by Tony Poulos | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog
It’s a sobering statistic: nearly 70 per cent of IT projects fail in some important way, putting the economic impact worldwide at three trillion dollars, which corresponds to 4.7 per cent of global GDP. This, according to a two-part report published by ZDNet, affects... by Tony Poulos | Apr 17, 2012 | Blog
According to telecom analyst firm, Ovum, a recovery in both fixed and mobile sectors allowed service provider revenues to exceed the US$1.91 trillion mark in 2011, up from $1.79 trillion in 2010. Not surprisingly, with all those NBNs and 4G/LTE network rollouts, CapEx... by Tony Poulos | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog
With the massive take-up of high value smartphones comes the inevitable surge in theft of these valued possessions. A report from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claims that mobile phone theft is a “growing epidemic,” with more than 40 percent of... by Tony Poulos | Apr 9, 2012 | Blog
There is a lot of talk about CSPs banking on the future growth of M2M services as a hedge against declining voice revenues and stressed data margins. Smart Grid and Smart Meters, in particular, keep cropping up as one such panacea, but it seems the utilities supplying... by Tony Poulos | Apr 2, 2012 | Blog
The mobile handset world was a very different place pre-iPhone. Nokia was undisputed ‘king of the castle’, Sony Ericsson was snapping at its heels, Motorola was still a force, albeit fading, and Blackberry was the choice of those wanting to be good corporate citizens....