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- Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?
- Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?ClarificationI believe that these price caps apply specifically and only to "roaming" charges, i.e. between countries in the EU.The EU can and is doing this because one of its goals is a "common market", and the telecos have resisted encouragement...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wireless fee, U.S. Government, telecommunications company, phone, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-04-22
- Michael Dell: Telcos may subsidize netbooks to sell 3G
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said he expects netbooks to eventually be subsidized by wireless telecom carriers that would sell the devices along with 3G service. The comments, made at the Citigroup Technology Conference on Wednesday, could shed some light on Dell's strategy as it announces a new...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Telecommunications Company, 3G, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Law, Cellular Phones, Telecommunications, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Intel's Centrino 2 + WiMAX could break the Luddite Telcos
- I was at Intel's Centrino 2 launch on Monday and I'm hoping that Centrino 2 can do the same thing Centrino 1 did for WiFi but this time for WiMAX -- make it a reality. The timing for Centrino 2 to be a change agent for WiMAX,...
- Tags: Intel Centrino, Telecommunications Company, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Service-Optimized Ethernet Solutions Are Critical to Achieving Carrier Business Transformation Goals
- For the next 2 to 3 years, business model transformation will remain the single most important trend among all types of communications service providers worldwide. Whether the company is thought of today as an incumbent telco, cable company, wireless carrier or content provider, business model transformation is a critical first...
- Tags: Wireless Carrier, Telecommunications Company, Cable Company, Cable, Service-Optimized Ethernet Solution, Business Model Transformation, Telecom & Utilities, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications, Wireless
- White papers 2007-02-01
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile Internet
- dotMobi aims around the wireless Telcos to boost mobile InternetUselessMobile phone web is useless, and web access on a PDA is barely useable.Total crap. Aside from emails, telcos can stuff it.MobiI've seen several mobi sites - pretty impressive, considering this extension is early stage. With the companies (Microsoft, Google, Samsung,...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile-Phone Web, wireless, mobi, telecommunications company, wireless Telco, mobile, mobile Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-12-22
- Net neutrality debate still simmers
- Net neutrality debate still simmersOnly a complete fool believes the Telcos!!!Fact, every company content provider that has a connection pays for it. Sorry guys but the DS-3 lines don't come cheap to install and the monthly fee is a killer.Fact, 80% of the fiber in the ground remains unlit....
- Tags: WiMAX, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, wireless, business model, telecommunications company, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- EarthLink and Google win San Francisco Wi-Fi bid
- EarthLink and Google win San Francisco Wi-Fi bidWonder who the other bidders were?Specifically I wonder if the Telco's made a bid?poor SFThose poor San Franciscans. i've had people on the line for 7 hours to Earthlink support, being bounced back and forth across the Pacific; and another client made...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, EarthLink Inc., network, RFP, telecommunications company, wireless, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
- Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?
- Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?Telcos versus people - forever.Because it started as a physical business - wires and equipment to individuals from a government assisted monopoly, the 'telephone' companies love theie captive cusotmers and hate competition. A lot of years and...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Government, Telecom & Utilities, wireless, Katrina Recovery, telecommunications company, Wi-Fi, Baby Bell
- Discussion threads 2005-12-05
- My jaded take on the wireless VoIP-cell cannibalization issue
- My jaded take on the wireless VoIP-cell cannibalization issueWhat risk?The WiMAX steamroller will kill ALL telcos and cellphone companies. WiMAX VoIP handhelds will be the ONLY way to communicate in a few years. I hope you don't have a lot of stock in the telcos . . .Keep dreaming!WiMAX is...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, mesh networking, telecommunications company, WiMAX, wireless, network
- Discussion threads 2005-03-16
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- Bad Idea Dept.: AT&T's Ed Whitacre to run General Motors
- Ed Whitacre, who built SBC, one of the babies Bell, back into "The New AT&T" has been tapped by the Obama Administration's auto task force to be chairman of the "reinvented General Motors." Seriously. Think about that. AT&T is the template for...
