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Verizon Wireless and AT&T Offer Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans: Anticipation of a New Competitive Environment

Two of the major wireless operators are finally offering prepaid mobile broadband plans. For the longest time, mobile broadband access for your laptop required a contract with pricing based on monthly access and a usage cap usually of 5 GB. These plans were priced in 2006 at about $80, which changed to $60 in 2007. Leap Wireless entered the market with a prepaid p...

Cisco's New Mobility Strategic Vision

It’s easy to become skeptical after you’ve followed Cisco long enough. Strategic visions come with a lot of fanfare and, sometimes, vanish quietly in the middle of the night. Anyone remember SWAN? A couple of years ago, MOTION was released with that same fanfare and then seemed to disappear into a technology version of the witness protection program. The good news is...

Cisco and Motorola Set-Top Box News

The month of November has seen some interesting stories develop in the world of STBs (Set-Top Boxes). This is a market that typically does not make a lot of news, but two stories in particular could have some long-term implications for the market....

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Offer Prepaid Mobile Broadband Plans: Anticipation of a New Competitive Environment

Two of the major wireless operators are finally offering prepaid mobile broadband plans. For the longest time, mobile broadband access for your laptop required a contract with pricing based on monthly access and a usage cap usually of 5 GB. These plans were priced in 2006 at about $80, which changed to $60 in 2007. Leap Wireless entered the market with a prepaid p...

Cisco's New Mobility Strategic Vision

It’s easy to become skeptical after you’ve followed Cisco long enough. Strategic visions come with a lot of fanfare and, sometimes, vanish quietly in the middle of the night. Anyone remember SWAN? A couple of years ago, MOTION was released with that same fanfare and then seemed to disappear into a technology version of the witness protection program. The good news is...

Cisco and Motorola Set-Top Box News

The month of November has seen some interesting stories develop in the world of STBs (Set-Top Boxes). This is a market that typically does not make a lot of news, but two stories in particular could have some long-term implications for the market....