Business Observations: November 11, 2008 Edition
Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
- Analyst says Palm burning through cash like it’s going out of style
- What will drive differentiation across Android platform providers?
- Is embedded wireless the new M2M?
- CDR = Customer Data Revolution
- Nokia, N-Gage and the big plan for mobile games
- SMBs leading the charge to mobile broadband
- Ethernet microwave spending surges as operators upgrade mobile backhaul networks
- Redefining “Telco Grade” for the Mobile Internet era
- Ballmer Is Wrong About Android
- Mobile Video Infrastructure Market Ramps Up in Spite of Economy
- T-Mobile USA adds mostly prepaid subscribers in 3Q
- Loopt Deal Means Lower Costs for Location Data
- Is Cascada Mobile the future of mobile apps?
- Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE: the next generation of mobile broadband
- Five 9’s of Availability Is Irrelevant
- Tuning in the future of mobile TV
- Mobile advertising answers questions about its future
- Delivering on the promise
- Work and personal profiles on a single mobile phone
- PC vs mobile Internet access - where’s the asymptote?
- For FCC Chair, Obama Should Look Outside the Beltway
- Carriers Demand More Data, Consumers Get Less Privacy
- Three reasons the iPhone has topped the RAZR
- No Slowing of Mobile Messaging Services Growth in Tough Economic Times
- Is Mobile Really Global?
- ARPU is a lousy metric for tracking mobile broadband
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November 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Some interesting selections this time, Russ.
In one, “Redefining ‘Telco Grade’ for the Mobile Internet era,” the idea of needing to change or expand what is looked at to properly evaluate mobile connection quality definitely needs to be done.
While I agree that much more than just the usual “Five 9’s,” QoS, and MOS measurements of voice connections need to be included to present valid numbers for a mobile connection, one must not lose track of the fact that first and foremost these modern handsets are still basic phones at heart.
As a user, my FIRST consideration when looking at a new handset is quality, reliable voice communication. If the device (or network) cannot provide that, I need not go further. Any device or network that cannot meet that basic requirement does not deserve further consideration.
Only if the network, RF section, modulation method, and audio quality are designed properly and offer high quality would I even consider looking beyond that to other features and functions in a hand-held communication device.
For example, there are some very versatile, feature-packed devices on the market today that I have examined and rejected after one voice call - they just DO NOT make the grade as a basic wireless telephone so there is no need to even look at anything else they might do.
These are, after all, cellPHONES.
Thanks for making your blog available - I learn a lot from the various selections…
Tom