September 10, 2007
EDITOR'S LETTER
An uncertain future
Competition is clearly in the eye of the beholder. When the FCC ended August by giving AT&T and Verizon the right to merge their local and long-distance companies, it seemed almost anticlimactic to many of us...
FORWARD MOTION
Revenue leakage: Are carriers raising white flag?
A survey conducted by Analysys Research and commissioned by revenue assurance provider Subex Azure revealed last week that fraud has contributed to a global increase in lost revenue for carriers...
Optical sector OK as wireline spending stalls
Compared with last year, spending by North American wireline carriers was down more than 5% in the second quarter and down nearly 7% in the first half of this year, according to Ovum-RHK...
Google phone rumors hit new heights
Ready for a new phone? As currently rumored, the Google "GPhone" -- new details of which turned up in a series of reports online last week -- not only signals a new entrant in the wireless market but a potentially market-changing one...
Nokia looks beyond hardware
Nokia's launch of the Ovi mobile Internet services portal has prompted questions such as "Will Nokia kill the service provider?" from IMS Research, and statements such as "Nokia is placing a very large bet in a very high-profile way" from Ovum...
Adderton vows return
Peter Adderton isn't done with the mobile industry not just yet. The founder of Amp'd Mobile and Boost Mobile is aiming to take up where he left off...
IPTV captivates Europe
More than 60 IPTV services were available in Europe at the end of the second quarter of 2007, according to Screen Digest Television Intelligence...
Plaxo breaks down social network walls
On most social network sites today, your personal data can get in, but it can't get out. To that end, a group of early social network users, vendors and developers last week posted the first draft of what they are calling a Bill of Rights...
OPINION
Palm's Foleo: Bad execution, not a bad idea
I'm probably alone in thinking this, but I'm rather disappointed to see Palm's Foleo kicked to the curb...
Copper and robbers
Copper theft is becoming epidemic. Embarq last month began offering a $5000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of copper cable thieves...
INNOVATION
The need for speed
It may not have involved a desolate strip in the desert. There were no ambulances standing by. No one was wearing a crash helmet. But Beceem Communications...
WIRELESS
Multiplay offerings go wireless
A cellular component is showing up in more and more service bundles -- and should help telcos make inroads against the cable companies that now dominate the multiplay arena...
COVER STORY
The climb on uncertain ground
The competitive landscape is still shifting, even as bandwidth demand grows and consolidation continues...
WHAT'S NEXT
Keeping an open mind
In the upcoming 700 MHz auction, the FCC is mandating that 22 MHz of spectrum be allocated to allow, with certain constraints, open access to applications and devices...
commentary
How the cloud will transform mobile apps
July 9, 2009
Read Now
The Missouri plan for broadband stimulus
July 8, 2009
Read Now
Churn Reduction: The Hidden Danger
July 7, 2009
Read Now
A Dickens of a Relationship
Problem
July 6, 2009
Read Now