Category: Alan Weissberger
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Entrepreneur Forum & Carrier Perspectives – Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 2
Introduction: Part 1 of this multi-part Summary of TC3 provided highlights of the Service Provider Innovation Forum held on September 12th. This second piece examines the panel session on Rich Communications Suite (RCS) and (more importantly) selected carrier innovation agendas, strategies and case studies. The third article will look at telco innovation suggestions from market…
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Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 1- Service Provider Innovation Forum
Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 12-13, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for startups and application developers to interact with telecom carriers (telcos) and network operators. Telco representatives who manage innovation, from developer programs and labs facilities to venture investing, discussed many…
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Telecom Death Spiral Continues with ZTE’s Steep Profit Drop
Sluggish telecom operator infrastructure spending, mobile device price wars and roadblocks in several western markets have all combined to cause China’s ZTE to report an 85% drop in profits (year over year) in the latest quarter that ended in June. Net earnings for the first half dropped 68 per cent to Rmb245m, in line with a warning issued last…
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Infonetics Microwave Survey: NEC still leads but Ericsson gets high marks by network operators!
In its new Microwave Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, Infonetics Research explores operators’ deployment plans and perceptions of microwave equipment suppliers. In market share, NEC held the lead in equipment revenue for the first quarter of 2012 with 20%, just ahead of Ericsson; Huawei was 3rd (see pie chart). “As the microwave equipment…
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Top US Telcos Reject Broadband Connect America Funding
Ten of the nation’s largest carriers were invited to participate in the Connect America Funding program, offered by the Federal Communications Commission. The fund would pay carriers $775 per broadband line deployed to an unserved home within its territory up to a specific dollar level (which varies from one carrier to another). Seven of the 10…
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Amazon Smart Phone Coming in 2012 May Challenge Carrier Model
Overview Amazon is said to be actively developing a smartphone that would present a direct challenge to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android devices. Two sources close to the project say the Amazon smartphone would essentially serve as an extension of the Amazon Kindle Fire – the hugely successful tablet e-reader offering (this author has a…