TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Level 3 earnings don’t support its candidacy for giant-killer status
April 30, 2009
Sometimes falling revenue outweighs any attempt to outrace it by cutting costs. This is particularly true when a business is considered to be in a sketchy financial position in the first place. In a nutshell, that’s the position that Level … Continue reading
Wireless profits rise, but how much of it is your money?
April 28, 2009
Even in tough economic times, almost everyone’s wireless expenditures are growing. So it’s understandable if a lot of your corporate wireless dollars are going to the big carriers’ revenue top line. But how much is going straight to their bottom … Continue reading
Juicy transport pricing found in managed services procurements
April 27, 2009
When I say “managed services,” what do you think of? Managed services can be limited to extending the scope of the data network service to include the WAN access router, or they can include outsourcing the management of a company’s … Continue reading
New European mobile price caps ratified
April 22, 2009
The European Parliament today ratified the recently discussed mobile price caps that go a long way to finally making roaming less onerous and less prone to very unpleasant bill surprises. Enterprises that send their end-users logging on and texting around … Continue reading
Can your grandmother run this IP network?
April 21, 2009
In the realm of consumer telephony and Internet services, broadband providers have taken years to make their offerings what some people would call “grandma quality.” What that means is whether the service is completely transparent to the end-user, in the … Continue reading
How to make the new European mobile price caps really count
April 18, 2009
The following is a guest post by TC2 managing director Ben Fox, who is based in London. By now you may have seen press updates concerning the latest round of European regulatory announcements regarding the capping of the charges that … Continue reading
A date with your supplier at Pebble Beach, and five other mistakes you can’t afford to make
April 17, 2009
The following is a guest post by Justin Castillo, a partner with our law firm affiliate, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP. Many economists are warning that the current downturn could last into 2011 or beyond. Until it ends, enterprise … Continue reading
Frame relay farewell tour #3 under way
April 16, 2009
Like a band that keeps announcing its retirement, traditional frame relay keeps waving good-bye but likes to stick around for another bow. Recently Verizon Business quietly made a change in the availability of its frame relay service. The carrier stuck … Continue reading
- Apparently feeling left out, Verizon adds an Administrative Expense Fee
- Data pooling plans gain momentum as data usage accelerates
- Softbank’s fight with Dish for Sprint runs far afield from the enterprise
- Getting a grasp on your telecom inventory – is it possible?
- Declining account support and the rise of the vendor “Program Management Office”
- Machine-to-machine: A whole new wireless pricing ballgame
- Transformation projects require their own timeline and approach
- CenturyLink cuts shareholder dividend as necessary transition accelerates
- Data sharing plans already add usage … and devices
- Nextel subscriber run-off hits hard as Sprint struggles to remake itself