Within a couple of years, the exploitation of various infection techniques will make malware as problematic on mobile devices as it is on PCs – and because mobile operators are also subject to Windows-based
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Learning from security analytics >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: What is your mobile strategy? >
It’s a delicate (some might say indelicate) question to ask – What is your mobile strategy? But I’ve learned not to make assumptions when companies come to us looking for help with their mobility issues.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle (CTIA 2012 Special Edition): Operators look to respond to challenging market dynamics with new sources of differentiation and aggressive posturing >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Last week carriers, original equipment manufacturers and wireless ecosystem participants of all shapes and sizes descended on New Orleans for the annual CTIA show. And in a nice quirk of timing
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: All-indoor microwave – LTE’s best backhaul solution for North American operators >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
There’s a lot of buzz in the microwave industry about the trend toward all-outdoor radios, but those who haven’t been through LTE deployments may be surprised to learn that based on our experience deploying LTE backhaul
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: 1+1=0 >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
It seems that if you can find a couple of carriers that perhaps are not doing so well, the rumor mill automatically suggests that you put those two together in some sort of sorry dating game episode. (Is there really any other kind?)
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA 2012: Consumers want easy Wi-Fi access, but that’s easier said than done >
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Operator survey – VoLTE will happen, but … >
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
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Are iPhones costing companies more in telecommunications expenses? (The simple answer is yes) >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In today’s marketplace, there are three main competitors for mobile phone communications in the corporate world: iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. As of late, iPhone sales have moved
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CTIA 2012: CTIA pre-show buzz – who cares, who doesn’t >
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Yacht of fools >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Every few months, or whenever the rumor mill is running a bit thin (never!), a new report seems to surface claiming that Apple is looking to become a wireless carrier of some sort.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The monetization of LTE >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In today’s world of instant Internet gratification, speed is undeniably a critical component of the customer experience with a mobile operator’s service. How quickly one can upload or download things,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Four trends that will drive the always on, always connected world >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
For the past few years, at my direction, Accenture has studied usage of technology by consumers to identify major trends that might assist our corporate clients. Our most recent survey
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Further customer knowledge and loyalty with mobile payments >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
With all the current momentum in the mobile payments space it seems hard for merchants to be able to decide what, if anything, they should utilize now to enhance
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: The headache that keeps on giving >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
This past week and a half were marked by quarterly results from some of the nation’s largest wireless operators, each showing an interesting challenge that remain in the mobile space.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: What is the future of Wi-Fi in the mobile network? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
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
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Maximizing productivity in the age of consumerization >
In late February, I participated in a panel session at the Mobile World Congress event titled “Mobile Enterprise: Maximizing Workforce Productivity in the Age of Consumerization.”
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Mining for gold in the open mobile era >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Attitudes in mobile shift quickly – even among the most staunch protectors of the past. Barely a year ago, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, speaking at the annual mobile world conference,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: New FCC proposed rules may lead to better location accuracy for E911 calls >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Many people are unaware of the location-based services that underpin the provision of essential public safety services in the United States. The chief example is Enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) calls,
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Why Latin America is critical to the outsourcing success of the global and local enterprise >
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers, we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Warm and fuzzy >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
I have to admit that there is very little in the wireless space that tugs at my heart strings. I mean, with an industry full of bottom-line financial people, super-intelligent engineers and a “what have you done for me lately?” attitude, there is rarely a moment for warm feelings.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: WiGig – Lightning fast wireless connectivity >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
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
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Protecting the mobile network and devices >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Despite the increases in today’s mobile malware, many mobile operators and subscribers continue to be virtually blind to the full extent of the problem – they simply react to incidents as they occur and
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: LTE self-organizing networks and the RF optimization engineer >
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. In the current, fast-developing ICT …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Managed services for OSS – what Latin American service providers need to know >
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. Spurred by the need to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Why Wi-Fi offloading is needed with the expansion of 4G networks >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Solving operators’ “capacity crunch” has been a primary goal of mobile data offloading to Wi-Fi networks. Even with the expansion of 4G networks such as LTE and WiMAX, the benefits of mobile data offloading to a carrier-class Wi-Fi network are extremely compelling: