Opinion

A recent surge in telehealth suggests that virtual care will rise in popularity in the coming years. Telemedicine offers an accessible way for patients to remotely connect with doctors for …

Apple is finally admitting that their Siri AI technology has been quietly breaching your privacy and listening to everything around you. The problem is, it’s not just the technology which …

$1.3 trillion will be spent on mobile networks across all technology generations in the next 5 years, and, according to the GSMA, a staggering 75% of this will be 5G …

Both offer big benefits for modern enterprise Much has been written about trends towards use of connected technology in modern industry. The fourth industrial revolution, Smart cities, IoT, and Industry …

Greetings from Lake Norman/ Davidson, North Carolina where everybody is working (including the neighbor kid, Caleb, pictured with the Editor and yours truly). This week, we’ll look at two studies …

We have a very serious problem which I fear will have a long-term impact on our society. As an analyst, you know I love the world of smartphones, wireless, telecom …

With America’s vast geography and unique competitor landscape, it is arguably one of the most intriguing battlegrounds for 5G rollouts globally. Therefore, as we enter the first inning of 5G …

After many years of development, the first commercial rollouts of 5G have finally begun this year. 5G will bring higher speeds, lower lag times, and larger data transfer capacity, but …

The tech industry is a hype machine. The promise of something newer, faster, and better is unmistakably alluring. It’s why we fork over hundreds of dollars for the new iPhone …

Huawei is being backed into a corner and may be in serious trouble. They use the Google Android operating system globally in all their smartphones and wireless devices. The US …

As our collective awareness of the environment continues to grow due to climate change, our surroundings and the way we interact with them are changing dramatically. Buildings and infrastructures are …

I recently heard someone in the telecom space say that we’ve taken this “rectangular piece of glass” as far as we possibly can, despite carriers today aggressively looking to be …

“A goal without a plan is just a wish” – so wrote French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in the early twentieth century. Nearly a hundred years later, these words ring …

Network architectures are becoming more complex and decentralized. Applications are becoming more advanced, data-heavy, and compute-intensive. Both trends will continue as communications service providers (CSPs) upgrade their 4G networks first, …

The internet of things (IoT) provides a myriad of opportunities across a wide range of sectors. The possible applications are both far-reaching and exciting, with the potential to radically transform …

Mobile traffic using GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) has exploded over the last couple years, largely due to elimination of international roaming price barriers that previously discouraged subscribers from using the …

To understand what’s really happening with digital transformation across the communications industry it helps to contrast conventional wisdom, or the hype cycle, with actual communications service provider (CSP) activities. Here …

Network Application Programming Interface (API) and programmability are transforming how businesses consume connectivity and the way service providers interconnect. The role of API has changed the way network services are …

When the smoke clears and the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is complete, we may be hearing quite a bit more from both John Legere and Charlie Ergen. The merged company will …

Mining has evolved from a hard, manual process, involving hand tools and rudimentary explosives, to one that takes advantage of sophisticated technologies that bring connectivity, automation, and intelligence into play. …

Consumers love to complain about their wireless phone service, but when you look at the data, it tells a different story. Analytics for customer satisfaction show which factors matter most …

Congratulations to T-Mobile US and Sprint on finally getting DoJ merger approval. This has been one helluva ride, and it’s not over yet, but we are closer than ever. Now …

Here are five reasons you should embrace it now The next revolution in information technology – 5G + Edge Computing – is here and it brings an unprecedented opportunity  for …

The gig economy is defined as a labor market characterized by a prevalence of short-term contract and free lance work as opposed to permanent jobs. Of course, there has been …

Twitter is playing with fire. They are making a mistake that may be costly to them moving forward. They thought the way their users interacted with them needed an update. …