Reality Check

Recent shifts in how companies are buying customer relationship management software illustrate the speed with which mobile apps are changing the enterprise IT landscape. Increasingly, many enterprises see mobile- and cloud-based CRM apps playing a

Mobile device management was arguably one of the trendiest terms in enterprise security during 2012, but this year the state of MDM is rapidly changing.

LTE has been in commercial service for a while, which makes it easy to overlook the fact that it’s still a relatively new technology for most device original equipment manufacturers.

Sprint Nextel was not the only telecom company making news over the past week, as early last week, Mary Dillon abruptly

In the 90s, companies like Nokia and RIM/BlackBerry built their businesses and reputations on their wireless and RF engineering prowess, with thousands of engineers dedicated to designing products that delivered

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. Over the past two years, …

We are getting very close to the end of the quarter in the telecommunications industry. This quarter has been marked by many significant events, including:

Carrier Wi-Fi is often marketed as an offload solution, but carrier-class Wi-Fi services for mobile network operators is not only about relieving network congestion. It is also about offering the

For a growing number of Americans, owning the latest mobile device is more than just keeping up with the Jones’ – smartphones and tablets are critical work tools and their primary way to

As the landscape of communications and technology services continues to evolve, and over-the-top technology vendors acquire a growing share of customer spending, telcos’ revenues and profitability are coming

The American mobile telecommunications industry has matured from its early days of explosive growth to a saturated and fiercely competitive market where carriers are battling to simply retain existing

At first glance, the solution to the so-called “mobile data crunch” looks simple: just allocate more spectrum. Hence the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan, which recommends

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. Brazil is a vast country, …

Three events have impacted the balance of postpaid power thus far in 2013: 1) Walmart’s introduction of the iPhone 5 (3G only) through Tracfone/Verizon Wireless. We have spent some time on the million net add effect on Verizon Wireless’ Q1

About one billion people are employed by small- and medium-sized businesses around the world. At first glance, it seems unlikely these SMBs would have much in common; they cover all sorts of

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. A new trinity is on …

There are few markets as hot, exciting and challenging as machine-to-machine these days. Analyst forecasts are an obvious way to identify a hot market, but another is the number of vendors entering

Mobile operators and vendors alike are awakening to the sober reality of the complexity involved in deploying 10s and 100s of hundreds of small cells in a very dense indoor and outdoor area.

The communications industry rarely hesitates when it comes to trumpeting the importance of its latest innovations. The market rang the “revolution” bell when wireless application protocol (WAP) came out back in the day,

For CIOs and IT managers, bring-your-own-device often seems short for “bring your own dilemma.” On the one hand, enterprises don’t want employee-provided devices undermining security, including

The mobile industry is very dynamic, has experienced major growth in subscriber counts over the last decade, and has witnessed fundamental changes in the very nature of mobile communications over

As wireless devices evolve, so must their antenna systems, which play a critical but underappreciated role in both the user experience, original equipment manufacturers’ capability to make it all work