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No Matter What, Telecom Likely “Unrecognizable” in 10 Years

January 28, 2017

One way or the other, the global telecom business might be “unrecognizable” in 10 years. “Do nothing” and the business model might collapse, say researchers at McKinsey. On the other [...]

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4.7 Billion IoT Connected Devices Shipped in 2020?

January 28, 2017

By 2020, nearly two billion devices with mobile connections capability, 2.7 billion devices that can connect to one or another low-power communications network and 3.3 billion devices with Wi-Fi [...]

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Can You Build a Sustainable Business Model Without Exclusive Use or QoS?

January 26, 2017

Some would argue that any business based on use of spectrum “must” entail either exclusive rights to use, or at least quality of service guarantees,  to create a sustainable business [...]

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Gigabit LTE? Yes, AT&T Says

January 26, 2017

Gigabit 5G internet access speeds, with a migration to 10-Gbps, are part of the developing standards for that new platform. But mobile operators globally are working to develop gigabit versions [...]

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LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum? Yes, Says MulteFire Alliance

January 26, 2017

The MulteFire Alliance, developing a platform for Long Term Evolution 4G services entirely based on unlicensed spectrum, or in a shared spectrum environment, announced the completion of its [...]

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Marginal Cost Pricing a Huge Business Issue for All Telcos

January 26, 2017

Marginal cost pricing is now, and has been, a huge business model problem for capital-intensive communications infrastructure providers. Marginal cost pricing involves selling incremental units [...]

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Internet Access the Next Big Wave of “Mobile Substitution?”

January 26, 2017

How big a deal, and in what markets, will 5G  represent a chance for mobile substitution of fixed internet access? Arguably the potential changes will be greatest in markets where fixed network [...]

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Next Era of Internet: More “Push”

January 21, 2017

The internet has moved, over time, from push to pull, and then back to push. In the next evolution, push might be even more important. AOL, the big U.S. ISP in the early days, largely relied on a [...]

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The Next Generation of the Internet Will be Driven by AI

January 21, 2017

You might argue the internet has evolved since its inception. Originally a narrowband tool for researchers, it now is a broadband tool used widely by most consumers and businesses. Early on in [...]

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What Happens to Incumbents if Spectrum Scarcity Becomes Spectrum Abundance?

January 19, 2017

Will spectrum abundance help or harm incumbent spectrum users? In the past, under conditions of scarcity, it has typically been argued that there were incentives for some forms of  incumbent [...]

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Mobile Backhaul Drives O3b Growth

January 19, 2017

Mobile backhaul has, for some years, been viewed as a growth area for satellite networks. And mobile backhaul is responsible for a goodly portion of O3b Networks growth in 2016. O3b Networks says [...]

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Global Mobile Growth is Slowing

January 19, 2017

Global mobile industry growth is slowing, even if it is accelerating in some regions, and even if new subscribers and mobile data will underpin that growth for a while. TeleGeography predicts 2.4 [...]

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Major Net Neutrality Rule Changes Coming?

January 19, 2017

Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler says we are at a fork in the road where it comes to network neutrality and gatekeeper policy. Up to this point network neutrality [...]

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Will 5G Be as Fundamental as Electricity?

January 19, 2017

Is 5G as fundamental a technology as the printing press, electricity, the internet, the telegraph? IHS Markit believes 5G is among a handful of huge innovations that have broad economic impact. [...]

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India Mobile Price War Will Hasten Some Key Changes

January 19, 2017

A major price war in the India mobile market is resetting mobile operator revenue expectations, reducing profits and driving a major consolidation wave should result in an industry quite a bit [...]

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