Dark Fiber’s Role in the Mobile Backhaul Ecosystem

by admin | Mar 3, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses

Dark fiber — the dirty word of early-2000s telecom — is back en vogue in the wireless backhaul market. With the pending initial public offering of Zayo Group, it seems the time is ripe to discuss dark fiber’s role in the U.S. mobile backhaul ecosystem and its...

Go-to-Market Tune Ups for Small Cell Infrastructure Players

by admin | Feb 5, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses

Tower providers, fiber players, integrators and others are focused on capturing business from the next round of U.S. mobile infrastructure expansion – small cells. In my previous analysisThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled...

Small Cell — What’s the Deal (Is it Real?)

by admin | Jan 24, 2014 | 2014 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses

Small cells may be one of the hottest topics in the wireless infrastructure space today, but their impact has yet to show in the United States and many are beginning to question their relevancy: Do they really matter, and, will they really play a major role in U.S....

U.S. Mobile Opportunities Over the Next Five Years

by admin | Nov 7, 2013 | 2013 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses

ATLANTIC-ACM just completed “Strategic Services Take the Stage: U.S. Telecom Wired and Wireless Sizing and Share 2013-2018,” its annual five-year forecasting analysis of the U.S. telecom market. With this iteration of the analysis, it again is readily...

The Shopping Network: What Will DISH Do Now?

by admin | Jul 25, 2013 | 2013 Analyses, Aaron Blazar, All, Analyses

Just as I clicked “send” on my last blog, it became immediately irrevelant as DISH launched a new, higher bid for Clearwire, leaving Sprint/Softbank in limbo over the supposedly done deal to acquire the remainder of Clearwire. Since then, a multitude of...