Yesterday, the Justice Department sued to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, saying that the deal would remove a major player – T-Mobile USA – from the mobile carrier market, hurting competition and likely raising prices in the process. AT&T responded that it was “surprised and disappointed” by the suit and that [...] Sprint
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The Justice Department to AT&T: Just Say No
Yesterday, the Justice Department sued to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, saying that the deal would remove a major player – T-Mobile USA – from the mobile carrier market, hurting competition and likely raising prices in the process. AT&T responded that it was “surprised and disappointed” by the suit and that [...] 4G: The Majesty and the Marketing
4G, whatever that is, has arrived. But are the carriers misleading customers as to what this development really means? Are we about to go down the same road, as, well, read on. Marketing is essential to the functioning of any successful economy. How can we find the products and services that we need unless someone [...] Smartphone Customer Care: A Blessing For Operators Or A Curse For IT Departments?
It’s snowing today in Boston. This year has actually been rather easy in terms of snowfall in New England this year…certainly unlike what other cities like Washington D.C. have been dealing with in the last 10 days (I understand they now have over 3ft or 1m of snow on the ground!). Taking a quick break from today’s [...] Mobile Network and Device Performance: Whose Responsibility Is It?
Now that the political dust has finally settled (it even made the news on the BBC) in my fair Commonwealth (for some reason, we’re not a State), I can now get back to fully focusing on scouring the webosphere to see what people are saying about enterprise mobility. I was sent a link yesterday by a [...] Can Carriers Sell Enterprise Mobility Solutions Based On Consumer Devices?
Hello from non frozen San Francisco. Although this weekend was very bad for me in terms of the NFL playoffs, I did at least get to spend some time in one of my favorite cities in the country. While taking the public transportation system back from Fisherman’s Wharf, I started thinking about a conversation I [...] Ask What A Carrier Can Do For Your Enterprise Mobility
Hello from New York City and the Mobile Business Expo conference! As you might know, I interviewed Russ McGuire from Sprint for the Inside Looking Out Series a couple of weeks ago. If you’re not already checking out his blog on a (at least semi) regular basis, then let me tell you that you should. [...] Should Sprint and T-Mobile Combine?
There has been much speculation over the last couple of weeks about T-Mobile making a bid to buy out Sprint…especially after the news that combined, they lost over 500,000 customers in the last quarter. The common wisdom has been that this would not be a good move for either company, primarily because of the fact [...] Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility with Russ McGuire
Welcome to the latest edition of Inside Looking Out. This past week, I spoke with Russ McGuire. Russ is vice president of strategy for Sprint…you know the guys who sell the Pre and the Hero. Russ is responsible for developing the strategic vision and strategic framework for the $35B+ telecommunications giant. I first spoke with Russ [...] Carrier Marginalization Part II: Verizon Wireless vs. App Stores
There was much being said in the last 48 hours regarding the rumor that Verizon Wireless had scrapped its plans to offer Palm’s webOS based Pre in early 2010 once its exclusivity to Sprint expires. Then we saw the expected response from Palm itself as it holds the party line to continue offering its devices on [...] Can FOTA Further Marginalize Carriers?
There’s a new article at Information Week that discusses how Microsoft is planning on providing updates to its mobile OS directly to users, much like Apple, Palm and Google do for their respective OSs. I think this is a great thing, but it made me start to think about how this will impact carriers. 
