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Americans love the internet, accessing it from home and on the road. Until 2007, Americans essentially had two choices when it came to home internet: cable internet or DSL. To the cable industries great credit, they were the first to …
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And then there were three…
Sometimes old album titles say it best. Today, AT&T marks the start of the expansion of AT&T’s fixed wireless home internet service called AT&T Internet Air. After offering it in its DSL footprint for the last few months, it is …
US broadband network performance during COVID-19 and beyond
NETWORK SLICING BENEFITS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECTRUM LICENSING
Introduction
With the advent of 5G and, with it, a technology called network slicing, many parties, ranging from mobile network operators and enterprises to policymakers, are re-examining how to deploy customized networks that were previously …
Tipping the scales of innovation
When Nvidia announced that it was in the process of buying Arm from Softbank, many analysts and industry observers were exuberant about how it would transform the semiconductor industry by combining the leading data center Artificial Intelligence (AI) CPU company …
Broadband 2020: how the pandemic changed usage and priorities
A new report called “Broadband 2020” by Recon Analytics shows that over 40% of employees in the United States are able to telecommute. The Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics defines the professional workforce as all workers in the …
Audio conference: Will the U.S. Tech, Telecom and Mobile Sectors Survive Election Year 2020 and COVID-19?
Hot Summer Days Summary
T-Mobile threw down the gauntlet this summer with its new Mobile without Borders plan, pre-empting and expanding on AT&T’s plan to make the US and Mexico one calling area. Within a few weeks the rest of the industry adjusted their …
A quiet sigh of relief: Microsoft acquires Skype
On May 10, 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype for $8.5 billion. It is widely seen as another catch-up move by Microsoft in its battle against Google’s and Apple’s increasing dominance of the traditional and mobile internet.
It is interesting to watch …
Ponderings Before a Merger Hearing
As we approach the House of Representative’s Hearing on the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T, I have been reflecting on what we heard during and after last week’s Senate Hearing on this topic and am wondering what the House …
