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One of the frustrations I have with discussions of network neutrality is the overly-broad application of the concept of “treating all bits alike” with the obvious reality that all bits are [...]

The internet has almost uniformly been positive for consumers–generating new value–while allowing some firms to ride new value propositions to huge business success. On the other [...]

Not too often does even the biggest bit of thinking by a research and development organization actually wind up adopted at a high commercial level. Nokia now is calling its 5G [...]

From 2009 to 2017–a period of eight years–consumer costs for mobile bandwidth fell two orders of magnitude (100 times). Over that period, their consumption also grew by about two [...]

There seems to be growing confusion about “5G” and other next-generation networks. I’ve heard commentary at recent conferences about how this or that platform is relevant for, or part of, 5G. It [...]

Will the telecom industry globally eventually look like the airline industry? Many would argue that will happen. In the global airline industry,  not every nation has its own “branded” air [...]

Satellite roles in 5G are being adopted by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the mobile standards development group. Specifically, 3GPP is looking at standards ensuring that [...]

As with all business decisions made by telecom firms,  5G strategies are shaped by the realm of possibility and practical evaluations of revenue and profit potential. Sprint has lots of 2.5-GHz [...]