The 2008 presidential election has drawn an unparalleled level of interest globally, and the Internet is host to a record number of young voters and people abroad looking for campaign updates. With so much at stake this election year, even the Republicans admit that Democrats have the edge, with Obama leading the pack in social […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
I had the good fortune this week of leaving the cold Northeast behind and spending some time in Barcelona at the GSMA Mobile World Congress. It’s been exciting to walk around the show floor and see the future of the mobile industry, and particularly the prototype “Google phones” built on the Android platform. Android-based phones […]
iPhone users having problems with AT&T’s EDGE network at the biggest consumer electronics show in the U.S.?
I am shocked. Shocked, I say.
If only there was some sort of planning solution that could help carriers ensure that their networks can support their services . . .
I’ve been following the news from CES this week, and came across this article citing a Gartner report that says wired networks are set to dominate home networking. It reminded me of the keynote Mark sat in on at Broadband World Forum Europe, and is another reminder that despite the burst of gadgets and accessories […]
I attended the TeleManagement Forum’s “Management World Americas” show in Dallas last week, and one of the more notable talks I sat in on was by Phil Dance, British Telecom’s CIO for technology. During his talk about BT’s 21CN migration, Phil noted that the rate of change in the industry continues to increase and […]
I was reading Om Malik’s blog yesterday, and came across the results of the annual show survey from CTIA last week. While reading through Om’s “Cliff’s Notes” of the report, one thing that struck me was that Average Revenue per User (ARPU) is just $49.94.
When you consider that your most basic wireless plan runs somewhere […]
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