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. Truth is, …
Opinion
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The blurring of voice and data revenues – How mobile operators can win >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Why Standards Matter >
In some situations using a non-standard solution may have governmental, technical, process based, financial or other commercial competitive advantages. This route works great if you have the time, money, and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: There is no way back >
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. It is known that there …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Good coverage comes in small (cell) packages >
4G and LTE technologies will only partially deliver the efficiencies required to handle the necessary network capacity. Service providers are looking towards the use of small cells to help alleviate the capacity issue.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: RCS – Gaining traction, but misunderstood >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Though mobile users have embraced traditional messaging services, today’s converging communication environment offers a wide range of alternatives. In many ways, subscriber loyalty is shifting from the mobile network operator
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Why should you care about small cells? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Small cells consist of femtocells, picocells and microcells. They are defined by what they aren’t – traditional macro cell networks. Small cells exist to improve data and/or voice coverage via throughput for users
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Fiber everywhere? Hold that thought >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Due to the rapid adoption of tablets and new bandwidth intensive applications, mobile data traffic doubled in 2011 and user demand is expected to increase 18-times by 2016. This tremendous capacity growth
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: HALEA opens new business models for wireless operators >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
April 20 marked the one-year anniversary of the so-called “location-gate” controversy in which it was first revealed that Apple (and soon after Google) were tracking subscriber location information and storing that data
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: That’s the way you debate! >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
I believe I have mentioned before that I would rather get punched in the stomach than give a wireless carrier a compliment, but this week it looks like I am going to have to toughen up and take one in the gut.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: LTE – A game changer? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
LTE initial network build activity has been particularly strong in North America, South Korea and Japan. Success by early adopters when it comes to network rollout and performance, device offering and subscriber adoption has compelled
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Who had their vacation cancelled this summer (and why)? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Before we dig into four examples of those who had to work straight through the summer, let’s update a few of the trends we have been developing over the past few months.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality check: Big data challenges mobile operators >
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. The current explosion in mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Saving carriers money – The impact of ‘packet brokers’ >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Carriers and operators constantly face the challenge of containing costs while responding to rapidly changing business environments, especially when it comes to maintaining high visibility and compliance in their networks.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Better passwords, better security >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
To many users, password policies are as daunting and ridiculous as the tax code. Nobody enjoys having to remember or type complex and difficult passwords day after day. Even worse is having to change those passwords month-after-month for no reason.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Mirror, mirror >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Not sure how much everyone is following the ongoing court battle between Samsung and Apple over who stole who’s designs, but it’s pretty funny.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Choosing the right backhaul for small cells >
There is a near universal consensus among mobile operators that small cells are the way of the future – the only solution that will enable them to provide the capacity they need to meet the expectations for the fast growing numbers of smartphone users.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Let’s hear it for voice >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The disruption that the advent of Skype caused to telecoms operators was initially viewed as a challenge to the fixed line market – to international calls from landlines.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: An enterprising proposal – targeting business clients to bolster revenues >
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. As mobile data and voice …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Cloud is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’ >
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. Much is made of cloud …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: How to turn customer service into a win-win >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
With smartphones and other connected devices powering so much of our daily activity, it becomes a big headache when something isn’t working right. A broken link in the productivity chain
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Apple’s redemption >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Last week, I used this soapbox to go into some detail regarding Apple’s current “issues” in regards to the iPhone and how it’s positioned in the market and comparing its current 4S model to a non-too-handsome product of the U.S. automotive industry.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Research In Motion – Will going with QNX prove better than Android? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
For a while there (before the introduction of the iPhone), it seemed Research In Motion just about had it all. BlackBerry sales were growing worldwide and the devices were so addictive that the public called it “CrackBerry.”
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Service provider Wi-Fi trends are looking up >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Service providers have dramatically increased their investment in Wi-Fi, a trend we expect will continue for years to come. Dell’Oro Group predicts that by 2016, over nine million service provider Wi-Fi access points will be in operation,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: What’s behind last week’s strong earnings reports? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Many telecommunication providers reported earnings last week, and their stocks largely flowed with good news. AT&T started the parade, with Sprint Nextel and MetroPCS following.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Comparing wireless sensor networks – wired vs. wireless >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Many building owners today are dealing with higher utility bills, old equipment systems and disparate controls that have been pieced together. One solution is the use of wireless networks to cost-effectively upgrade and replace antiquated controls.