Comments on: The iPhone Will Not Destroy the Wireless Business http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mousepadad http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210472 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:02:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210472 every time i have a business trip overseas i’m always amazed at just how much more we’re paying for wireless bandwidth compared to our european (and god forbid i compare the US against se asia) neighbors!

]]> By: MobileBeat 2009: Come hear executives from EA Mobile, CBS, Pandora, China Mobile and more | Techdare http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210471 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:52:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210471 [...] President, Chetan Sharma Consulting  — Sharma is a well-known mobile industry analyst (cited recently for a report showing the wireless data plan industry hitting $10 billion for the firs…) and he’ll be moderating our first panel of the day, about how key mobile companies are [...]

]]> By: MobileBeat 2009: Come hear executives from EA Mobile, CBS, Pandora, China Mobile and more | UpOff.com http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210470 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:04:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210470 [...] President, Chetan Sharma Consulting  — Sharma is a well-known mobile industry analyst (cited recently for a report showing the wireless data plan industry hitting $10 billion for the firs…) and he’ll be moderating our first panel of the day, about how key mobile companies are [...]

]]> By: MobileBeat 2009: Come hear executives from EA Mobile, CBS, Pandora, China Mobile and more | TechDozer.Com http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210469 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210469 [...] President, Chetan Sharma Consulting  — Sharma is a well-known mobile industry analyst (cited recently for a report showing the wireless data plan industry hitting $10 billion for the firs…) and he’ll be moderating our first panel of the day, about how key mobile companies are [...]

]]> By: mweeza http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210468 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:24:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210468 Gotta love that new iPhone 3G s, might get one if I can find a good AT&T plan with it

]]> By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Carriers - May 16, 2009 http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210467 Sat, 16 May 2009 23:08:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210467 [...] The iPhone Will Not Destroy the Wireless Business [...]

]]> By: Monday links: naive extrapolation | HeatUp.com - Internet News http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210466 Fri, 15 May 2009 15:47:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210466 [...] The iPhone will not kill the wireless carriers.  (GigaOM) [...]

]]> By: This guy "gets it" http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210465 Wed, 13 May 2009 23:01:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210465 Why is it that the major Wall Street reporting outlets get it sooo wrong when reporting on wireless? Have they not been paying attention to wireless growth trends? With the exception of Sprint, all major US carriers have been adding subscribers, increasing overall ARPU (average revenue per user) and profit margins. AT&T and VZW reported gross margins (EBIDTA) in wireless for the first quarter of 40 and 46% respectively on total revenue of approximately $11 B and $13 B respectively. Tell me, especially in this recession, what other industries are generating that kind of profit consistently every quarter? And have products that their customers seem to not be able to do without?

Great article. Leave it to a techie to set the Wall Street “gurus” straight.

]]> By: Aswath Rao http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210464 Tue, 12 May 2009 09:40:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210464 I am afraid that both this article and the one in WSJ are missing the point made by the ALU study. That study claims that an application can consume inordinate amount of radio resources compared to the amount of bandwidth consumed. So it is for email, especially because there is lot of uplink traffic. The point of the study is that one needs to optimize data access protocol. I don’t think the study can be used to support the points made in these two articles.

]]> By: Scarhawk http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210463 Tue, 12 May 2009 08:27:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210463 If AT&T’s network can’t handle the load, Clearwire will be right behind them with WiMax.
BTW I love your blog!

]]> By: Scarhawk http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210462 Mon, 11 May 2009 22:35:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210462 If AT&T’s network can’t handle the load, Clearwire will be right behind them with WiMax.

]]> By: TimB http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210461 Mon, 11 May 2009 21:34:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210461 Well, in terms of the revenue/bandwidth ratio — carriers have reaped a relative fortune over the last couple years in charging extra for SMS. AT&T specifically has enjoyed quite a windfall in iPhone sales and subscriber growth. Too bad, that revenue hasn’t enabled a more rapid evolution (pun intended) of the network.

Finally, 39% growth in 2008, and 24% in 2009? Many an industry in this economy would love to have such numbers.

]]> By: Another Way the iPhone Is Hurting Rival Phone Makers http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210460 Mon, 11 May 2009 21:25:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210460 [...] of dollars for yourself and your friends. (Also: 5 Ways iPhone Will Change the Wireless biz; The iPhone Will Not Destroy the Wireless Business.) [...]

]]> By: PaulJ http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210459 Mon, 11 May 2009 20:47:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210459 Good news :) !

By the way, hilarious video if you are in the business :

]]> By: AMZN http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210458 Mon, 11 May 2009 20:45:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210458 The feature you mention was actually built into the app — apple rejected the app specifically because you could directly buy a book. They insisted that
1) It use the safari brower. 2) It no be integrated.

Don’t blame amazon. Apple is making sure they still have some kind of leverage for this next digital revolution.

]]> By: George Richardson http://gigaom.com/2009/05/11/the-iphone-will-not-destroy-the-wireless-business/#comment-210457 Mon, 11 May 2009 18:26:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=49254#comment-210457 At the rate websites are bulking up, website traffic will have to dominate. If website owners would give a choice for a stripped down website that was fast and easy for power users, it would change the dynamics. When this starts it will move through the web world like the wind.

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