TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Is Verizon Wireless pricing 4G data services lower than legacy 3G plans?
December 21, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 managing director Ben Fox, who is based in London. Verizon Wireless’ recently announced standard pricing for 4G mobile broadband plans (i.e. for 4G USB modems) is as follows: $50 monthly access fee … Continue reading
Verizon lets AT&T hold the undisputed crown of surcharges
December 20, 2010
Apparently Verizon really, really does not want to be known as the King of Surcharges. As part of our regular analysis of wireline surcharges, which now reflects a record USF contribution factor for the upcoming first quarter of 2011, we … Continue reading
Dreaded surcharge goes to 15.5% … or is it 22.1%? Depends how you look at it
December 17, 2010
Halfway through December, in the teeth of the holiday season, we always get the news about the USF surcharge for the first three months of the new year. This year it turns out that the reprieve users got with a … Continue reading
AT&T probes support for SIP over AVPN … but watch the details carefully
December 10, 2010
In any new telecom technology, certain business customers simply will not consider it until it’s absolutely mainstream. The same goes for SIP Trunking. And up until now there’s been one glaring way in which it’s not been mainsteam: AT&T won’t … Continue reading
Nextel phaseout fits into near-term and long-term Sprint patterns
December 8, 2010
You could argue that the current wave of headlines about 4G networks suffers from the chronic malady of technology news — obsessive coverage of the new and barely used at the expense of any mention of the tried and true. … Continue reading
Complicated Clearwire financing moves reflect mixed incentives for Sprint
December 7, 2010
Right as Verizon was launching 4G, Sprint’s WiMax network provider, Clearwire, announced new financing plans to cover the pending shortfall that threatens its survival past the middle of 2011. Those plans are a little strange, and they immediately generated negative … Continue reading
The 4G battle is joined with Verizon’s LTE launch
December 6, 2010
You have to hand it to Verizon. In a PR masterstroke, Verizon got all of the consumer, business and technology media buzzing with its 4G LTE network launch on Sunday in 38 markets. Verizon’s preferred message that it wasn’t piddling … Continue reading
Money for telecom investment and the cash hordes in the IT industry
December 1, 2010
The following is not a trick question. Which of these three companies has the highest credit rating? 1. AT&T, which has been around since 1876. 2. Verizon, which has also been around since the 19th century (don’t believe me? the … 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