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  A few weeks ago, the movers and shakers of the IoT industry converged on the Santa Clara Convention center for the 2018 edition of IoT World Americas. IoT World is held in several locations annually and is a combined …

We were privileged to speak with Shawn Omstead, VP Residential Products at Bell Canada for the preparation of our upcoming report “From Managed Home Wi-Fi to Enabling the Secure Smart Home 2018-2023” on managed home Wi-Fi. We provide here a summary of …

  There are four preliminary key takeaways with the T-Mobile and Sprint merger including 1) improved 5G momentum 2) capex synergies 3) three healthy players could be a positive 4) the deal will likely happen The new company would increase …

  Big news over the weekend for the wireless communications industry, as T-Mobile and Sprint announce a decision to merge — but essentially T-Mobile is buying Sprint. The announcement came just before earnings calls for both companies and was amplified …

It comes as no surprise that Apple, Amazon, Google, Intel and many other Internet and IT industry product and service suppliers want to carry their roles forward as the direct competition between the IT and mobile industries comes head-to-head in …

  Last week I gave an interview to NPR Marketplace and the conversation crystalized the question and answer of whether AT&T and Time Warner should merge. There is really only one answer. Yes. There are many different reasons. Let me …

The marriage between T-Mobile and Sprint has played out like a long saga of unrequited love: the two sides have much to gain by consummating a merger, but authorities oppose it, and there have been differences about the size of …

The good news The Internet of Things is just beginning to take off, and the growth is happening separately in both the consumer and smart home space, as well as in vertical and industrial markets like cities, factories, campuses, and …

Charter is getting ready to enter the world of wireless. They just selected Danny Bowman to lead their wireless efforts in what is expected to be called Spectrum Mobile. Bowman has wireless background with Sprint. Let’s take a look at …

Virtualization of mobile networks must first occur in operators’ IT Networks and support processes before it can be made widely available to customers as either a reformulation of current service offerings or new horizontal and vertical market offerings. Gating factors …

According to the US Census Bureau, out of 127 million households, were close to 35 million households living in MDUs (multi-dwelling unit) of more than two units in 2016. Those numbers translate into over 17 million units spread over a …

  IoT device manufacturers are governed by a keen consumer demand for desirable features and intuitive functionality. Security concerns, in stark contrast, have been given relatively little thought — especially among lower-end consumer IoT products. However, striking a more equitable …

As expected, MWC 2018 was a lot about buzzwords 5G, AI, VR, digital transformation, digital identity, smart cities, connected cars, IoT and everything in between. With 5G non-standalone standards now in place, the conversation is moving away from proof of …

Apple needs to improve Email search and add search to Messenger. Quick and effective Search in Email and Messenger will enable users to be more productive when using these apps. Apple’s iOS operating system for mobile devices like the iPhone …

  Digital-first companies, such as Amazon, Netflix, Google, and Facebook, have, in some ways, perfected the art of data and analytics — using data to drive business decisions. It is increasingly hard to compete against these providers without integrating analytics …

This new iOS mobile app enables you to store and then easily retrieve all of your personal information including frequent flier accounts, bank accounts, credit card accounts, online accounts and most any other important personal information.  Were you ever in …

The year kicked off, as usual, with the big CES show in Las Vegas. Some of the hot trends on display this year were AI, IoT, and Robotics. And while overall, the progress shown at CES is quite impressive, it …

  Outlook search presently reviews all the email in the designated mailbox or folder(s). It would search much faster if they just looked at a few desired occurrences first before going off and searching through entire folders. When folders get …

  While 5G will support unlicensed and shared spectrum, Wi-Fi has been moving in the other direction, taking on many characteristics of cellular technologies such as enhanced quality of service, security, and other features. As the lines between licensed and …

Major MNOs are in a very challenging position as mobile data demand continues to expand at breakneck pace. As smartphone usage becomes an inherent part of everyday life, MNOs are challenged to keep up with ever increasing demand for perfect …

  Deploy LAA. Consumers are only beginning to use LTE in unlicensed spectrum. So far chatter has mostly been about operator trials, commercial chipsets and sales of devices to seed the market before anyone is to be able to use …

  5G, IoT, Services (vs. Apps), Over the Top (OTT), Smartphones, App Layer vs. OS Layer, Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) are hot mobile topics for 2018. There’s a number of new breakthrough developments that …

  Although much of the dialogue on 5G spectrum in the US has focused on millimeter (mmWave) spectrum, it is not clear whether the mmWave spectrum is suitable for mobile network deployment in the near to mid-term future. This is …

  Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of Q3 2017 and also compared this quarter’s results to Q3 2017. We do this each quarter to understand the subscriber and share changes, as well as evaluate the key trends taking …

  At a conference entitled Patents in Telecoms & the Internet of Things, at George Washington University in the District of Columbia last week, I was perturbed to hear a speaker mischaracterizing the communications standards as platforms of preexisting technologies …