Consumers are getting more options for buying mobile broadband, with Clearwire Corp. launching in another 10 markets, and AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless launching prepaid mobile broadband plans last month. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: All I want for Christmas… >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 the spin …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Helping operators manage cost of services without slowing down adoption >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Mass adoption of …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Peeking with one eye, then both >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Today, your competition …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Mobile broadband goes mass-market >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 global mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: 4G to the rescue; challenge for app stores >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Metric System: Part Deux >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">Controlling the customer by storing their content in the cloud >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
The battle over who controls the customer, whether it’s a battle for the smart pipe or the smart device, is quickly moving into a battle over who controls the customer’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Wireless shoppers and social networking >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Those …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: A proven track for mobilizing the enterprise >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Agile core necessary for successful EPC deployment >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 mobile …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Third quarter results summary: Signs of hope? Nope. >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.I know that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">For mobile broadband, it’s the user that counts >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: The trouble with smart people >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
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">New broadband stimulus rules? Speak now or forever hold your peace >by jscarboby jscarbo
Word hit the streets yesterday from the National Telecommunications Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Services that there’s only going to be one more round of broadband funding. Nothing earth-shaking …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Is FMC dead or just resting? >by jscarboby jscarbo
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’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: The wireless operator of tomorrow >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.With …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Challenges at the inflection point : Growing demand for mobile data strains smartphone performance >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 wireless industry …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Today’s business teams …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Top Considerations for a Successful Evolved Packet Core Deployment: The Intelligent Monetized Core >by jscarboby jscarbo
Emerging mobile broadband networks are being developed to provide users a superior service environment with new value-added services and applications either enabled or optimized by the mobile operator. With the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: Smartphones and mobile identity >by jscarboby jscarbo
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 …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: Mobile Device Overload Syndrome >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">Analyst Angle: App Stores: How many apps is enough? : (Do you really need that 79,873th app?) >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Today’s …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Evolution of wireless infrastructure OEMs >by jscarboby jscarbo
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.Wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Analyst Angle: Solutions for the Broadband World >by jscarboby jscarbo
In the last column I talked about setting the goals and defining mobile broadband. While we are still a ways away in defining what constitutes broadband, another key debate has …