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The Death of Exclusivity?
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless might be exploring netbooks lately, but the next wrinkle in the device wars will be a new category of connected device — call it the smartbook, or the netphone. Regardless of nomenclature, the coming smart-net-phone-book will embed broadband — 4G and HSPA, most likely — and be sold with open source operating systems and a ...(More)
7/1/2009
Broadband Stimulus: Feds Unveil Funding Details
The federal government has, at last, spelled out who may seek the grants and loans provided in the broadband portion of the 2009 American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, and the process for doing so. The responsible agencies – the Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration – also have clarified questions surrounding the definition of broadband; the ...(More)
7/1/2009
Floundering Financials? Check Revenue Assurance Model
Service providers struggling to figure out why their bottom line isn’t matching up to their sales numbers might have to look no further than their revenue assurance tools — if they have any, that is. According to a new survey conducted by the nonprofit TM Forum and vendor cVidya Networks, the lack of certain resources is the biggest contributor to ...(More)
7/1/2009
VoIP Fraud Takes Its ‘Toll’
VoIP toll fraud is increasing, experts say, and that’s largely because of the recession. The bad economy has hit so many companies so hard that network security spending no longer is top of mind, a circumstance that just invites hackers. To that end, a recent vendor-funded study shows VoIP toll fraud remains among the fastest-growing problems facing operators and their ...(More)
7/1/2009
Slow, Steady Growth Ahead for Service Assurance Market
Analysys Mason analyst Patrick Kelly said in his recent “Service Assurance Market Review – June 2009,” he sees a 5.3 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for service assurance through 2013, pushing the market from a worth of $2.28 billion last year to $2.94 billion.“The growth rate is not setting the world on fire at just over 5 percent,” Kelly ...(More)
7/1/2009
Netbooks Find Niche in Enterprises, Study Shows
Netbooks, which are widely viewed as consumer devices, are being actively deployed in many enterprises; 21 percent of organizations currently have netbooks deployed and 50 percent intend to deploy them in the future, according to new research from the Technology Practice of Chadwick Martin Bailey (CMB). The study, “Netbooks in the Enterprise,” surveyed 158 IT decision makers from U.S.-based companies ...(More)
6/30/2009
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Super LEC!
The FCC is expected to approve the merger between Tier 2 telcos CenturyTel and EMBARQ later this week, which will create the fourth-largest ILEC in the nation, with 7.7 million access lines in 33 states. The deal is part of a bigger mergers and acquisitions wave that is creating a breed of rural super-LECs — and it’s a trend that ...(More)
6/24/2009
Rural Telco M&A Activity at a Glance
We are in an era of massive consolidation among Tier 2 telcos and rural LECs. The result of these moves is a Tier 2 market segment comprised of Qwest, Cincinnati Bell, CenturyTel, Fairpoint Communications, Frontier Communications, NTELOS, TDS Telecom and Windstream. Each spends over $100 million a year in capex.Skyline Marketing Group has put together the following milestones:2000: VALOR Telecom ...(More)
6/24/2009
Microsoft’s Mobile Reality
Microsoft Corp. is willing to invest 5 to 10 percent of its operating income into its new search engine, Bing, in the next five years, or up to $11 billion. And that needs to pay off if Microsoft is to stay relevant. But the reality is, for the company to truly challenge the Google juggernaut, it needs to partner with ...(More)
6/24/2009
What Operators Can Expect from Combined Nokia Siemens, Nortel
With CDMA subscribership growing in Africa, China and India, especially, and LTE gaining ground worldwide, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has made an astute move in buying bankrupt Nortel Networks’ (NT) wireless assets. Analysts agree the Europe-headquartered joint venture of telecom equipment makers will add market share in North America and assume the No. 2 position, behind Alcatel-Lucent (ALU), as a provider of ...(More)
6/23/2009
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