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1. Verizon is Going Over the Top, So is T-Mobile USA Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (4 hours, 39 min ago) Applications The Verizon and Coinstar joint venture to create a streaming version of Redbox is part of a pattern at Verizon and elsewhere, namely that over the top services increasingly are being viewed as a way to sell services to “non-customers.”In essence, the new streaming service will reach beyond the footprint of Verizon fixed network customers and appeal to all 30 million Redbox customers who have been renting DVDs from the Redbox kiosks. According to ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Verizon Communications   Cox Communications   Comcast

2. Is Unified Communications a Glass Half Full, or Half Empty? Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (12 hours, 51 min ago) Applications , Unified communications It never is terribly easy to quantify the size of the unified communications market, embracing as it does so many different communications and collaboration solutions. A new study by CompTIA of 500 executives has found that “collaboration” tools already are highly used by respondent firms, and well understood. About 59 percent of respondents say the concept is well defined, while 80 percent think unified communications has high or moderate value. With the exception of social ... (Read Full Article)

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3. How Robust is Planned Spending on Unified Communications? Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (13 hours, 43 min ago) Applications , Unified communications Unified communications has in some ways been a “fuzzy” concept, entailing as it does the unification of devices, applications, network access modes and media types. A new study by CompTIA of 500 executives has found that “collaboration” tools already are highly used by respondent firms. With the exception of social tools, at 36 percent adoption, most constituent forms of unified communications are used by 60 percent to 94 percent of respondent firms. About 33 percent ... (Read Full Article)

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4. Mobile Signaling Load Growing Faster than Bearer Traffic Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (16 hours, 20 min ago) While data traffic is growing, signaling traffic is outpacing actual mobile data traffic by 30 to 50 percent, if not higher, 4G Americas says. Mobile network engineers began encountering that problem some years ago, when investigating cases of congestion on cell sites that seemed not to be experiencing especially-heavy demand. As it turned out, signaling operations were causing the congestion, not the bearer traffic. Since then, the problem has grown as more apps aim to ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Nielsen

5. Verizon Wireless Expects Slight Revenue Dilution From Family Mobile Data Plans Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) Business Models , Mobility One major reason Verizon Wireless is launching family or multi-device mobile data plans in the summer of 2012 is that “we have kind of constrained the marketplace now around connecting more devices because everybody thinks, well, if I connect that device, I now have to buy an additional data plan with that that has its own tiered pricing with it,” Fran Shammo, Verizon Communications CFO says. “If I can add as many devices as I ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Verizon Wireless   Fran Shammo

6. Verizon Sees U.S. Economy Flat for Balance of Year Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (May 16 2012) Marketing "I think the economy is still just kind of moseying along; it is not going down," says Verizon CFO Fran Shammo. "I don't see it increasing and we have predicted that it will just be stable through this year." So, at least at the moment, Verizon does not see any particular economic trends that would affect its business in a positive or negative way. It will just motor along about as it has been ... (Read Full Article)

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7. 1/3 of New Netflix Customers are Returning Subscribers Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) Netflix CFO David Wells says about a third of "new" subscribers joining Netflix actually are former subscribers who are returning.  "Rejoined or folks rejoining the service still remain about a third of our new subscribers that are coming in," Wells says. "We've said before that the brand hit will take years to recover from and I think that's still true, with the bulk of the recovery coming in the full year and I ... (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   David Wells

8. Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans Explore FierceWireless (May 16 2012) Mobility Verizon Wireless plans to eliminate the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into the plan last July 2011. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Verizon Communications   LTE   AT&T

9. Smart Phones for Medical Diagnosis Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) Some industry verticals tend to be lead adopters of new technology, while others tend to lag. Historically, the financial sector has lead adoption of most new technologies. Medical segments tend to lag. But smart phones, sensor and apps might change that. And that is one reason e-health tends to get attention from communications service providers. Use of a standard smart phone as a medical sensor could dramatically change the adoption profile. That’s the vision ... (Read Full Article)

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10. Android Fragmentation: 682,000 Different Devices Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) "Fragmentation" matters to the entire Android community: users, developers, OEMs, brands and networks. Fragmentation is a primary reason why Google is changing the way it issues operating system updates.  Fragmentation isn't always a "problem." In many ways, it offers users and developers a chance to experience great choice and variety. The proliferation of devices with their associated screen sizes, internal hardware and custom ROMs creates some difficulties, though, as when a particular app doesn ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Google

11. As Targeted Advertising is Possible, "You" are the Business Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) Business Models , Marketing Rethinking Personal Data: Strengthening Trust, a new report by the World Economic Forum, illustrates the growing tension between ad-supported apps and business models and end-user privacy.  The problem, of course, is that for any ad-supported business model, end user data is the business model. "You are the business" is one way of illustrating that fact. More to the point, knowledge about your values, preferences, friends, shopping and behavior is what provides the value for advertisers ... (Read Full Article)

