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How Not to End Up as an Anachronism

Guest Column, Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (24)

The move to SaaS applications built on SaaS is a much more profound shift than the move from on-premise applications to SaaS applications. It’s spawning a new software service economy — and it’s disrupting the software industry.

Sprint Mobile Losses Not a Sign of Recession

Guest Column, Friday, February 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (8)

Taken individually, the latest quarterly results for three of the top U.S. mobile operators look strong. Add in Sprint’s two consecutive quarters of net subscriber losses, however, and the picture looks substantially different. But this is just isn’t about Sprint. There is also something bigger going on here: a shortage of new subscribers.

Broadband’s Kindle Paradigm

John Roese, CTO Nortel Networks, Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (20)

When it comes to broadband economics, a new paradigm may be found in Amazon’s Kindle. The question now is to what degree will this trend accelerate as the first WiMAX and LTE networks come online?

Skype On the Go

Guest Column, Monday, January 28, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (21)

One of the most common requests made by Skype users is “How can I access Skype from my mobile device?” Skype user needs on mobile are different — but it is the data protocols and data plans that place the final limitation on migrating a VoIP client to mobile.

What Can Wireless Operators Learn From Politics?

Guest Column, Friday, January 25, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (8)

As the U.S. immerses itself in election primaries, wireless service providers would do well to pay attention. There are a number of lessons that the sector — especially operators — can draw from successful political campaigns, specifically around microsegmentation, messaging and engagement.

Yahoo, Please Put Up A Fight

Guest Column, Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (54)

Yahoo can become the jewel of Web 3.0. It already has strong, or at the very least interesting positions in numerous verticals. But it needs more of them, and it needs to thoroughly monetize them.

Social Networks, from the 80s to the 00s

Guest Column, Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (79)

In the Internet’s relatively brief history, a lot of things that could be described as social networks have already come and gone. The past provides valuable insight when it comes to assessing the real value of social networks as businesses, as well as anticipating how they are likely to evolve in the future.

Using Mobile Phones for Time & Motion Studies

Guest Column, Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM PT Comments (12)

Bottlenecks have become a pervasive feature of our everyday, urban lives — diffusing them requires a detailed understanding of traffic patterns, be they human or transportation. And a ready-made source of data that could be used to analyze those patterns is already in our hands: mobile phone systems.

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