Tag: at&t
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AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile has Huge Impact on U.S. Telecom Industry!
While rumors were swirling around all weekend, it’s now official: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. With subscriber complaints multiplying about AT&T’s inadequate mobile broadband infrastructure, the company was likely pressured into this deal as a quick fix. Randall Stephenson, AT&T Chairman and CEO said, “This transaction represents a major commitment to strengthen…
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Will the iPad be a revenue driver or bandwidth killer for mobile operators?
Disclaimer: This author has no business relationship with Pyramid Research or parent company Light Reading. Introduction: Mobile operators will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Apple iPad's success, thanks to the iPad's use of mobile data services to access applications and digital content, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom…
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AT&T Upgrades 3G Network while VZW On Track with LTE Buildout; IDC’s Market Forecast
Introduction On the eve of the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® show in Las Vegas this week, the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers are pursuing different paths to eliminate current 3G bandwidth congestion, provide higher speeds to users and achieve lower cost per bit transmitted. These initiatives are extremely important for the health of the wireless industry,…
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Cheaper to Give Them a Computer – the Demise of the Telephone Directory
Is the telephone directory about to be the latest victim of broadband? A recent online article from United Press International suggests that Missouri will no longer require AT&T to distribute the White Pages to its customers. White pages would be distributed only at the request of customers. In the Atlanta market, where AT&T dropped the…
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3G and LTE squeeze WiMAX- is the market window still open?
Summary: Many pundits have declared the window of opportunity for WiMAX has closed. Squeezed between he enhanced capability of 3G technologies (e.g. HSPA/HSPA+ for GSM) and accelerated LTE roll-outs, (notably Verizon Wireless) the claim is that WiMAX is DOA. We disagree! In particular, we believe there is a reasonable market for WiMAX fixed and nomadic/portable service…
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AT&T-iPhone Voice Monopoly Bypassed
By opening up the iPhone to 3rd party applications, Apple may have inadvertently created new competition for its infrastructure partner, AT&T. Frequent Viodi View sponsor, 8×8, Inc’s Packet8 MobileTalk application is now available for the iPhone. Not yet available in the Apple App Store, the software to enable the service (it also works on other smart…