Verizon now carries the iPhone. It runs on its CDMA network not LTE, which means voice and data do not work at the same time, in my experience that’s a relatively rare use-case, so not a big issue. Facetime still works as voice and WiFi can work at the same time. It also includes a […]
I’m often asked where Apple is going with respect to its devices and services. A key to understanding Apple is in general they do not lead on new concepts; rather they copy, but copy much, much better.For example, they were not first to market with MP3 players, but when they did enter that market they […]
At a recent Alcatel-Lucent customer event, Transforming the Customer Experience, I gave a presentation and ran a panel session on The Imperative to Open the Network, the pitch for the session was: “The world has changed drastically over the past 3 years for operators. No longer are they the preferred service provider of their customers. […]
Apple Facetime looks like its going to be another in the series of video communication applications that are proving to be more successful than the mobile industry’s attempts at video telephony, which began at the turn of this century and unfortunately have changed little since. Skype was the first video communication service to hit mainstream. […]
Sigma Systems’ first User Conference (June 4th-6th, Barton Creek Resort), explored the next generation of consumer and business oriented services, including insight and discussion around emerging trends and technology developments in the following areas: targeted advertising, evolution of commercial VoIP & data services, global deployments in mobile broadband services, evolution to on-demand services, converged applications […]
Ovum predicts the number of HSDPA connections will reach 16.5 million by the end of 2008 in Western Europe, thanks in part to the simplicity of plugging in a USB HSDPA modem and it just working rather than the complex configurations and reboots of a data card; as well as the simplicity and attractiveness of […]