Category: Alan Weissberger
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WiMAX in India- Whom do you believe: press or Indian government official?
Business Week called it "A WiMAX Breathrough in India– Tata Communications unveils an ambitious plan to become global leader in wireless broadband by launching the world’s largest commercial network On Mar. 4, India’s Tata Communications , an emerging broadband wireless service provider, announced the countrywide rollout of a commercial WiMax network in India, the largest…
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Hope Fading for Muni Wireless Networks- Is WiMAX the answer?
Saturday’s NY Times had a front page story describing the sorry state of Muni WiFi networks in the U.S. We long ago suspected that the business model was flawed, but we did not expect that the number of WiFi Access Points on light poles had to be so much larger then originally planned. What kind…
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Are any telecom companies making money?
Huge loss by SPRINT caps plethara of disappointing telecom news We do not think SPRINT has the financial resources to complete their WiMAX buildout plans. Instead, the WiMAX unit will likely be spun off, with INTEL, Clearwire, and private equity firms buying it. Even then, the future of WiMAX in the U.S. is in doubt-…
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Wireless Telecom in Transition – Moto and Nortel may combine Wireless Infrastructure Units while Alcatel forms partnership with NEC for LTE
[editor’s note: To engage Alan Weissberger for consulting services, contact him at alan at viodi dot com] If implemented, the merger of Motorola’s and Nortel’s wireless infrastructure businesses would result in the creation of a $10 billion revenue company that would be better positioned to jostle for market share in a fast-consolidating industry. Both companies have…
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Juniper CEO Scott Kriens Thoughts on Leadership and Corporate Culture Transformation
By Alan J. Weissberger, contact alan at viodi.com for information on his telecom consulting services. On Jan 8, 2008, I was privileged to hear Scott Kriens talk at the SCU Business School (I was a Professor in SCU EE Dept for many years). Here are the key points of his talk: Juniper has…
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Will SPRINT Scale back its WiMAX deployment?
By Alan J. Weissberger, contact alan at viodi.com for information on his telecom consulting services. The January 14th on line WSJ states that SPRINT plans to lay off several thousand employees, as newly installed Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse seeks to show investors a new commitment to efficiency and cost discipline. Regarding WiMAX, the article…