BROWSING: Opinion

Analyst Angle: India's 3G spectrum auctions: design, intent and consequences: Gov't should trust competitive dynamics, tighten bid activity rules

India's 3G spectrum auction is, by most counts, a meticulously designed exercise that seeks to serve many competing goals across the equity/efficiency divide. For instance, almost in a textbook manner, it seeks to discourage collision among players, deter predatory pricing, and ensure efficient price...

Analyst Angle: Name that phone

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. Since the debut of the iPhone, a glut of touchscreen feature phones – often with...

Reality Check: Three headlines no telecom CEO wants to read

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.There’s going to be a lot to talk about earnings in the next few days, and, despite...

Reality Check: Organization benefiting from the mobile Web

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.When you’re thinking about advanced technology and progressive Web adoption, what type of firm or organization do...

Reader Forum: Overcoming fragmentation in mobile ecosystems

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: Addressing the capacity crunch

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Further proof that life isn't fair

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Analyst Angle: Seven unlimited prepaid trends

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.It is no secret that the wireless sector has transformed and the segment seeing the...

Cox wireless bundle could be game changer: (Or how I fell in love with the TV again)

A few recent developments have made me believe that Cox Communications' wireless offering can be a game changer for the industry. First, I started to watch the TV shows I wanted to watch a few months ago. Second, I watched a Huawei demonstration at...

Reality Check: The “Julius Jolt” – It's not Comcastic

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.That earthquake you felt last week – no, not the “Baja Bumper” (7.2 Richter scale) that hit...

Reality Check: Borrowing brilliance for the SIP journey

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 my previous Reality Check columns I’ve written about the benefits of SIP and how they can...

Reader Forum: Entering the house of 4G

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Reader Forum: UICC – the speed advantage in 4G Networks

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Resistance is futile

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Analyst Angle: Android in Japan

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 iPhone zooms to No. 1. Competitors react to declining market share and diminishing average...

Reality Check: Going green

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 my last column, we touched on how supply chain management increasingly is offering opportunities for companies...

Reality Check: Wireless earnings and Neapolitan ice cream

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’s hard to believe we are six days into April. But we are, and, as most of...

Reader Forum: The data deluge – how do carriers benefit?

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Fun with words

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

Reality Check: CTIA – Any new news?

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 spring CTIA has a very tough role – trying to be new and different on the...

Reality Check: Keys to a connected future

The next frontier in the evolution of communications technology is generally considered to be embedded mobile connectivity – the use of embedded cellular radio technology to seamlessly link devices ranging from e-readers, to computers, to cameras, to medical devices, home appliances and automobiles. ...

Reality Check: Making mobile Linux work

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 variety of Linux-oriented initiatives and activities in the mobile industry, including the recent announcement from Nokia...

Reader Forum: Adding 3G radio to embedded devices: Five steps to success

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 the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...

Worst of the Week: Week of the living dead

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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....