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Another hot topic is the upcoming incentive auction. The amount of available spectrum per subscriber tells us how much capacity the carrier has to serve its customers and therefore what the theoretical upper limits of data speeds are. It also …
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2014 US Mobile Phone sales fall by 15% and handset replacement cycle lengthens to historic high
In 2014, roughly 143 million mobile phones were sold in the United States, approximately 90% of them smartphones. This is a decline of 25 million phones from 2013 when approximately 168 million phones were sold – and only half of …
Tablets Fuel Growth and Verizon Leads the Pack
Over the last two years, in addition to attracting new customers, most of the wireless industry has focused on better serving its existing consumers with products and services those consumers want. We all watch more mobile video and play mobile …
Out of the Title II News Blizzard
All the while when we were trapped in the Title II News Blizzard that made any other topic seem small and irrelevant, the FCC has been conducting an auction of wireless spectrum. This wasn’t supposed to be the big auction …
Spectrum Fuels Speed and Prosperity
Recon Analytics recently completed an exhaustive study of the US mobile market and how it compares with its G7 peers (funded by CTIA). This article presents a summary of the study—the results of which are available here.
The US …
Every Way You Look At It: US Carriers Spend More In CAPEX Than Their EU Peers
In our previous report, we established that policymakers must choose among competing outcomes when the agency makes spectrum allocation decisions, including the number of licenses the agency wants to award, the cost to build out the licenses, and network …
Two Out Of Three: Number Of Licenses, Speed And Cost
The US mobile broadband experience is the stuff of lore around the world, in part due to the smartphone revolution that first happened here, enabled by large, reliable wireless networks and innovative pricing strategies that made smartphones and Internet access …
Roger’s Recon: State of Wireless Union 2014, Part Two
The following is the second of a two-part series examining some of last year’s key developments in the mobile space and also projecting their impact into 2014. In this note, we focus on handsets, operating systems and the networks that …
Local Number Portability Administrator Change Would Be ‘Costly Mess’
According to Report Change in Administrator Would Jeopardize Launch of Next Gen Wireless Services
Recon Analytics, an independent data analytics and consulting firm, today released a report finding that a change in the nation’s local number portability administrator (LNPA) could …
Roger’s Recon: State of Wireless Union 2014, Part One
The following Note is the first of a two-part series assessing some of last year’s key market developments and projecting their impact into 2014. We also offer our thoughts on the challenges and opportunities for wireless carriers this year and …
