by admin | May 20, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, All, Analyses, Judy Reed Smith
Although 1973 sounds like a long, long time ago, if we realise that 41 years ago this spring Robert Metcalfe conceived the first conceptual hints of what evolved into Ethernet while at MIT, the interval seems small. After a decade of evolution through various uses and...
by admin | May 7, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses
In early April, I had the pleasure of participating in the NEDAS Forum event in New York City. The forum had attendees and speakers covering all aspects of the deployment value chain. From attending, it became clear that Manhattan has served as a very unique test case...
by admin | Apr 28, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, All, Analyses
ATLANTIC-ACM’s annual Report Card series collects thousands of service provider ratings from their customers. We publish several of these studies each year – all of them focusing on either wholesale or retail telecom sales and service – and they all are used by...
by admin | Apr 15, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, All, Analyses, Judy Reed Smith
I bought myself a 2014 present. My newest bracelet is black plastic and can tell me how many steps I’ve walked (2,551 by noon, without having yet made it to the gym), how many miles (1.6), how many flights of stairs I’ve climbed (three, which I would count...
by admin | Apr 4, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, All, Analyses, Judy Reed Smith
The fight for stateside wireless customers shifted from intense to very intense when regulators quashed AT&T’s planned purchase of T-Mobile in late 2011. Break-up fees of $2 billion, plus required AT&T spectrum, helped T-Mobile grow its network and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, All, Analyses, Fedor Smith
It’s generally accepted that by the beginning of the next decade the machine-to-machine market, or, if you prefer, the larger-scope “Internet of things,” will have more connected devices than all other Internet connections combined. Even if that...
