AT&T is updating the brand name for their wireless pre-paid service from AT&T GoPhone to AT&T Prepaid. I spoke with Bob Bickerstaff, Vice President of Wireless Voice and Prepaid Products about the change and he share the thinking and plan for AT&T Mobility moving...
Although most ink dedicated to discussing the Internet of Things (IoT) has gone towards discussing the concept’s consumer variant, the industrial internet of things (IIoT) is beginning to capture significant attention for its role in helping manufacturers and industrial companies optimize processes and implement...
The inside-out deployment model could be the key to unlocking the benefits of IoT
In the race to own the emerging internet of things (IoT) market, IoT networks, and IoT applications, it is widely accepted that new low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) are required for many...
Realizing the full promise of the internet of things (IoT) means creating an environment where tens of billions of devices can communicate in real-time, transforming industries. It’s been a long time coming, but application developers, enterprises and vertical industries are taking steps to make...
The virtualized network train has left the station, and operators and vendors are having to lay track as they go on the way to their final destination - commercial-scale, self-optimizing, virtualized networks.
These networks might sound like science fiction, but in fact they’re already here....
Capacity and coverage are king in the telco world: If there are any cracks in a provider’s service, VIP customers – not to mention revenue – could easily fall through and get snatched up by a competitor.
As a result, many mobile network operators...
AT&T is jettisoning its long-time GoPhone brand, re-naming its prepaid service "AT&T Prepaid" (snappy!) and offering two free months of service on its $45 and $65 plans.
https://twitter.com/ATT/status/885227340103647233
Meanwhile, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure has been talking up the importance of 5G network infrastructure investment -- and...
Three years ago, Sprint launched their leasing program which revolutionized the way they market with iPhone Forever and Galaxy Forever. This has been successful, so now Sprint is taking it to the next level with Sprint Flex. This has many advantages for customers to...
It’s no secret that we live in a world that is thirsty for video. Due to the proliferation of internet-enabled mobile phones and other connected devices, consumer expectations for where, what and how they watch content have changed drastically. Long gone are the days...
So, your smartphone got wet and now it won’t work. What should you do? I spoke with David Naumann who started a company called DryBox. He says don’t try and fix it yourself, don’t try and turn the phone on and don’t stick it...
In 2017, it’s impossible to overstate the importance of bandwidth to our world today. In this globalized, information-intensive economy, bandwidth is like the digital equivalent of electricity or water – a basic necessity that we need in order to get through some of our...
The Internet of Things has delivered on its promises perhaps faster than any buzzword in recent memory: by 2014, we hit a milestone of more connected devices than people in the world, and we’ve shown no sign of slowing down. By 2020, we’re likely...
Google and parent company Alphabet continue to earn the ire of European Union regulators, who are contemplated a second record fine for the company after recently smacking down the company for favoring results from its own shopping service over others.
This week came the news...
I spoke with Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile Inc., a push-to-talk player. Think of them like Nextel on steroids. You remember Nextel. They were the PTT company that flourished in the business marketplace, then suddenly disappeared. Since that time, carriers like AT&T Mobility,...
With the rapid adoption of new technologies from cloud computing and analytics to the explosion of third-party applications, network managers are constantly playing catch up to meet demands. They need the flexibility and agility to meet the challenge of giving employees the proper tools...
Why are smartphone product designers getting it so wrong? Maybe they are using their own personal preferences. Maybe they got some bad data. It doesn’t matter. They are wrong. The entire wireless marketplace does not want huge screens and giant smartphones. A slice of...
When working with innovative companies, my rule of thumb is “find it, fix it, fund it.” The new administration can apply a similar methodology to spectrum, especially when it comes to realizing a future of new mobile-based opportunities and next-generation networks. One of America’s...
It’s expected that by 2019, the capital markets applications for blockchain will reach $400 million, growing at a 52% compound annual growth rate. In addition, through 2020, one in five IoT deployments will utilize basic blockchain services. Using blockchain for IoT transactions and data...
Sorry, Android. Sprint is giving its Virgin Mobile mobile virtual network operator a face-lift: the MVNO will offer only iPhones and seems to be taking a page from Sprint's recent offer for a year of free service -- Virgin Mobile customers who buy an...
4 reasons IoT on wheels is accelerating and will be bigger than the connected car market
With headline-grabbing bells and whistles, the growing cult around connected cars is understandable. The booming market for connected services is expected to hit $250 billion—it’s undeniably hot.
Wearables, the connected...
For years, video has caused headaches for telecom carriers, driving costs up faster than revenue and leaving consumers dissatisfied. But as technology improves, and consumer viewing habits change, the future presents increasingly better prospects.
Online video isn’t new. But the large quantity and high quality...
What is influence marketing? As it turns out, I have been an influence marketer for three decades. Who knew? And, one way or another, this affects every business. Let me share some important thoughts with you as one of these influencers. Companies use influencers...
It was a huge deal when wireless carriers started launching 4G/LTE less than a decade ago—not just because of the speeds for consumer downloading and streaming, but for the broader implications of those speeds. LTE was the promise of telemedicine, enhanced technology for first...
One result of the advent of solid-state lighting (SSL) has been the development of connected lighting systems (CLS), which are networked to share the data produced by LED drivers or collected from sensors. SSL technology, which is based on LEDs or organic LEDs (OLEDs),...
