network monetization

Tiering up: The carrier shift toward usage-based pricing is starting

Verizon is preparing to move to tiered pricing for mobile data in early July. There's a growing conviction among operators...

Diving deep on Alcatel-Lucent’s FP3 announcement

Alcatel-Lucent provided its own ballyhoo with the announcement that the company had promised would make the Internet faster. I'm not big on ballyhoo, and I have to...

Tech IPOs show need for monetized online services

The IPO success of OpenTable last week may be an indicator that the Internet advertising bubble is bursting. There have been a host of ad-related IPOs this decade following up on the ever-popular “you don’t have to pay for…” theme that was briefly tried for Internet services in the late...

Lack of monetization strategy hangs over telcos/vendors

Huawei’s quarter put it on track as a big gainer in the ranks of major equipment vendors, with fourth place in the bag and second place within its grasp if it can meet its targets. As we said in our Huawei...

Nortel bankruptcy: A lesson for everyone

Nortel has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a move that comes as no surprise given that the only likely candidate to buy its business components (Huawei) ran afoul of government policy concerns. Nortel has, over the last decade, fallen from one of the giants to its current state of...

Over-the-top players: A race to the bottom

One of the forgotten truths of the current economic crisis is that while telcos worldwide will certainly be deferring some projects and obsessing even more about monetization, their competitors are likely to be even more concerned. The guys at the greatest risk, in fact, are the darlings of the...

Obama economic moves strengthen financial markets

The Obama economic plan, and economic team, are both taking shape and the Street likes what it has seen. Obama is set to name NY Fed chairman Tim Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as chief economic advisor. The former set up a major gain in the Dow on Friday.

The...

Metered Internet use causing a stir

October 24 2008 regarding metered Internet trends.
Metered Internet usage is stirring comment in the UK and the U.S. trials of the idea, put on hold by the hurricane season, are now expected to get underway shortly at TW Cable.

The notion of reducing capacity growth and slowing...

CIMI Corp. tech economic survival guide

CIMI Corp. is accepting orders for its new report, Surviving a Tech Market Nuclear Winter, a guide to the current economic crisis, its causes, its future, and how to optimize your business to make the most of it.

We have posted a special page that summarizes our view on the...

Verizon reveals SMS monitization plan

Verizon has shown some of the teeth behind the monetization frenzy among operators, revealing a plan to reassess the charges levied on bulk SMS generators such as the companies who send phone alerts and market messages.

The decision is linked to a general view that SMS will become...