Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has tossed out an appeal over the maximum size of cable companies, saying it's not a big deal. That shows how far the telecommunications industr... More >
The folks at the Federal Communications Commission – now firmly under the control of chairman Julius Genachowski – are busy. This week, they set up three inquiries , two of which focus on the wirele... More >
In June, I had the opportunity to interview Stéphane Téral, the principal analyst for Mobile and FMC Infrastructure for Infonetics Research. He said that the firm had studied what he termed “capital ... More >
Like all government initiatives, the broadband element of the economic stimulus package is broken into several key elements: getting the money pledged, working out procedures for allocating the funds... More >
Search is big and mobility is big and voice-enablement is big. Thus, it goes without saying that voice-enabled mobile search will be huge. This internetnews.com story, which is based on a panel at th... More >
The teaming of wireless and cellular in the same mobile device intuitively is a potent combination. That “no brainer” is backed by new research from vendor Meraki and the NPD Group. Both pieces of re... More >
The writer of this post at GIzmodo doesn't seem to have made much of an effort to check the veracity of this vignette he picked up at Evan's Blog. The story is that a commercial plane waiting to ta... More >
The conclusion of new research from T3i – reported on in this eWeek story – is that demand for hosted telephony and a menu of applications among various size companies is far greater than originall... More >
Bringing broadband to rural areas is one of the goals of the broadband element of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, which is the official name of the economic stimulus package. While the s... More >
Companies increasingly look at social networking as a key element of their ongoing marketing plans. It’s a confusing world, however, with new platforms and applications arriving on a regular basis. T... More >
The Washington Post offers a feature that says the big carriers are more likely than not to stay away from applying for broadband stimulus funding. These companies don't want the type of PR that hit... More >
The work of the IT department is getting broader as a wider variety of technologies and platforms become everyday tools -- and every day concerns. That’s a good thing, but it certainly suggests that ... More >
There is good news and bad about the progress being made in the world of fixed mobile convergence (FMC). The sunny side of the equation for proponents is that the case for FMC seems to be movi... More >
The old saying is that anything that doesn’t kill an entity makes it stronger. Though it seems a bit flippant, that just about sums up how the wireless data service sector weathered the recession, ac... More >
Smart grid technology offers tremendous financial and environmental benefits. There is a problem, however: It may not be secure. The Washington Post’s Brian Krebs writes that smart meters – the elem... More >
The smart grid segment, of course, is the poster child for an industry trying to find more socially conscious ways of operating. This is a win/win/win in that the environment benefits and the energy ... More >
Telecommunications is front and center when the unexpected happens. It was an important element of the 911 story, and resurfaced in the Hurricane Katrina debacle. While the most attention understanda... More >
Yesterday, I posted a blog that touched on the mobile device market and the rumors that Apple has a tablet up its sleeve. The posting mentioned a piece by Creative Strategies’ principal Tim ... More >
The mobile device area, especially the area above traditional cell phones and below standard laptops, is a fuzzy mix of smartphones, tablets, smartbooks, ultrathins and netbooks. Each has its own use... More >
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