November 4, 2010 5:11 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
3G,
4G,
Alcatel-Lucent,
KPN,
mobile devices,
mobility,
tablet,
tablets,
user behavior,
Wi-Fi,
wireless,
wireless networksOne of the prime areas of focus for tech recently has been the tablet PC space. Tablets are far from new — in fact, some of the "new" models are more like reprises of earlier tablets, in that they're little more than a keyboard-less notebook. The
August 9, 2010 11:48 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
CenturyLink,
CenturyTel,
fiber to the home,
FTTH,
mergers and acquisitions,
Qwest,
wirelessThe CenturyLink acquisition of Qwest is starting to look like an alliance of the weak, much as we'd feared. Neither company did all that well in their latest quarter in our view. Qwest reported better profits but sharply...
July 29, 2010 12:00 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
MNVO,
smartphones,
Sprint,
wirelessSprint gained customers overall in the last quarter, turning around a problem that it’s had for three years, but it continued to lose people in the post-pay market where most profits are found. The gains were also largely...
July 8, 2010 6:57 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Alcatel-Lucent,
AT&T,
iPhone,
wirelessA reported problem with AT&T’s mobile upload speeds -- so severe as to bring back performance levels not seen since dial-up days -- was first thought to be an example of carrier traffic shaping. But AT&T says it’s a
June 28, 2010 1:13 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
billing,
FCC,
Mobile,
Regulations,
wirelessThe mobile industry has been hit with a number of stories involving high monthly bills created by either a
May 10, 2010 5:55 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Broadband,
fiber to the home,
FiOS,
FTTH,
Ivan Seidenberg,
mobile services,
telecom networks,
telecom service providers,
Verizon,
Verizon FiOS,
wireless,
wirelineVerizon CEO Ivan G. Seidenberg is no shrinking violet, as we all know. His recent comments on the...
January 7, 2010 5:22 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
capex,
capital expense,
mobile backhaul,
wirelessMobile operators in the U.S., and in some other wireless-centric geographies, are pushing to deploy faster wireless services and to reduce wireless congestion through increases in cell density and...
December 17, 2009 2:42 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
broadband stimulus,
FCC,
national broadband plan,
service layer architecture,
wirelessThe FCC has released another status update on its national broadband policy initiative, and we don’t fault any of the points in the document. We’re even impressed by its...
