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. Were you able to organize …
Reality Check
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The importance of methods and processes in conducting projects >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Shared data plans present challenge and opportunity for carriers >
The adoption of mobile devices is seeing phenomenal growth. By some estimates, there are approximately seven billion mobile devices, one for every man, woman and child on Earth, and that …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Evolution of operator tiered pricing and service-based pricing models >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
As mobile data consumption continues to skyrocket, service providers must constantly evolve in new and innovative ways to enable subscribers to engage with mobile data without fear of unexpected expense.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: New year wireless operator insights >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show turned the lens to look at the bandwidth experience from the device into the network. This perspective looks at each device’s unique qualities and matches
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The discussion about native, Web or hybrid apps >
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. Native, Web or hybrid — …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Cooperation boosts M2M market growth >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Machine-to-machine solutions are changing how we live and work. Smoke alarms do not just sound an alarm; they send an alert to the fire service at the same time.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: How to unlock Brazil’s 4G profits >
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. There’s no denying it: 4G …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: A case study of M2M deployment for monitoring buses >
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. About 65 years ago, the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: BYOD and mobility in emerging markets >
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. More than buzzwords, bring your …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Telecom operators should capitalize on expected smart home growth >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
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. The take-up …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Five themes that shaped 2012 >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
As we head into the holiday season, I thought it would be good to look back on five key themes that framed a momentous year. These events are really in no particular order, but we grouped them into themes to keep this week’s column true to its name.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Information security and Brazil’s digital crime bill >
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. We all know and care …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: What is the role of the application function going forward? >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
We need to update our thinking about the application function, an incredibly powerful yet under-valued element in mobile data networks. The AF could improve the quality of experience for mobile data
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Data is the new oil – Building a system of smart pipes that carriers can monetize >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Today, there’s a land grab for mobile data users and their usage information. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have staked their claims, with other carriers to follow. If we unlock the data treasure trove
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Our mobile ecosystem – The disruption is just beginning >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Mobile innovation has changed our lives – but this is only the beginning. Mobile computing will continue to drive dramatic changes in how we conduct business, communicate with each other, access and share content
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Brazil’s new broadband regulations >
In the beginning of November, Brazil’s telecommunications regulator Anatel — the Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (National Agency of Telecommunications) — established new regulations for companies that provide broadband connections. The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: IT budget planning >
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. As 2012 comes to a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Fulfilling the promise of mobility – Why it’s important and how it’s achieved >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
According to a recent Accenture survey of customers worldwide from a variety of industries, the greatest source of frustration
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: How carriers can take advantage of network analytics >
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. From existing data, extract new …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: It’s a wired, wired world – Q3/12 edition >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Recently, we described three trends: –Lower interest rates are allowing wireline companies (both incumbents and challengers) to strengthen their balance sheets.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Few test mobile applications >
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. Capgemini and HP recently published …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Cloud-based e-health solutions could care for Brazil’s aging population >
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. Ah, Brazil! The legendary sun-drenched …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: China, cyberwar and your phone company >
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.em> How paranoid …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: The importance of carrier ‘net promoter’ scores >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
What’s in the hearts and minds of AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA today? Think three letters: NPS – a fast-spreading obsession in the carrier community to foster a brand loyalty index for the industry
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Not just small cells, smart cells >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
In 2002, Billy Beane’s Oakland Athletics set an all-time baseball record winning 20 games in a row. In the process Beane’s “moneyball” concept revolutionized the sport, changing its thinking, its planning and its economics.