TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Wireless unlimited data? You don’t want it anyway
June 23, 2011
The following is a guest post by TC2’s Mark Sheard, who is based in London. There was a time when unlimited monthly data was the plan to have. If you can get “all you can eat” for a low fixed … Continue reading
Sprint and LTE: Mollifying its WiMax past without confusing the market any more
June 21, 2011
Is Sprint about to face reality and substantially switch its 4G strategy from WiMax to LTE? Almost certainly. When’s the announcement coming? That’s become a parlor game in IT and financial circles. Will you be able to rely on the … Continue reading
Don’t dismiss Qwest: Buyer CenturyLink has good reason to woo the enterprise
June 17, 2011
Mergers are supposed to foul up carriers. At least that’s how it always seems to work in the telecom business. So is it possible that a carrier could actually be rejuvenated by being acquired? Consider Qwest. It had been fading … Continue reading
How not to ignore Apple: Putting iCloud in perspective
June 16, 2011
If you originally said “no way” to procuring iPhones, but now are considering getting bids from AT&T and Verizon for that very product, then you’ll have some idea of the dilemma involved with Apple’s recent iCloud announcement. Let’s be clear: … 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