- Tags: Board, AT&T Corp., General Motors Corp., Whitacre, Whiteacre, Corporate Governance, Telecom & Utilities, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- Can the Man Who Re-Assembled AT&T Change His Tune For GM?
- Ed Whitacre. The quintessential amalgator of companies. He's going to save GM, as its new chairman? Don't get me wrong. He did a pretty amazing job with the hand he was played in telecommunications. He took the smallest of the Baby Bells,...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Southwestern Bell, General Motors Corp., Internet, Operational Planning, Telephony, Business Operations, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- HP Service Activator Solution Bundles Software, Services, Hardware to Ensure Scalability, Functionality, and On-Time, On-Budget Delivery
- Tatung, a 90-year old global electronics company based in Taiwan, is no stranger to wireless technology: its portfolio has long featured products like wireless phones and terminals. The company wanted to deploy a new WiMAX infrastructure to deliver broadband wireless telecommunications services. Tatung designed and implemented an infrastructure that features...
- Tags: Software Service, Software, Hewlett-Packard Co., Tatung Co., Telecommunications Service, Scalability, Hardware, WiMAX, Wireless And Mobility, Wi-Fi, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay?
- Wireless data providers--notably AT&T and Verizon--have capped their wireless data plans at 5GB per month. In the billing statements that cap is pretty clear, but the ramifications of exceeding them aren't as obvious. In a research note dubbed “Free” Just Ain’t What it Used to Be, the...
- Tags: Network, Video, Pricing Strategy, Wireless, Craig Moffett, Wayne Burdick, Definition Movie, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- The downside to corporate wireless plans
- The downside to corporate wireless plansAT&T et alI agree - is it not amazing AT&T does not stay open for service on weekends - I have blogged about it myself. If it was for religious reasons like a Chick-fil-a you could maybe understand. The key word is customer in customer...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, 3G, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TMO, corporate wireless plan, wireless plan, wireless
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- The downside to corporate wireless plans
- Guest post: When looking at corporate wireless plans, TechRepublic's Jay Rollins finds that the promise of pooled minutes, volume discounts, and a dedicated account manager may seem like Nirvana, but you’re giving something up. You can find more posts like this on TechRepublic's CIO for Hire blog. ...
- Tags: Customer Service, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Wireless, 3G Card, Wireless Coverage, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- R.I.P., 'V.O.I.P.' Long live packet-based telephony.
- Not much more than a decade ago, the idea that a packet-routing company could compete effectively in the circuit-switched world of telecommunications was oft the font of laughter. For the telecom giants. Lucent, spun out from AT&T, and what once was known as Northern Telecom...
- Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- "Net neutrality" is stupid
- "Net neutrality" is stupidThe problem, mixing social with business.The problem here is Robin is trying to treat a massive business investment billions in captial investment as if its a socialized publicly owned utility which it is not.Other countries subsidise connectivity/ISPs because they believe having broadband everywhere is critical to their...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Net Neutrality, Google Inc., service level, telecommunications company, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Say hello to the $99 iPhone
- Say hello to the $99 iPhoneNOT the iPhone 3G? YES, the 3G.Remember folks this is NOT the new iPhone with 3G support, its the old one... isnt it?EDIT: my mistake, it is indeed the 3G version with 4Gb RAM.All These Profits and IPhone SalesYet they lay off 12,000 workers.Merry Christmas.RE:...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, Apple iPhone, 3G, Apple iTunes, worker, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- Verizon, AT&T provided cell towers for McCain ranch
- According to a fantastically interesting investigation by the Washington Post, John and Cindy McCain had Verizon Wireless and AT&T install cell phone towers on their personal property so that they could get better reception. Yes, hello, John? Can you hear me now? Good old...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Cell Phone, Cell, Cellular Phones, Recruitment & Selection, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Building the Foundation for a Seamless Microsoft SharePoint Upgrade
- The client, a national provider of wireless voice, messaging and data services provides telecommunications solutions to nearly 300 million Americans. The company was leveraging Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 across many of its nationwide offices. Determined to make the most of its various SharePoint investments through a companywide upgrade to...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Harvey Nash, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-10-13
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