ABI Insights

eMobile's LTE Network Shows The Importance of Having More Spectrum

08 Feb 2012 - Philip Solis

In terms of subscribers eAccess, is running a very distant fourth, yet eAccess stands out from the rest of the pack. Why?
Tough Times at Tellabs

08 Feb 2012 - Jim Eller

Tellabs needs new products
Dual SIM Smartphones: Are They the Next Big Thing?

08 Feb 2012 - Aishwarya Singh

With the onset of this new dual SIM smartphone phenomenon, the questions that arise are: Will dual SIM smartphones be as popular as dual SIM feature phones and what impact will they have on the adoption of smartphones in the emerging markets?
Belkin Enters Home Automation

08 Feb 2012 - Jonathan Collins

The growing proliferation of smartphones and tablets brings a new dynamic to the home automation market
Wearable Wireless Sensors Move Online

07 Feb 2012 - Jonathan Collins

The common element and common driver in the adoption and use of many new wearable wireless devices is the ability to share collected data with online applications simply and easily
Employee Dashboard Apps – The Mobile Ecosystem Looks Ahead

07 Feb 2012 - Dan Shey

Company chatter about offering these apps to employees is nearly non-existent, though this is not the case for the mobile supplier community, because of the huge addressable market
Is the Market Ready for Low-Cost Media Tablets?

07 Feb 2012 - Jeff Orr

The assumption being made by ASUS, NVIDIA, and others is that price is the barrier to greater adoption of media tablets
Streaming the Super Bowl - Not Yet Prime Time

07 Feb 2012 - Sam Rosen

My experience finding the game on different platforms highlights the fragmentation of the OTT industry
iPad Textbooks: Going Back to its Roots, Apple Promotes Educational Content

06 Feb 2012 - Jeff Orr

Apple's announcement that it has publishing agreements with several textbook providers to offer educational courseware for the iPad tablets is reminiscent of the great Apple II computer giveaway of 1983 when it donated 9,000 systems to California public schools
Carrier Wi-Fi? That's Hot

06 Feb 2012 - Jim Eller

The convergence of market drivers and technical developments will make 2012 the year for many wireless carriers to deploy Wi-Fi
Nintendo’s Network and “Next Generation Console” Plus Some 3G Love from Sony

06 Feb 2012 - Michael Inouye

While some feel that a war is waging between mobile and non-mobile devices, the truth is that each will benefit from the other’s presence
London 2012's Preparedness for Mobile Data Onslaught

06 Feb 2012 - Aditya Kaul

Wi-Fi is seen as an effective mechanism to meet some of the additional data demand from "London 2012"
Carrier Wi-Fi Needs Global Operator Consortiums to Succeed

03 Feb 2012 - Aditya Kaul

The problem with Wi-Fi is that although it is a truly global technology with roughly the same spectrum bands being used across the world (mostly in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band), there is heavy segregation in providers of Wi-Fi access.
Open Source WebOS Reopening

03 Feb 2012 - Shiyang Lim

Although the cross publishing feature brings more coverage for a developer’s apps as well as a reduction in app lead time, major developers do not build up competencies around just one mobile platform; they make sure they have sufficient competencies to support 2 to 3 (at minimum) platforms instead
Can an App Developer Live on iOS Revenue Alone?

03 Feb 2012 - Aapo Markkanen

All in all, revenue strategies and how they differ by platform and app category is a decisive issue in this industry
Siri Musings

03 Feb 2012 - Dan Shey

Mobile advertising is a path to revenue and as networks, devices interfaces, and screen technologies advance, mobile advertising has tremendous revenue potential
What Does 2012 Hold for Wireless Infrastructure Vendors?

01 Feb 2012 - Aditya Kaul

While there is a lot of excitement around small cells and heteroegenous networks, and the need for higher density cell sites in urban environments to meet the growing data demand, operators are unlikely at the moment to cover city landscapes blindly with small cells
It Ain’t 5G But It Is Boosting 4G Capacity

01 Feb 2012 - Jake Saunders

Many people consider the remarkable feat of mobile communications to be the shrinking of radio technologies into small, portable handsets, but the real brilliance of the technology lies in mobile communications ability to keep on mitigating interference
Will India Meet Its Broadband Targets?

01 Feb 2012 - Khin Sandi Lynn

In order to speed up broadband penetration in India, telecom operators need to expand broadband network coverage
News from Geneva for Mobile Broadband Users

01 Feb 2012 - Jim Eller

With trillions of dollars in wireless investments at stake, it is no surprise that countries like the United States (and other major stakeholders) are sending high-powered teams of negotiators to Geneva for WRC-12