by Tony Poulos | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
Hot on the heels of a recent announcement that it was doubling the number of NFC-enabled phones being rolled out to subscribers by the end of 2012, to 2.5 million, Orange France will also begin its rollout of NFC-enabled SIM cards to all new postpaid customers in... by Tony Poulos | Jun 26, 2012 | Blog
Neelie Kroes, Europe’s Digital Agenda Commissioner, may have been stating the ‘bleeding obvious’ when she said recently that spectrum “doesn’t grow on trees.” Speaking at the Spectrum Management Conference in Brussels, Kroes intimated that better EU... by Tony Poulos | Jun 14, 2012 | Blog
Keeping in line with the mobile telecoms industry’s long history of complicating even the most simple things, we are now seeing a proliferation of complex data plans to replace the very popular flat rate ‘all you can eat (AYCE) plans.’ Yes, yes, we all know that... by Tony Poulos | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
“In a world where the value of a device increasingly is measured by its ability to access online content, applications and services, scalable cloud-based services platforms enable new business models for always connected laptops, tablets, e-readers and other consumer... by Tony Poulos | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog
I’m not not sure whether my consistent bleating about the telecoms industry needing to work together more, the threat of outside competition encroaching their space or from sheer economic necessity, but it seems co-opetition is actually starting to take hold.... by Tony Poulos | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog
A fascinating article appeared last week in The Wall Street Journal. Not fascinating in its bare content, but more by its effect on traditional telco values and revenues. Not heavy on facts, the article mentioned that AT&T CEO, Randall Stephenson, had intimated...