With this week’s magnitude-5.4 earthquake in Southern California behind us, experts are saying that the worst is yet to come. Sufficiently shaken – no pun intended – everyone is making a move to step up their emergency preparations. But what about the telecommunications companies whose services are so crucial to people during emergencies?
Telephone service was […]
The first wireless device to be certified under Verizon’s Open Development Initiative (ODI) has been unveiled. As you will recall, Verizon surprised the world in the Fall when it said it would open its network to any (certified) device. Speculation had been rampant about the new handhelds and other consumer devices that would emerge to take advantage […]
Another summer iPhone announcement, another explosion in the press and blogosphere speculating whether AT&T’s network can handle the demand. While the carrier seemingly has taken the necessary steps to prepare for the onslaught of 3G iPhone users, no one seems truly confident that it will be enough, and one thing is certain - this iPhone […]
Yesterday at Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs discussed what he is calling “iPhone 2.0,” as well as a slew of new applications and services. The success of the iPhone has been huge for Apple since the device launched a little less than a year ago, but Jobs is pushing for more. More countries. More […]
“Mobile marketing,” or marketing products and services through mobile devices, has become increasingly popular as technology advances and SMS continues to offer businesses a way to reach consumers faster and more directly. The latest innovations in this category are now making use of more exciting (and bandwidth-intensive) content to deliver the intended message more effectively […]
In two words: transformation and customer experience (Ok, that’s three – but two ideas). This buzz was bandied about by service providers, integrators and vendors alike, and it was no surprise to me that Telstra and BT were mentioned this week in the same breath more than once, as the pioneers with the courage to […]
Last week at CTIA, there was a lot of talk about wireless backhaul and the technology needed to address bottlenecks that high-bandwidth mobile services create, as described in a recent Telephony article. In this story, the head of Juniper Networks’ mobile and FMC segment calls backhaul one of the weakest links in today’s wireless networks, […]
Yesterday morning, many die-hard baseball fans got up extra early to watch the Red Sox/Athletics season opener in Japan, only to be given an even ruder awakening than the sound of their alarm clocks - a blank TV screen when they tried to watch the game. DirecTV (and some Comcast) customers missed most or all of […]
The long awaited winner of the 700MHz C-block auction is Verizon wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. But before the laurel wreath is placed, I ask, “Who should really receive it?” Google pressed Verizon to reach the $4.74 billion figure, which triggers an open system according to the rules FCC set forth […]
Steve Lohr wrote a great article about the growth of Internet congestion on Thursday in the New York Times. In the article, Steve focuses on the Internet traffic jam from the consumer perspective but I was struck more by the issues Internet congestion raises on the business side. The fact that high-bandwidth services like video […]
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