In this week’s Telephony e-newsletter, Carol Wilson examines the threat vs. opportunity of Internet video. Her analysis is short and sweet, but right on the money - growing consumer demand for high-bandwidth services like on-demand Internet video presents an enormous opportunity for carriers to generate new revenue, but only provided they can support its delivery. […]
This week Telephony wrote about some new figures Analysys Mason released on the cost of 4G, bringing in one of the firm’s analysts to weigh in on it. The data concludes that an LTE network can deliver data 3 times as cheaply as some of today’s HSPA networks but Terry Norman, the analyst quoted, so wisely […]
Record numbers of people descended on the nation’s capital yesterday to witness history, but despite preparations by some of the nation’s largest wireless carriers, networks didn’t seem up to the task of handling all of the visitors and the network traffic they brought with them.
AT&T spent $4 million to increase network capacity in Washington, D.C., […]
A few weeks ago I read an article that didn’t surprise me very much, given the habits of my teenage kids – it seems text messaging has finally surpassed call volume. The data, released in late September by Nielsen Mobile, found the average mobile user sends 357 text messages per month, while those in the […]
Last week, Sprint became the first commercial network in the U.S. to use mobile WiMax technology when it launched a 4G network in Baltimore. The network, called Xohm, beat LTE to the punch, and WiMax coverage is expected to roll out in additional cities including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington, D.C. over coming weeks and […]
It seems that Comcast is taking the first steps toward implementing data usage caps, a move that the FCC is not too happy with.
This Spring, Comcast began testing technology in select markets that slows down connections for its heaviest bandwidth users, with hopes of fully implementing the system by the end of the year. This […]
A little over a year ago Netflix introduced a service that delivered streaming video direct to customers PCs. Now, they’re taking it a step further with a product set to compete with Apple TV. Working with a small California start up, Roku, Netflix has created a box that allows customers to view content directly to […]
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, […]
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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