Analyst Angle

Editor’s Note: This analysis was taken from an article that Ovum will be publishing in its subscriber newsletter in June, 2012. Summary Ovum recently attended a Nokia-hosted analyst event in Dubai, where the vendor explained its current business and future …

Reporting remotely on the All Things D conference has its advantages and disadvantages, with the primary drawback being the inability to feel the energy of the event firsthand. I’d guess that a gathering of that much power and influence would …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. After reaching the second position in the Brazilian mobile market last …

The benefit of a long plane ride home with no diversions other than sitting through a playlist of hot-poker-to-the-eye “rom-coms” that I already watched traveling to and from the other spring trade shows is that I had plenty of time …

DUBLIN – In the morning keynote panel kicking off the TM Forum’s Management World 2012 event, financial analysts joined the TM Forum’s executive leadership to discuss what factors will determine the “winners and losers” in the digital world. Specifically, the …

DUBLIN – Alcatel-Lucent kicked off its TM Forum Management World 2012 presence by announcing a significant new addition to the CEM solution capabilities that it officially brought to market in February. The new offering, entitled Managed Service Quality and Assurance, …

As I get ready to make the journey from Austin to Dublin for the TM Forum’s Management World 2012 event, I’m scrolling through a few key checklist items in my mind: remember my passport, rationalize the need to pack sweaters …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. The 2012 edition of the International CTIA Wireless show held …

On the day that Sprint tooted its horn as being the leading U.S. carrier in terms of customer satisfaction, the wireless operator’s service went down covering nearly the entire Austin, Texas metro area. Local station KEYE TV reported that “a …

During the last decade, Latin America’s telecom industry has seen the rise and fall of many challengers to the iDEN “push-to-talk” service. The would-be successors used different technologies

Beside hearing the obligatory merger rumors, and seeing an unbelievably massive amount of cell phone bling on display, last week’s CTIA showcased plenty of equipment vendors showing off technologies that can help operators serve up blazing fast mobile broadband connections. …

NEW ORLEANS – In a study released by the WiFi Alliance, 90% of participants said that they would stick with their current mobile service provider, while 70% said that they would switch service providers, if necessary, to gain access to …

What do mobile operators think about VoLTE? Operators like MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless have announced aggressive VoLTE plans, with MetroPCS planning to launch two to three VoLTE handsets before

NEW ORLEANS – Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks both announced radio and professional services deals with T-Mobile USA to modernize the operator’s GSM and HSPA+ assets and support its LTE roll-out which is scheduled to begin in 2013. For its …

NEW ORLEANS – The GSM Association announced the commercial launch of its OpenAPI gateway, along with its adoption by a consortium of three mobile network operators in Canada – Bell Canada, Rogers and Telus. The gateway offers application developers the …

New Orleans, Louisiana – In advance of CTIA Wireless, 3M released the Slim Lock Closure which provides weatherproof protection for coaxial jumper connections between tower mounted remote radio units and the antenna. The Slim Lock product consists of a hard …

By now I’ve read most of the “what we expect to see” columns heading into this year’s edition of CTIA Wireless. As expected, most of them are pretty bland, some are kinda whiny and a few are insightful. With that …

For most folks, news of heightened venture capital activity, especially when centered on a particular hot industry trend, should conjure a very appealing mental image: Jobs. Today, LifeStreet Media, a mobile advertising platform vendor, announced a $66 million investment from …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. A primary challenge for wireless operators in Latin America and the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In January 2012, Anatel opened the LTE-spectrum auction rules for public …

It is well established that mobile data traffic is growing much faster than mobile data service revenues. One thing that really has helped mobile operators handle this traffic is

There seems to be an insatiable thirst for speed when it comes to wireless. Whatever we have today, users always want more than what’s currently available. I remember when the predecessors