I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly ready for Thanksgiving and looking forward to tomorrow. As I think about the time people spend preparing for the big day, slowly filling the fridge and creating a menu, I couldn’t help but draw an analogy in my head - preparing for a successful Thanksgiving dinner isn’t […]
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 […]
If you subscribe to the IEC’s newsletter, you may have noticed that a whitepaper I wrote with Sukant Mohapatra, “A Solution Framework for Next Generation Network Planning,” was featured in yesterday’s issue in the “Analyst Corner” section. The paper addresses the core issues associated with next-generation network planning, the challenges wireline service providers […]
Reading the news and analysis about Google’s Android and OHA announcements this week, I was reminded of a good rule of thumb in networking technology and telecom services - “simple wins, cheap wins, open wins.” An Android-based phone has all three - it’s easy to use (it’s Google), inexpensive (no or little embedded software […]
This week’s BusinessWeek had an interesting report on the debate over 4G mobile standards. In my opinion, each of the candidates (WiMAX, LTE and UMB) has its own pros and cons, but which is “the best” depends on the factor you consider most important:
Being nearly ready for deployment (Mobile WiMAX is already being pushed by […]
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