Telecom has become recession proof

Inflation has become a top-of-mind concern for everyone, leaving consumers, businesses, and the investment community on the edge of their seats. How are consumers reacting to the largest…

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Moving to the next stage of the Satellite games

AST Spacemobile (AST) and AT&T just completed the first call between a regular smartphones using just the electronics and antennas that are common for decades in mobile devices…

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Cable leads in mobile, mobile leads in broadband

The converged communications industry is undergoing significant change. It has been well reported that fixed wireless access has captured most of the broadband industry’s growth, followed by fiber,…

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The crux of Verizon’s problems

In case you are just tuning in, Verizon has been going through a rough time for about two years now. In fall 2021, it replaced Ronan Dunne as…

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US broadband network performance during COVID-19 and beyond

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Spoiler Alert:  There is No Broadband Nirvana in Europe

Lessons from the Field Lessons from the Field There is broad agreement in the United States that we need to increase broadband coverage and make broadband more affordable…

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Broadband for All – who pays? 71% of Americans want Google, Facebook, Amazon and the alike pay for it

Americans overwhelmingly support that broadband should be available to every American and that the funding base to achieve that should be broadened to every company that makes money…

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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…

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Rakuten Communications Platform wants to conquer the world

Japan’s Rakuten is the first global mobile network operators (MNO) to fully virtualize their networks, with millions of active customers on commercial service. Rakuten has taken their expertise…

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Different strokes for different (chip) folks

In recent years, the FTC raised concerns that Qualcomm’s patent portfolio and unbiased licensing scheme would prevent other companies from manufacturing and selling 5G chipsets, leading to an…

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Large scale carrier aggregation for the win

The Super Bowl is not only the pinnacle of the American Football season, but it is also the show case event for wireless carrier. Every year, every wireless…

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