The LPWAN (low power wide area network) area is surging ahead, on virtually a global basis as there is growing interest in how the complex communications needs of the complex Internet of Things (IoT) are going to be met. One of th...
Just a few years ago we were assured that free municipal WiFi services were dead, as major city projects collapsed in San Francisco, Philadelphia and elsewhere. “Whatever happened to municipal Wi-Fi?” asked The Economist (7/26/13)...
Tareq Hoque is a true veteran of the mesh industry, having started back in 2002 with Firetide (now part of Unicom Global), which introduced the Hot Point mesh access gear. While his current company, Concentris Systems focuses on n...
We recently spoke with Hal Steger, VP of Global Marketing at Funambol, a leader in carrier personal clouds, and also a company targeted by a lawsuit by its larger competitor, Synchronoss. Where is growth coming from in the carrier...
There is over-powering logic to the advent of brand name MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators.) Now that Google is taking the first step, our question is: how far behind is Facebook likely to be. The Logic and Google’s History ...
Details are currently sketchy about Google’s MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) deal with both Sprint and T-Mobile. But here are six key considerations, our decidedly unconventional views. 1. Just A Typical MVNO Deal? – We Dou...
(Podcast Download) Carrier provision of personal clouds for consumers has gained some traction in various geographic markets, however, major issues loom over this area. The overriding uncertainty about the carrier personal cloud m...
Starting about seven years ago, wefi set out to develop a virtual cloud based layer to collect information on WiFi hotspots worldwide. Based on information it amassed including, network loads, user locations and types of devices b...
Most commentary on major mergers appears to take a very short-term view: e.g., Apple buys Beats based on what it will add to near-term profits; or, in the case of AT&T-DirecTV, AT&T is just trying to add customers or pare ...
Synchronoss (SNCR) has been identified for several years as a leading “enabler” to carriers, (also referred to as a “service provider IT vendor”) with their leading role in mobile activations and, recently, in cloud related areas....