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12. Twilio Adds Android Support for its OTT App Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (May 16 2012) Twilio, the over the top voice and messsaging application, now is offered in 12 countries, including 10 in Europe as well as the United States and Canada. WhatsApp, the voice and messaging app that seems to be rapidly eroding mobile service provider revenues in Europe, operates in even more markets. Up to this point, Twilio has focused on iOS apps, but now has launched an Android client. A Windows Phone may be next in line ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Telefonica   Twilio

13. Nokia Browser Features Data Compression Explore IP Carrier (May 16 2012) Mobility Research in Motion long has compressed its data "in the cloud" to improve user experience. The same technique is used by some browsers, including the "Nokia Browser." In some cases, the advantage simply is better end user experience. In other cases, the objective is to reduce end user device data consumption, which in many cases means lower mobile broadband bills. That might be especially important in developing regions.  The Nokia Browser compression means end users ... (Read Full Article)

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14. AT&T Sees Billion-Dollar Opportunity in Mobile Home Management Explore Razorsight (May 16 2012) Business Models One of the biggest strategic issues for any tier-one service provider is how to select potential new businesses to drive revenue growth. To be sure, service providers in all segments have to prioritize their investment capital and human capital choices. But the largest providers in any nation have an additional challenge, namely their sheer scale. When making decisions about potential investments (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   AT&T   Comcast   Glenn Lurie

15. Smart Phone Sales Decline: Related to Economy, or Not? Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (May 16 2012) Marketing To the extent that smart phone sales are correlated with economic conditions, it is conceivable that economic conditions again are taking a toll on consumer spending. According to Gartner, global  sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, a two percent decline from the first quarter of 2011.Also, AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson recently noted that traditional economic indicators have become less reliable. “I’ve never seen it like this,” Stephenson said. The AT&T CEO means that the indicators are contradictory. “Small business starts are still negative,” he said. “That used to be the early warning indicator.” That suggests there are key economic constraints. But there is strength in some parts of the consumer market. And new home construction is picking up, after a four to five year lull. But he real driver is businesses “hiring and putting people on payroll; that’s when our business catches leverage and starts to take off,” Stephenson said. “We ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   AT&T   Randall Stephenson

16. Comcast Isn't Prioritizing Packets, CTO Says Explore The Cable Industry Book (May 16 2012) Applications Comcast CTO Tony Werner says Comcast isn't "prioritizing" Xfinity video that does not count against a user's monthly consumption cap.   (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   QAM   AT&T   Time Warner Cable

17. How Often Do Start-Ups Get a "Billion Dollar Valuation?" Explore IP Carrier (May 15 2012) Marketing With the impending Facebook initial public offering in the headlines, and an application merger and acquisition market that some would say it at least frothy, if not an actual "bubble," a bit of perspective probably is worth keeping. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Union Square Ventures

18. Is Comcast prioritizing traffic or not? Explore GigaOM (May 15 2012) Applications An engineer has conducted experiments that he says show Comcast is prioritizing video traffic, though Comcast says it only is tagging packets for billing purposes.  (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Comcast   Federal Communication Commission   Xbox

19. T-Mobile USA can stand alone Explore FierceWireless (May 15 2012) Marketing , Mobility T-Mobile USA says it does not need an acquisition to compete in the U.S. market. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Nokia

20. How Much Bandwidth Do Your Employees Need? Explore Ars Technica (May 15 2012) Most moderate-sized organizations might need more than they think. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Pandora   Ars Technica   CNN

21. Cox, Verizon Wireless Offer Oklahomans Who Take Bundles Up To $400 Explore The Cable Industry Book (May 15 2012) Marketing Cox Communications and Verizon Wireless are offering big rebates to Oklahoma bundle buyers.  (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Verizon Communications   Sprint Nextel   Verizon Wireless

22. Is Text Messaging Revenue About to Fall Off a Cliff? Explore IP Carrier (May 15 2012) Business Models , Mobility Over the top messaging alternatives have been a growing concern in most European markets for some time. The issue is whether 2012 might now prove to be a watershed year, when use of text messaging went into a permanent reversal.ht find out soon. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Telefonica

23. Text Messaging Inflection Point in Europe? Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (May 15 2012) Business Models , Marketing There are growing signs of strain even in mobile service provider operations in Europe, it now appears, with one big problem being an apparent massive rate of consumer defection from use of text messaging services.    Telefonica's revenue from European operations during the first quarter of 2012 was down 6.6 percent, following a dip of seven percent in the fourth quarter of 2011. Telefonica's revenue in Spain was up slightly, following a slight ... (Read Full Article)

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24. PSTN Sunset has to be Done Carefully, say Verizon, AT&T Explore FierceTelecom (May 15 2012) AT&T and Verizon know the all-IP network is coming, but the transition has to be managed carefully. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   AT&T   Vonage   Tony Melone

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