate their existing network resources efficiently,...

Analyst Angle: Why mobile is a $3 trillion dollar market

Extrapolating $3 trillion in value from the mobile industry “A billion here, a billion there; pretty soon you’re talking real money.” --Attributed to Everett Dirksen, Wikipedia All of us know mobile is big business: just look at what it costs when you get a new smartphone and...

Analyst Angle: Sprint, spectrum and secondary markets

Roger Entner dissects Sprint as a viable carrier, finds hope in need of focus Sprint had a good subscriber quarter with an extremely aggressive pricing plan offering 50% off competitor pricing plans, guaranteeing the low prices until 2018. Sprint is basically buying customers. Nothing wrong...

Analyst Angle: Sprint network plan equals ‘Network Suicide’

Iain Gillott from iGR breaks down Sprint network plans and does not like what he sees Much has been written and speculated in the last week about Sprint’s network plans after the publication of a Re/Code article and the plan to significantly cut network expenses....

Optimizing network performance with a view to service creation and monetization

A conversation about network performance with Danielle Elaine Smith, Marketing Director, Alepo Download a transcript of the interview and receive the Getting the best QoE report Policy is a crucial driver for operators to meet QoE targets, to allocate their existing network resources efficiently, and to support...

Analyst Angle: Combined RAN market share for the ‘new’ Nokia

Is it three or two? With the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent now completed at Nokia, we believe that a review of the RAN market share for the combined new company is in order. We will have our updated 2015 radio transceiver (TRx) and base station market...

Analyst Angle: Shaw acquisition of Wind – a model for U.S. cablecos?

Wireless 20/20 looks north to see if the pending Shaw acquisition of Wind Mobile is the model for U.S. cablecos Shaw Communications agreed to acquire Wind Mobile in a deal worth approximately C$1.6 billion (around $1.16 billion). Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shaw competes most directly...

Analyst Angle: Extracting and correlating relevant QoE and KPI data, using analytics

A conversation about QoE with Anil Singh, Director of Product Management, RAN Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Operators have access to extremely granular data on their networks and their subscribers. To benefit from this data...

Analyst Angle: An end-to-end, real-time approach to using QoE in network optimization

A conversation about QoE with Paul Gowans, Wireless & RAN Solutions Marketing Manager, and Ronnie Neil, Customer Experience Assurance Solutions Marketing Manager Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report Measuring QoE is difficult and even more...

2016 Detroit Auto Show recap

The North American International Auto Show, popularly known as the Detroit Auto Show, happens each year the week after CES. As CES steals the thunder from many industry trade shows, it wasn't until this year it became clear they had stolen the auto industry's...

Analyst Angle: Preparing for the 600 MHz incentive auction

Wireless 20/20 digs into preparations for the upcoming FCC 600 MHz incentive auction proceedings It is time for bidders to start gearing up for the 600 MHz band incentive auction. This could be the last time a large block of valuable low-band spectrum will be...

Analyst Angle: Testing and monitoring wireless networks to capture and optimize QoE

A conversation about QoE with Tim Brooks, Account Director, Ascom Network Testing Download a transcript of the interview and be the first to receive the Getting the best QoE report The move to all-IP networks and the focus on QoE increases the complexity of testing and monitoring mobile...

Analyst Angle: Nokia purchase of Alcatel-Lucent is a 6:1 reverse split

How did we end up here? A history lesson In the beginning, there were six global wireless radio access network equipment vendors: Alcatel, Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia and Nortel Networks. Subsequently in the mid-2000s, the emergence of the Chinese vendors to support TD-SCDMA for...

Analyst Angle: The business case for neutral host networks in high-traffic venues

Small cell and distributed antenna system networks have become important and fast growing complements to deploying new spectrum and adding additional macro towers as U.S. mobile operators are focused on densifying their networks in urban areas. Small cells are becoming more common as an...

Analyst Angle: Cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity in subways

Anyone who has traveled in a subway train has had the frustrating experience of losing their cellular and Wi-Fi connection. As the number of urban dwellers continues to rise along with the number of subway passengers, there is a need to fulfill the traveler’s...

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile battle: what are the rewards, risks?

What are the potential rewards, risks from the latest AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile battle Domestic wireless carriers have been busy over the past several weeks rolling out promotions taking advantage of the holiday shopping season in order to target consumers, and more importantly customers...

Analyst Angle: Wi-Fi roaming business case

More and more, people throughout the world are relying on their smart devices to stay connected with friends, family and colleagues when they are traveling. Cellular roaming services have been available for quite some time. However, it’s been estimated as many as 70% of...

Using QoE to optimize network performance? Not trivial, but necessary

The desire to optimize the mobile network is a no-brainer. Who could possibly not want to extract the best performance, the most revenues out of the existing, already deployed mobile network infrastructure? Indeed, mobile operators have been optimizing their networks from the beginning, trying to pack as...

Analyst Angle: LTE-U’s balancing act

Complementary coexistence or incongruous competitor? The making of mobile standards can be a convoluted business. There's the pure technology aspect, but that's often just the tip of the iceberg. Underneath lies a pile of patent issues, lobbying efforts, regional requirements and political motives. In the...

Feature Report: 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...