4G: For Generations to Come http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ en-us Copyright 2013 2013-05-09T10:00:05-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Google Smoogle, MSFT offers B&N $1B for Nook http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2013/05/google-smoogle-msft-offers-bn-1b-for-nook.html 51023@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ Techcrunch.  It was reported that Microsoft wanted to buy into Nook from Barnes and Noble for $1B.

The interesting thing is after discussing the problems B&N had in getting apps onto their devices to the point that they punted to Google Play.

However, now we hear that Microsoft would rather have Nook join the bandwagon of Windows8 then Google Play.  

This has a lot of interesting aspects to consider.

Does Microsoft expect the Nook to migrate to Windows8?

Does the Nook have enough power to manage Window8 and what is the  implication for existing applications?

Or does Microsoft see a bigger app store play that is universal?

More should be revealed in the next few weeks if the rumor is confirmed until then it brings home the problem of penetrating the app market.

 
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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2013/05/google-smoogle-msft-offers-bn-1b-for-nook.html barnes noble wireless evolution google smoogle google microsoft noble Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:05 -0500 2013-05-09T10:00:05-05:00     Axeda Connexion13 http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2013/05/axeda-connexion13.html 51004@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ You can tell M2M is coming of age at Axeda's Connexion13  The Music blaring in synch with the video splashing.  The feel good sense that you are part of something bigger.  Axeda is making the point that this is about the Machine Cloud.

    Todd DeSisto, President, Axeda Corporation.  Four days of case studies focused on Remote Services, Business Process, Process Efficiency and Optimization.

    Bill Zujewski (a.k.a. Bill Z.)  now speaks about the Machine of the future.  The Evolution of the future.

    1970 self contained hardware very little software
    Next 1980s  Software enhanced digital interfaces
    Next 1990s  Modem connected communication with firewalls 
    Next 2010s Programmable Machines

    Machines of the future (2020) are;

    Connected via the cloud managing the connectivity whether wirelines or wireless.  
    Serviceable being able to reconfigure manage and reducing field service with remote management 
    Trackable keeping the location information for the benefit of security, efficiency and optimization.
    Informative delivering more information (big data) that provides opportunity to expand the original implementation for more benefits.
    Self-Healing making the machine 2 machine sensors better integrated in the machines to reduce the risk of downtime with predictive analytics.
    Integrated with ERP, CRM and other systems for proactive management decisions.
    App-Centric the hardware is not as relevant as the software so cross platform association to consoles but to specific applications will be the norm.
    Eco-Friendly data extraction so the energy use of the M2M applications is optimized for the costs and cleanliness of the solutions.
    Collaboration the deployments deliver new apps and new benefits.  

    Expanding The Value Curve
    Level 7 socialized sharing Machine information
    Level 8 Multi-vendor enabling metrics across the vendors to deliver better ecosystem information
    Level 9 Cross - Industry supporting more information to be used by more opportunities  (Personal Note: I think the Eco-Friendly is the best example)   

    Where is IT in this for business.  Just like BYOD efforts we are heading to BYOM (M is for Machines) and the result is IT is going to have to use the platforms as a Mobile Machine Management tool.

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2013/05/axeda-connexion13.html machine cloud efficiency optimization axeda connexion business process axeda corporation axeda Tue, 07 May 2013 08:35:35 -0500 2013-05-07T08:35:35-05:00     Should Vodafone Let Go of Verizon Wireless? http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2013/05/should-vodafone-let-go-of-verizon-wireless.html 50996@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ Fed has made cheap money available everywhere and its going to lead to more Mergers and Acquisitions.  

    From Verizon's perspective there is never a better time to engage Vodafone in talks about buying back their interest.

    However, in Vodafone's case there are few investments as beneficial as Verizon Wireless.  In fact, it would hard to imagine that the deal code be sweet enough to not overcome the concern of not having a US partner.

    As we look at Softbank's efforts to finalize their buy into Sprint, and DT trying to leverage MetroPCS to fortify T-Mobile, it becomes hard to figure out where alliances will take companies.

    Softbank has long been a partner to Verizon Wireless and if Vodafone is to go its separate ways as well, it indicates a very US centric view for VZW.  

    So at the end of the day, Verizon should be careful what it wishes for, it could be that they are going to regret buying it back as much as they regretted selling it.
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    ]]>     http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImhoConferencesConsulting/~3/IDHjxjZvmNs/ Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:53:18 -0500 2013-03-13T17:53:18-05:00     My One New Year’s Resolution – Be Prolific http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2013/01/my-one-new-years-resolution-be-prolific.html 50481@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ To be candid,  I have had a hard time writing in real time,  I find that in five hundred words I normally can give a good circular article that provides some insight, takes a point of view, and if you read it makes you go “hmmmn” as Arsenio Hall used to say. The problem now [...] Tags: Related tags:
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    ]]>     http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImhoConferencesConsulting/~3/d_fzDZMcWJU/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:23:20 -0500 2013-01-01T15:23:20-05:00     Spontaneous Combustion:The Realities Not the Myth of LIthium Batteries http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2013/01/spontaneous-combustionthe-realities-not-the-myth-of-lithium-batteries.html 50484@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ Today's Wall Street Journal has an article associated with the problem shipping lithium batteries.  This is a serious problem.  It turns out that there have been several problems with lithium batteries burning up in both passengers hand bags and as shipped goods.  In the shipped goods case it has been particularly problematic to the point where some are asking for tighter regulation.

