In the last several weeks, two leading mobile operating system vendors moved into the mobile payments space. Apple announced its new mobile wallet Passbook that will debut with iOS 6 this fall.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Mobile OS vendors continue to invest in mobile payments >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Apple’s Aztek >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
While I have given up trying to explain Sprint Nextel, it appears that maybe, just maybe, people are getting wise to Apple’s gambit of rolling out improved devices every 12 months or so.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Short-term services driving long-term changes to OSS/BSS integration >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Historically, the primary focus for business support systems platforms has been the commercial side of delivering services, whereas the focus for operations support systems platforms has been on the technical control of services.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Byte me! >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
This week, AT&T Mobility joined fellow wireless behemoth Verizon Wireless in announcing plans to offer customers the “choice” to pool data resources into one plan that is shared across multiple devices.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: How did Verizon do it? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
On Thursday, Verizon Communications kicks off the telecommunications earnings season with their release expected before Wall Street opens (Google, another closely followed company, announces after the bell).
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Multi-device support – How to manage the complexities >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
One of the great promises of mobile technology is the consumers’ ability to connect to the Internet or mobile Web via any number of different types of mobile devices (e.g., feature phones, smartphones, tablets,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Life on the ‘high C’s’ – Competitive differentiators for mobile operators >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Today’s mobile network operators inhabit a similar atmosphere, faced with daily competition and a scramble to succeed. Theirs is a world of mobile networks, devices and services all evolving at an extremely
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: A simple evolution >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
I will admit that I get little charge from mobile devices. At this point in the evolutionary timeline of devices targeting the wireless communication space, it seems that I am stuck in the time of Cro-Magnon Phone.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Central, Eastern European markets in structural impasse >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
We recently attended Capacity CEE 2012 in Prague, where regional wholesalers and their retail customers shared their perspectives on the market. There was, of course, a lot of fighting talk
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: How can AT&T best satisfy its shareholders? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Second quarter earnings announcements are just around the corner, and having a closer look at Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Time Warner Cable should help cement our theses for the telecommunications sector.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Operators vs. OTT >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
We never thought we’d see a parallel between wireless operators and team sports, but today that parallel seems highly appropriate.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: How AT&T, Verizon and Vodafone can recoup billions spent on carrier clouds >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Look around. Cloud services are hot and everyone is trying their best to cash in. According to Informa, in 2011, 127 telecoms operators spent $13.5 billion in capital investments on carrier cloud infrastructure,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: A look at the filthy side of the business >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: IT is changing >
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. Around the world, IT resources …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Transforming the billing experience to win over customers >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
How often do service providers interact with their customers? If they’re providing the agreed upon service at the agreed upon price, chances are the interaction is limited.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: In-building DAS – cost savings with pushable fiber >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
DAS is an exciting technology as it allows for greater usage and bandwidth transfer in heavily populated areas. Whether building outdoor DAS or in-building DAS, fiber serves as the building block to a successful DAS implementation.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Trying too hard? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In case you hadn’t heard, Verizon Wireless is crazy for spectrum. Crazy!
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Order-to-cash and revenue management >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
One of the game-changing shifts that communications service providers face as they transform their networks for mobile broadband is an evolution from subscription-based business models to service based ones.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: High-tech industry needs to capitalize on ‘superstack’ trend now >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The mobility, enterprise and consumer electronics industries are being funda¬mentally changed by a new type of business model called the “superstack.” Accenture defines a superstack
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: LTE and 2014 FIFA World Cup – the Brazilian spectrum auction explained >
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 week of June 10 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Safeguarding mobile payments >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
With mobile phones set to become as indispensable as a wallet for buying goods and services, mobile payment developments are rapidly gathering pace and different service providers are competing for their slice of the pie.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: The secret lives of mobile employees >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
A 2011 McAfee survey entitled “Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges” found that 63% of mobile devices accessing corporate networks are also used for personal activities.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Swing and a miss >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The tablet world was rocked this week when Microsoft announced its latest foray into the space with its highly anticipated Surface device sporting the latest Windows operating system.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Giving your network a voice – the power of analytics >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In today’s mobile world, the occasional dropped call or slow-loading app are bound to happen, but users are growing less tolerant of such “hiccups” and are more demanding of consistent mobile performance.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Business as unusual – the way to get results >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Business leaders and CEOs know that a “business as usual” approach often brings only the usual results, especially in a difficult economy. Service providers are also quickly discovering that “business as usual” is the wrong attitude,