Regulator bashing – Is there an app for that?
You know it’s a ‘slow news’ year at the Mobile World Congress when the operators start ganging up on the regulators. Oh yes, regulator bashing reached new heights in Barcelona with almost every CEO, whether in keynote or panel sessions, dropping hints and more, that life would be a lot easier if one of the [...]
What Steve Jobs has taught the telecoms industry.
OK, enough is enough. We all know Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple CEO and we’ve been inundated with stories and theories about what will happen at Apple in his absence. My personal favorite headline of the last week was ‘Jobs exit opens door for nimble Apple rivals’ and from Reuters, no less! What nimble [...]
C U in the C-suite?
I have an economic theory that when times are tough and a company needs to ‘batten down the hatches’ the best CEOs come from the CFO or ‘bean counter’ ranks. Similarly, when times are good and a CSP is in growth mode you can’t do better than having a CIO or CMO in the top [...]
Who wants to be a….CEO?
Who, in their right mind, would want to be the CEO of a communications service provider these days? Of course, many people crave the position which they see as one of power and high remuneration, but closer inspection reveals that the person on top is the prime target for blame, whatever he or she does. [...]
CEO on speed
If you are confused with all the hype around LTE then you may be in good company. AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, whose company is rolling out LTE right now, was reported by mocoNews.net to have made some comments on LTE speeds that, if correct, have him firmly in the same ‘confusion camp’ as the rest [...]