Opinion

Who does T-Mobile US CEO John Legere remind you of? Legere and Donald Trump seem to have been cut from the same cloth. Both are bigger than life. Both attract …

Iain Gillott dives into the importance of mobile video services to the need for 5G services Last May, I wrote an article about over-the-top mobile video becoming the next battleground …

Jim Patterson looks at a trio of headlines set to impact Q1 wireless results This week, we’ll look at three key headlines that will drive first quarter momentum in the …

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is traveling around the U.S. on a listening tour, talking with customers trying to get a good understanding of Sprint’s position in the marketplace from their …

Graphite Software looks at ways to control data access on mobile devices for children Poor, beleaguered parents these days. Not only do they have to wage daily battles with their …

One2Touch notes various NFC technology use cases There’s no doubt today’s consumers are mobile, a lifestyle that calls for dependable and continuous communication. As we increasingly rely day-to-day on our …

Austin is a laboratory for IIoT 5G innovation and a microcosm of the global trend towards urbanization Known to many as home to South by Southwest, barbecue, live music and …

WOTW looks at how recent comments from Verizon on unlimited data appear limited in scope Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of …

Virtual reality is here … well, sort of. I have two questions. As a user, is it worth buying products like the Samsung Gear VR today, and, as an investor, …

Compass Intelligence breaks down Q4 and 2015 results for mobile carriers Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of fourth quarter and end-of-year metrics with the domestic market’s major wireless …

FBI vs. Apple case and the role mobile device management is playing The issue of privacy and the law – particularly with respect to terrorism and the FBI – is …

Giraffic wades into the streaming video content challenges facing the mobile telecom space It’s a great time to be in the streaming media business. Over the course of the past …

Jim Patterson looks at the current set-top box proceeding from the FCC Fresh off the one-year anniversary of enacting net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission turned its attention to …

Voxbone looks at the work being done to formalize SIP standards Session initiation protocol, the most popular voice over Internet protocol telephony protocol, saw daylight for the first time in …

Wipro sees great change and opportunity in network assurance from NFV deployments Network functions virtualization has brought the capability of the telco networks on commodity hardware and software. Never before …

Worst of the Week is all about 5G progress, but asks that we first make sure we finish what we started with 4G Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, …

Breaking down the live saving opportunities of V2V There’s a lot of talk these days about autonomous driving. And, likely within the next 10 to 15 years, we will be …

Suddenly we are interested in security. Let me ask you a question: who has the most secure wireless phone? The vast majority would say BlackBerry. However, the current FBI vs. …

Jim Patterson breaks down what’s needed next by Frontier and Cablevision, and asks if wireline is cool again This week, we will take a look at the last quarterly earnings …

Cambium Networks notes the usefulness of wireless backhaul for areas outside the reach of fiber In the world of broadband, there is little doubt that the advent of fiber will …

OpenCloud provides an avenue for carriers looking to tackle VoLTE service parity In a world of contracting margins for core voice services, the transition to voice over LTE and all-IP …

WOTW gives full props to Samsung for taking lucky No. 7, but really hopes it draws a snarky response from Apple Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of …

Comcast plans to participate in the upcoming FCC auction and exercised option to resell Verizon Wireless services Consider this interesting scenario, which seems likely to happen within the next year: …

Qualcomm to remain the dominant supplier of LTE baseband chips As mobile operators increasingly accommodate new applications and use cases – 360-degree video, virtual reality, augmented reality, immersive graphics, computer …