This type of fluff pieces provide no actual statistical data on how most cities treat applications for small cells instead relies upon anecdotal examples from isolated cities. There is no statistical information about how many municipalities “are acting as if they’re 100-foot towers”. No study or other reference proving this oft-stated dictum from the carriers and […]
FirstNet Award to AT&T Confirmed: Checks Confirm Amendment Activity before Official Announcement Tickers: T, AMT, CCI, SBAC Tags: Ken Schmidt, Wireless Infrastructure In Examining FirstNet Assumptions 12/9/2016, we reviewed the likelihood that AT&T would win the FirstNet RFP and the impact on TowerCos, Equipment OEMs, and FiberCos. As the time, the FirstNet award was stalled […]
The Super Bowl LI fans streaming into NRG Stadium in Space City expect to witness a game-winning touchdown that will go viral. However, seeing it once won’t be good enough – not in this retweet world. If you turn back the calendar to July 1969, there was a different type of touchdown trending. The brains […]
YouTube spokesperson said today that T-Mobile’s new BingeOn video streaming service, which it offers to subscribers for free, is interfering with and reducing the quality of YouTube video traffic. According to The Internet Association, an Internet advocacy group, “T-Mobile’s new ‘streaming optimization’ program appears to involve throttling of all video traffic, across all data plans, regardless […]
The Big Four Wireless Carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile) are in the business of churning customers from another service provider to their own network. The price of monthly plans rivals a fast and reliable connection when it comes to subscriber satisfaction. Verizon, AT&T, and most recently Sprint have broadened their service offerings by packing […]
Geofencing is a technique that compares multiple subsequent scans to establish boundaries that are tagged as “crossed” while a user is in motion. Apple has patented an application that uses GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular signals and 3 or 4G network scans to pinpoint the exact location of a mobile device. The app, powered by “wireless scan […]
A little over 1 month ago, I purchased the iPhone 3G. This post is an admission that until I did so, I really didn’t understand how this particular device has and will continue to change the very industry I work in. Simply put- the device is amazing and is truly unlike any other device I […]
In a seeming nod to the potential of an open access network for consumer devices, Verizon has announced that it will start to focus more on connectivity of consumer electronic devices similar to what Sprint announced with its XOHM plans.
My apologies to Bruce Benson from FTI Consulting for ripping off the title of his fascinating white paper entitled- “Couch Potato Famine- Prospering Through an Era of Disruptive Change In Media.” His article is an excellent analysis of the impact of three forces that will profoundly impact the distribution of media and which I believe […]
According to a New York Times article on WIFI enabled cell phones (and many other articles of similar nature), T-Mobile is gearing up to offer a dual mode phone that lets the user “seamlessly” switch between a WIFI network in the home or office (read: anywhere that the phone has been previously configured to use […]