TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Tag: Regulation
VoIP and SIP are great! Now make sure it’s legal
May 24, 2012
Recently I’ve drawn a number of analogies between the migration to SIP Trunking and past migrations of enterprise network services. But there’s one way in which this movement is very different than changes from private line to frame relay to … Continue reading
The looming spectrum shortage: A threat to telecom budgets or a scare tactic?
April 25, 2012
The following is a guest post by TC2 Analyst Dorothy Nederman, who is based in Washington, D.C. Here in Washington, where public policy and private interests clash every day, the big telecom players are adept at framing their own positions … Continue reading
USF contribution factor dips a little … very little
March 22, 2012
Don’t let this brighten your day! The universal service surcharge is dropping from 17.9% to 17.4% on April 1. Whoop-de-doo. In a sense, the small amount of the change illustrates the way that other factors affect your surcharge situation more … Continue reading
USF surcharge factor reaches yet another record high
December 20, 2011
The following is a guest post by LB3 partner Andrew Brown, who is based in Washington, D.C. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission officially announced that the Universal Service Fund contribution factor – the percentage surcharge that appears each month … Continue reading
Spinning out of control: Carriers’ merger, partner efforts hit more roadblocks
September 21, 2011
Whenever carriers devote money, energy and time to something other than building and supporting their own networks, they’re running a risk that they won’t be able to control events. This week alone provides two more examples of this phenomenon. LightSquared, the LTE … Continue reading
Justice Department takes a sledgehammer to AT&T/T-Mobile merger
August 31, 2011
So AT&T can’t really control events after all. Today the Justice Department filed suit to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. The government’s action doesn’t necessarily kill the deal – AT&T can, and for the moment says it will, fight the lawsuit. … 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
Percentage surcharge leapfrog game enters a new phase
October 14, 2010
One reason why the telecom surcharge problem is so aggravating is that it operates in such an insidious way. Most corporate telecom managers understand that the current universal service surcharge, which is expressed as a percentage of applicable interstate (including … 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