TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Do devices matter when buying enterprise wireless services?
October 29, 2009
The following is a guest post by TC2 Asia-Pacific managing director Joe Schmidt, who is based in Singapore. If you’re a buyer of wireless services, which has a higher priority in your decision process, the carrier or the device? For … Continue reading
AT&T earnings: Momentum where it counts
October 23, 2009
Every industry has its own set of unique financial statistics that draw a picture of each company’s underlying strength or weakness. You can probably name these special statistics for your own industry because they come up all the tme in … Continue reading
Unpacking the net neutrality issue for enterprises
October 22, 2009
Do you think the Internet should be open? I presume you do. Do you think the Internet should stay deregulated? I presume you do. Now tell me what your position is on “net neutrality,” if you know what that is. … Continue reading
Dealing with the paradox of rate reviews and contract extensions
October 15, 2009
If you got a memo today from a senior executive in your company ordering you to get rate reductions from your principal carrier right now — and never mind when your contract actually terminates — could you do it? An … Continue reading
Mobile Device Management: For your benefit or for your vendor’s cross-selling goals?
October 8, 2009
The following is a guest post by TC2 Asia-Pacific managing director Joe Schmidt, who is based in Singapore. Mobile Device Management (MDM) is a conundrum for enterprises that provide smartphones and other mobile devices to their employees, or who allow … Continue reading
Combined wireline and wireless MACs: Good idea or a subtle trap?
October 6, 2009
A general principle of effective telecom procurement has always been that the broader the basket of services, the better the offers — up to a point. That point is reached when you go beyond the boundaries of what a discrete … Continue reading
Translating financial press coverage of telecom to the business user environment
October 2, 2009
READ THIS! Has that ever been the title of an email you’ve received from a senior manager or a lateral peer in your company, with a link to an article from the financial press about one of your suppliers, maybe … 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