Companies’ communications strategies must be agile in a rapidly evolving market
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People in the IT and telecommunication industries are famous for their flexibility. Increasingly, the displays that showcase the images they bring to customers are, as well. Flexible displays are amo... More >
First, a disclaimer: This InformationWeek piece is about consumers, not businesses. That doesn’t make its lesson any less valuable. Indeed, in a strange way it makes it more of a call for bu... More >
It’s refreshing to find an area where the news seems to be all good. The Ethernet market, according to research from a trio of organizations that cover the carrier and enterprise sectors, is on the u... More >
The focus of the wireless world, for the last year or more, has been on 4G. It's understandable. There is great promise, and a bit of drama as well: Which approach will predominate? Long-Term ... More >
The case for femtocells is clear. By enabling the relocation of communications from pricey licensed cellular spectrum to cheaper wireless VoIP, “femtos” reduce costs and in some cases improve audio... More >
The key takeaway from the press reports about the release of the Federal Communications Commission's annual report on mobile wireless competition is that the two main structures upon which the overal... More >
Analysts, bloggers and other journalists are quick to bury older technologies in favor of newer and shinier approaches. The great promise of 4G wireless and the increasing affordability of fib... More >
The smartphone and Web conferencing are matched as well as Laurel and Hardy, or for younger readers, Brangelina. The logic is inescapable: Road warriors, especially those who don’t like lugging aroun... More >
The dynamic between Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMax has been about the same for a while: LTE has more powerful carriers on its side, but is behind WiMax in rollouts. That situation is fundamental... More >
InfoWorld’s Matt Hamblen has written a very insightful article about something that IT managers should be worried about, if they aren’t already: Wireless is evolving so quickly that IT managers are ... More >
For all its impressive advances of the past thirty years -- the move from analog to digital and its data and wireline voice initiatives chief among them -- the cable industry has lagged wireless voic... More >
The telecommunications and IT industries have been at this point many times before: A technology is well ensconced and providing good service for customers and a steady revenue stream for service pro... More >
It’s a good idea to find actual numbers to test what everybody thinks is happening. This both proves or disproves the general feeling and provides some context for whatever conclusion is drawn. ... More >
The difference between the newly minted ultra-fast WiGig specification and world-record sprinter Usain Bolt is that the new spec has competition, while the Jamaican runs (very quickly) alone. ... More >
The next big thing is on the very verge of becoming the current big thing. 3D television is here. Signs are everywhere The pump was primed by a run of 3D movies, including the popular animate... More >
It’s been quite a week in the war of words between the Federal Communications Commission and whoever will listen to it on net neutrality . Early in the week, the Washington Post posted a stor... More >
CTO Edge blogger Charlene O’Hanlon has created a nice slideshow out of the graphics used by Plantronics for a survey the vendor released last week.. I wrote a post on the survey for Unified ... More >
The hype machine is going full blast in the world of cellular phones in general and smartphones in particular. It’s difficult to tell the wheat from the chaff, but a number of sites and publications ... More >
The high-level position on net neutrality and how the FCC will react to its court loss in the Comcast case were in the news again. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski was reported by The Washington Post... More >
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