Ted Cruz, like FDR with the radio, uses Twitter to spread populist politics
As much as I would like to share my opinion on new smartphones, self-driving cars, the "Internet of Things" or any number of other topics on mobility, I’m afraid I must instead...
One of the very first lessons taught to telecommunications students is that radio frequency spectrum is a scarce resource. This limitation forces governments and other market players to seek alternatives aimed at maximizing its efficient use with the purpose of promoting wider coverage and...
The future really is in the palm of your hand. Mobile is everything, and today mobile is at the core of communication between businesses and consumers. In today’s 24/7 always-on culture, consumers are not only plugged-in to work at all times, but more often...
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....
Wireless operators in today’s market face increasing pressure on the top line as price competition continues to ramp up. At the same time, network performance expectations among consumers remain high as usage continues to grow, leaving operators looking for more cost-efficient network solutions. Over...
These next two weeks, we’ll recap the first quarter with a quick spin through the top 10 events that will influence telecom earnings calls throughout the year. Thanks to several of you who sent in your own nominations.
Top 10 events of Q1 (in no...
On my first day at Aviat Networks 6 years ago, I met one of the company’s most insightful and interesting employees – a certain sales director of Irish descent for those who think they can figure it out – which turned out to be a...
They say “communications is a close-knit industry” and I think that’s a pretty accurate description after taking the 08.40 FGC train from Plaça d’Espanya to the Fira Gran Via – temporary home to the massive Mobile World Congress conference. Fortunately for me, impersonating a...
The consumer obsession with Apple products is hurting American regional carriers, even though Apple is not the best device on the market.
That was a major thrust of discussion at the Competitive Carrier Association’s 2015 Global Expo this week in Atlanta. CCA is an association...
T-Mobile US' 'Un-carrier 9.0' set to disrupt enterprise market
Throughout the course of telecommunications history, the pricing alchemy between business and consumer plans has been convoluted at best, and perverted at worst. This started with landline – voice – pricing in the previous century, and continues...
Mobile operators expanding their voice over LTE services in 2015 want to make sure it’s not a replay of the massive LTE data outages that plagued the industry from 2011 to 2014. One way they’re accomplishing that goal is by revamping their monitoring approach to...
Hackers have been featured on the news recently as credit cards and passwords have been obtained in breaches, leaving millions to worry about whether their bank accounts or e-mail addresses are secure. However, there is another area that unethical hackers are targeting that isn’t...
HANNOVER, Germany – I had the opportunity to attend a live interview at CeBit15 with Glen Greenwald (in person) and Edward Snowden (via video link). Their commentary on the state of security today and in the future continue to shed light on U.S. national...
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....
The long-awaited Apple Watch is here and it’s … creepy.
As a technology columnist, I find myself looking at the pros and cons of new devices with a somewhat more objective mindset than many of my peers.
As the Apple Watch rolls out to much fanfare...
Remember the dawn of the Internet? Remember all the skeptics who didn’t see its transformational genius? Remember how it became enormous?
It’s happening again.
What’s happening involves the Internet, of course, but in a newly emerging context. I am referring to a phenomenon called the industrial...
The FCC Report and Order that wasn’t
On March 12, the Federal Communications Commission released the 400-page Open Internet Report and Order. Think of this as part one of a dramatic miniseries on Internet regulation, which you would prefer to turn off after the first hour...
January’s Consumer Electronics Show and the recently concluded Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain, punctuated a fact fairly obvious to anyone in attendance or following from afar: Connected devices are here in a big way. They continue to weave their way into almost...
Let’s begin with what we, the industry, accept as a truism: Sometime in the near future, the gadgets we see today that control and automate our homes will form the basis of an enormous market. Most people will be able to say that their...
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....
Title II and net neutrality
In my capacity as a correspondent for RCR Wireless News and a resident of the Washington, D.C., area, I often write about wireless telecom policy. Wireless policy is a fascinating and complex subject, especially when viewed in the greater historical...
Unless you have been staring at your TV/PC screen waiting for “House of Cards” to load since Friday and watched or read nothing else, you have no doubt heard about the Federal Communications Commission's recent net neutrality vote and ruling. The timing of the...
This has been a week filled with news – Mobile World Congress, analyst conferences and the normal course of business – and regulatory conjecture. I have decided to stop trying to figure out what fine-tuning the Federal Communications Commission is doing between the vote last...
How to optimize UX development and increase return on mobile app investment
In an increasingly interconnected world, it’s not difficult to see why the user experience – all facets of an end-user’s interactions with a particular product or service – can enhance or diminish a...
