TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Negotiating around corporate mandates … your own as well as your vendor’s
February 25, 2010
How often has a carrier account manager conditioned a particular response to you around what he or she “can do” or “has to do” in light of corporate directives? Pretty often, I bet. Carriers find it convenient to tie the … Continue reading
Think like a bondholder to assess contract term risk with carriers
February 24, 2010
One of the shocks that people often get with their first stock market investment is finding out what a stockholder really is. People often buy stocks thinking they’re getting a “piece of the pie” along with the other stockholders. But … Continue reading
What’s the real story behind the Verizon Wireless and Skype tie-up?
February 19, 2010
In the following guest post, TC2′s London-based managing director Ben Fox continues his comments about the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Besides the increasing momentum for establishing LTE as a global mobile broadband standard, the other very interesting announcement from … Continue reading
LTE triumphant? Barcelona brings CDMA carriers into the GSM Association
February 18, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 managing director Ben Fox, who is based in London. This week’s 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona has been the setting for a number of significant developments in the global mobile marketplace. … Continue reading
Great prices, lousy terms? How not to let your carrier sabotage the deal
February 15, 2010
You might have thought that the IP convergerce era would have brought in easier networks and simpler contracts. You know, buy one service from one carrier, have it do everything, sign a single document where all the conditions for buying … Continue reading
Google wants to be your carrier … or at least sound like one to get what it wants
February 12, 2010
It used to be an article of faith that telecom carriers knew how to be Washington players and IT vendors didn’t. Decades of Washington experience gave the “RBOCs” and “long distance carriers” hooks into the regulatory scene. A CEO like … Continue reading
How accurate is your commitment tracking report?
February 11, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 Senior Consultant Janis Stephens, whose special expertise includes many of the disciplines surrounding contract compliance and bill auditing. Everyone assumes that their telecom bills will contain errors. But most enterprises accept their … Continue reading
Is it safe to send text messages in Europe? Mobile caps and the corporate user
February 4, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 Senior Consultant Mark Sheard, who is based in London. Did 2009 mark the end of overcharging for text messaging and data applications while roaming in Europe? You might think so because of … 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