GLG News by Telecommunications Council Members in Member Programs

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

Smartphones driving global phone mobile market

June 17, 2011

The global phone market grew 17.9%  in the last quarter of 2010, driven by the increasing use of smartphones.

Lin SunConsultantSelf Employed

Has WCDMA Turned the Corner?

June 13, 2011

China Unicom's WCDMA subscribers rose 1.8 million in April, two months in a row. By the Chinese norm, 1.8 million a month is a small feat compared with 5.2 million a month for 2G and China Unicom still lags behind China Mobile by a large gap as the latter also saw a jump in its TD-SCDMA customers during March-April. In other words, the growth for WCDMA is not exceptional and could be just seasonal. On the whole, 3G in China is still a drag with a meager 7.5% of total cellphone population.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC

SMS/Text Messaging – The Beginning of the End

June 11, 2011

Analysis of:Carriers Sweat as Texting Cools Off | online.wsj.com

There are a few times in an industry’s history that you can point to an event and say “that is a turning point in that industry”. Well, Apple’s and Google’s announcements on their new messaging applications is one of those moments in the telecom business.

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

Diameter Routing Agent – some open questions

June 6, 2011

I want to share with you, some thoughts Diameter Routing Agent - DRA . DRA was defined in 3GPP Release 8 and onwards to manage PCRF interaction in LTE networks.

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

What the DT-Orange procurement JV means for the telecom industry

June 1, 2011

How much will be jointly procured, and with what results?At a press conference in London, executives from DT and Orange added further details to the announcement that they will form a joint procurement function by the end of 2011.  In essence, the JV will be spending €13 billion a year after three years, achieving savings of €1.3 billion across both operators.

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

MULTI MODE DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM AND LTE

May 31, 2011

The effect of LTE on indoor wireless is still hot topic within the in-building wireless industry. As traffic moves indoors, so does revenue meaning that indoor coverage becomes business critical for operators. This becomes particularly important with data services, and with LTE license being issued in frequencies as high as 2.6 GHz with a promise of 100 Mbps download and 50 Mbps upload speeds per cell.

P.J. LouisPresident and OwnerPJ Louis LLC

Microsoft versus Einhorn

May 31, 2011

Analysis of:Einhorn Effect: Microsoft Shoots Higher After Hedge Fund Endorsement | blogs.wsj.com

Einhorn may have a point with what is going on with Microsoft. Wall Street operates by perception. It does not matter if Ballmer is a smart or a good guy, perception is reality. The tragedy of the stock market is that perception is reality and facts do not seem to matter.

Peter Curnow-FordChief Executive OfficerViatec Associates Ltd

Reliance mast, or tower sale now back on cards.

May 31, 2011

Analysis of:Reliance mast sale on the cards, as FY results mixed | www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com

Having just announced final year figures, with flat revenues and profits down 71.1 per cent, Reliance also declared that depreciation and finance costs had significantly increased.The previously announced sale of its Tower unit, Reliance Infratel which had been put on hold, is now back on the cards as it faces continuing high levels of debt, especially as Reliance can no longer draw down on its China Development bank financing.Interested parties, already chosen, can now start Due Diligence.

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

DEFINING LTE – THE INDUSTRY CHOICE

May 26, 2011

The next generation LTE (Long Term Evolution) will provide a much enhanced user experience coupled with ultra fast broadband, and low latency. In addition, this new evolutionary system will  offer a compelling business proposition for all operators, enabling a smooth migration path, flexible spectrum bandwidth, and the ability to deliver low cost per bit voice and data services. 

Kenan MasicOwnerEutel Consulting

SBC market, is there space for new SBC vendor?

May 26, 2011

I would like to share status and trends on SBC market and point potential space for new SBC vendors in this area. So what is main reason for it? Data traffic is exploding in all of networks, specially at mobile operators those offers flat rates and for sure exploding of smartphones on the market those are creating additional load and stress to the network, so SBC is critical element in such process which can take control over data and be main guy in this game.

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