Some observers believe most service providers will not be easily able to build 5G networks because they will be so expensive. Others are more sanguine, arguing that there are many reasons why 5G [...]
Dire warnings about 5G cost, and therefore the 5G business model, are not hard to find. Though it is easy to find broad suggestions of how new revenue streams will develop, there is no certainty, [...]
Korea Telecom executives say a 5G network using 28-GHz spectrum requires four times as many outdoor cell sites as does a 4G Long Term Evolution network using low band spectrum. And that is good [...]
Wireless substitution remains a controversial prospect, as some argue that 5G is a substitute for the National Broadband Network, while others doubt that will happen, as fixed network access “is [...]
In Africa, mobile average revenue per user was more than $23 in 2004. By 2012, just eight years later, ARPU had dropped to perhaps $6.50, according to ICT Africa. That illustrates a core [...]
Service and product suppliers are interested in Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) for obvious reasons: it creates new sales opportunities for infrastructure and possibly services. Some also [...]
As next-generation networks continue to evolve, new questions and possibilities arguably arise. Among the questions are whether it is possible to create a connectivity business model founded [...]
We normally think about network functions virtualizati0n as a tool network operators can use to create new capabilities while lowering cost. What we tend not to think about is whether NFV will [...]
Some of us would note with regret an apparent pullback of internet.org’s “Free Basics” program, which has allowed perhaps 100 million people to use Facebook and some other [...]
There is a good reason why service providers globally now search so hard for new products, services and markets. They have too, as they can expect to lose about 50 percent of current revenue [...]
One of the biggest long-term trends in the communications business is the tendency for connectivity services to constantly drop towards “zero” levels. That is arguably most true in the capacity [...]
As always, public company perceptions of upside from new markets is conditioned by their own view of ability to capitalize on those new markets. In many regions and markets, heavy recent [...]
As vital as business voice and unified communications capabilities might be, they do not drive huge service provider revenues, globally. But you might be surprised to learn that the fixed [...]
Up to a point, competition is good for consumers, leading to better prices and greater value. But there is such a thing as “ruinous competition,” which drives prices below the point at which [...]
Between 1997 and 2017, the cost of mobile service in the U.S. market dropped 50 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices [...]