The American mobile telecommunications industry has matured from its early days of explosive growth to a saturated and fiercely competitive market where carriers are battling to simply retain existing
Bite into a ham sandwich someday soon, and the pork is likely to have originated from Chinese-owned Smithfield. Similarly, if you’re a Sprint Nextel customer, there’s a strong possibility
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.
Telefónica’s $500 million sale of a 40% stake in operating units in Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador...
There is widespread commitment to innovation throughout the electronics and high-tech industry. But this commitment is not reaping commensurate rewards. This needs to change. Innovation is too critical
At first glance, the solution to the so-called “mobile data crunch” looks simple: just allocate more spectrum. Hence the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan, which recommends
It is impossible to guess what mobile device, operating system version, user context or accessibility requirements your customers will be viewing your website on before it happens. But with a mobile
The wireless industry is one of the richest sources of news – technology breakthroughs, key appointments and disappointments, patent disputes, network developments, thinner/lighter/smarter/smaller devices,
Having attempted to steer clear of the Softbank/Sprint Nextel/Dish/Clearwire soap opera for at least a week, I find myself back in the stands at this ongoing circus trying to again
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Analyst Angle section. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
Service providers in Latin America that focus on five strategic initiatives will find success in...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Analyst Angle section. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
What’s happening?
The increasing interest in "4G" technology in Latin America was clearly seen at Informa...
In today’s data-centric world, LTE is typically associated with evolving high-speed data services, but its voice applications are rapidly gaining traction. As global LTE network deployments rapidly accelerate,
Many operators around the world are cognizant of the fact that there has been a seismic shift in their business world over the last few years, while others are just waking up to the reality.
This week witnessed the first half of wireless trade association CTIA’s on-going dual-trade show format, with the “spring” event held in Las Vegas. Thankfully, this process of holding both a
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
Brazil is a vast country, occupying more than 8.5 million square kilometers—and dominating the map of South America. Brazil’s sheer...
Three events have impacted the balance of postpaid power thus far in 2013: 1) Walmart’s introduction of the iPhone 5 (3G only) through Tracfone/Verizon Wireless. We have spent some time on the million net add effect on Verizon Wireless’ Q1
About one billion people are employed by small- and medium-sized businesses around the world. At first glance, it seems unlikely these SMBs would have much in common; they cover all sorts of
Distributed antenna systems have been one of the fastest-growing types of cellular infrastructure for the past 15 years. In the late 1990’s, DAS were initially deployed inside
With the rapid increase in social networking, gaming and commerce traffic coming from mobile devices, there’s suddenly a gaping need for a Web experience designed primarily for access from mobile devices,
There is nothing like desperation to make someone sweat. And there is nothing like the smell of sweat to tell when someone is desperate. Some may call it sweet, but I prefer to refer
Between April 24 and April 26, the GSMA LA Plenary Meeting No. 39 was held in Bogota, Colombia, with more than 400 attendees from 19 countries including representatives from mobile operators, telecommunications suppliers,
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
A new trinity is on the rise: Mobility, cloud computing and social media are set to become inextricably linked over...
There are few markets as hot, exciting and challenging as machine-to-machine these days. Analyst forecasts are an obvious way to identify a hot market, but another is the number of vendors entering
