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William StueberSenior PartnerTelecom Partners Group LLP

Latest Smartphone Metrics Signal Growth Direction

April 6, 2011

Analysis of:U.S. Data Traffic Doubles; Smartphones Up 57%, says CTIA | www.wirelessweek.com

The semi-annual CTIA study, conducted since 1985, is perhaps the most accurate picture of wireless industry trends as its data comes from companies serving 95.5% of US subscribers The report cited 226.5 billion megabytes of data were transmitted over US wireless networks during the second half of 2010, twice the 107.8B megabyte figure from 2009 2010 ARPU declined to $47.21 from $48.16 in 2009 Total revenues grew 5% to $159.9B and mobile data to $50.1B to early one third of revs

William StueberSenior PartnerTelecom Partners Group LLP

LightSquared - Form over Function?

April 1, 2011

The wireless industry has undergone a tremendous amount of change over the past couple of years. We've seen a lot of unexpected functionality, and hype, turn into reality - and quite profitably. Although many players in the wireless echo system have changed, network has been the most resistant. LightSquared appears to be bypassing the requisite checklist for building out a nationwide network. Is this another wave of industry change or just a short-sighted business plan running ahead of itself?

Peter Shih-Hsin YingPresident Knight Investment Consulting

A Real Case Study -- T Mobil Deal

March 25, 2011

Analysis of:T-Mobile Deal Faces Antitrust Barriers . | online.wsj.com

My wife used T Mobil since 2002 and the contract ending in May 2011. Her pink Razor keeps running out of battery and facing upgrade options with higher prices. She could remain in low cost deal and replace a battery. Concessions for AT&T's T- Mobile Deal are inevitable, i.e., to offer a low broadband price with option of extend to wider broadband for her to upgrade. Also, not to restrict access to content to 3rd party online video distributors. Both may be imposed by FCC or DOJ. 

Peter Shih-Hsin YingPresident Knight Investment Consulting

Company Needs to Do More Donation Not Marketing

March 24, 2011

Analysis of:Cause-Tied Marketing Requires Care | online.wsj.com

Gaining intangible benefit from cause- Tied Marketing is not new but the bottom line is public approval of its image as a moral player in society. US companies donate less than 5% of overall donation each year. All companies need to do more donation not the cause- tied marketing. 

Peter Shih-Hsin YingPresident Knight Investment Consulting

Impact of Japan Nuclear Disaster Will Not Be Short Time Only

March 22, 2011

Analysis of:Japan's Electronic Component Turbulence Temporary | itchannelsales.wordpress.com

Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, seriously damaged by the 11 March earthquake. Smoke and steam have never stop seen above nuclear reactors. The dangerous is that no one know what will happen next.  Facilities located north of Tokyo are all at risk currently. The unbalance of the semiconductor supply chain, in short time, may be made up by China or Korean suppliers. However, the inflation is inevitable. The impact of the inflation will not be short time only. 

Peter Curnow-FordChief Executive OfficerViatec Associates Ltd

Impact of Japanese component shortages limited

March 21, 2011

Analysis of:Japan's Electronic Component Turbulence Temporary | itchannelsales.wordpress.com

The impact, in the short term, of the recent disaster in Japan will be limited as only certain sets of components are directly sourced from Japan nowadays.Those components affected include high capacity Li-ON batteries (for laptops, notebooks and tablets) and lower down the component value chain items such as glass substrate for LCD panels.A lot of other components such as CPUs, graphics chips, wireless chips etc are now all sourced to a greater extent from China and Taiwan.

Peter Curnow-FordChief Executive OfficerViatec Associates Ltd

Cell site Tower rationlisation on its way?

March 21, 2011

Analysis of:AT&T Acquiring T-Mobile For $39 Billion; Let The Scrutiny Begin | moconews.net

Over the weekend AT&T sent out an email to T-Mobile USA, we want to buy your network.One of the many benefits of the merger will be the rationalisation of cell sites and hence a reduction in ongoing Opex of both sites and backhaul.While AT&T is looking to gain additional sites to fill in holes, duplicated sites are a good candidate for a reduction in the numbers needed. This will have a knock effect for tower operators, where the sites are not owned by either AT&T or T-Mobile.

Peter Curnow-FordChief Executive OfficerViatec Associates Ltd

Pressure on Sprint as AT&T buys T-Mobile USA

March 21, 2011

Analysis of:T-Mobile USA Sold to AT | www.cellular-news.com

While everyone had been expecting a Sprint - T-Mobile USA merger, AT&T shows it has the money in the bank to snap up T-Mobile's US network and customers, so moving it up to the number one spot.The question now, does Sprint buy the small guys or does Verizon buy Sprint? To understand this however you need to see why AT&T jumped when it did, Spectrum!AT&T needed T-Mobile for a) spectrum, b) cell sites and c) customers and T-Mobile did not have the money to fund a LTE roll out in the next 5 years.

William StueberSenior PartnerTelecom Partners Group LLP

The Smartphone Wave

March 1, 2011

Smartphones are no longer a "niche" for the wireless industry - they are its future.  This analysis is a discussion of some of the drivers and overall impact these tiny computers will have on the industry landscape.

Peter Shih-Hsin YingPresident Knight Investment Consulting

No-Key-Ah Continues: Chapter Two- Jumping Through The Window...from Which Story?

February 27, 2011

Analysis of:Nokia vows to defend smartphone territory | www.totaltele.com

Nokia is out of focus concerning the supply chain problem. The Android Open Source OS is the easy solution. But instead of strolling out the front door with winning lottery ticket and running to the wide market field to cash it in like a #1 generalist handset provider should do, Nokia jumps out of a window! Windows 7 OS. The remaining question is from which story? It won't take too long then you can tell from the length of the screaming when it has fallen from the high window: No-key-AAaaahhh!

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