    As usual the counter argument is that enforcement would be sufficient. The International Air Transport Association [IATA] is one player in the mix.  However, most of the airlines are looking at how to transport Lithium batteries more effective.

    Lithium batteries are a $9B yearly business with 70% represented by the Rechargeable Battery Association.

    The questions that I am going to pursue with representatives are two fold.  Of the 24 incidents of Lithium batteries being in the flames,  How many batteries were in proximity of each other. Are there concerns about even a single battery?

    This is a real concern and people should pay attention.  It is not a popcorn hoax like the one below.

     

    Bottom line,  be aware that the phone call may not be the reason to turn you phone on the plane.

     

     

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    ]]>     http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ImhoConferencesConsulting/~3/6uQQt8_wROk/ broadcast industry spectrum Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:13:29 -0500 2012-12-12T17:13:29-05:00     No Man is an Island, but Isle of Man is no longer CWC http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/12/no-man-is-an-island-but-isle-of-man-is-no-longer-cwc.html 50381@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ This week's article is going to be about M&A, so the news that Cable and Wireless Communication was "disposing" of its assets in Isle of Man, Monaco, Seychelles and a whole bunch of other assets in the Atlantic.

    Batelco the Bahrain telephone company is buyer and you can see the difference in perspective.

     

    Here is Tony Rice, CEO of CWC quote;

    "The disposal of the Monaco & Islands portfolio is consistent with our objective of building a growth-driven, Pan-America focused business. The Monaco & Islands portfolio is a premium telecoms business and we are pleased to have agreed a deal that achieves an attractive value for our shareholders. We believe that Batelco will be an excellent owner and operator, bringing deep telecoms capability and international experience, and will continue the development of the businesses. The disposal will substantially reduce the geographic spread of our Group as well as increasing our financial flexibility. We will continue to operate the Monaco Telecom business, with the option to crystallise the second stage of the transaction if necessary consents are obtained."

    In other words, they transacted the bird in the hand.

    On the other hand you have Sheikh Mohamed bin Isa Al Khalifa, Batelco Group Chief Executive with his view.

    "We are pleased to announce this acquisition which will increase the scale and diversification of our operations. Batelco Group will have the opportunity to operate, in collaboration with its new business partners, communications businesses across 17 markets. This acquisition supports our strategy by adding new cash generative business clusters to our existing operations across the Middle Eastern region. We look forward to working closely with all the shareholders and management teams in the companies to ensure we continue to deliver value and innovation to customers and be recognized as market leaders."

    Bottom line, diversification for Batelco is bringing them into some interesting new markets where further acquisitions can be made.

    On CWC's side they look more like a target and as the assets consolidate the suitor may become clear.

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/12/no-man-is-an-island-but-isle-of-man-is-no-longer-cwc.html cable wireless monaco islands islands portfolio batelco group monaco seychelles batelco Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:23:15 -0500 2012-12-03T11:23:15-05:00     WebRTC Demostrations...if Only we had a Carrier Category http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/11/webrtc-demostrationsif-only-we-had-a-carrier-category.html 50366@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ It's always interesting to see when your expectations are exceeded.  The WebRTC demos were a huge success and more importantly were live.  When we first talked about the demos our expectations were that we were going to see a lot of lab work.  Things that had been tinkered with and brought out to discuss but not ready for prime time.

    The reality is that WebRTC has some growing to do, but we are looking at implementations with real code. Many of the participants are true netizens and deserve honorable mention just because they contributed back to the open source community.

    One place I was particularly impressed were the implementations that would match well into carrier implementations.

    Thrupoint and Acme Packet demonstrations made me aware that the enterprise to carrier SIP Trunking implementations were going to be impacted by WebRTC.

    Crocodile, like Acme, pointed to IMS, but showed a mobile implementation that connected to Rich Communication Services and could be part of a carrier's Joyn implementation.

    Bottom line is WebRTC is coming out of the gate not just as an over the top solution, but as part of carrier implementations in the near future.

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/11/webrtc-demostrationsif-only-we-had-a-carrier-category.html carrier implementations webrtc demostrations carrier category wireless evolution webrtc carrier Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:22:26 -0500 2012-11-29T10:22:26-05:00     Is their a Barrier to Entry http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/11/is-their-a-barrier-to-entry.html 50272@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ The IDC report showing that Android owns 75% of the Smartphone market points out some interesting issues.

     

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    1) Though Samsung dominates. It is losing marketshare based on price.

    2) Apple's prestige has lead it into a pricing problem that indicates it will be able accelerate growth.

    3) Entry, or more specifically reentry into the market requires a comprehensive OS strategy.

    I have congratulated Microsoft in rethinking the OS to be mobile, but so far the comprehensive view has not been reflected in the product line or its adoption.

    Clearly its is going to need a great deal of partnership and product strategies to compete.

     

     

     

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/11/is-their-a-barrier-to-entry.html mobile phone phone market market share barrier entry wireless evolution phone Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:21:29 -0500 2012-11-05T08:21:29-05:00     What People Don't Get about Windows 8 http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/11/what-people-dont-get-about-windows-8.html 50265@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ We can argue the values of companies;

    • Amazon,
    • Apple,
    • Google,
    • Microsoft. 

    We can argue the value of networks;

    • ATT,
    • Sprint,
    • T-Mobile,
    • Verizon.

    In the end they are not the where what we see.

    What we see is look and feel.  We are going through a revolution on the web that is not about speeds and feeds but about user experiences.

    Microsoft has understood that there job is not to compete with the iPhone or the Powerbook, but to rethink how we compute with them.

    And our hats are off to them on figuring out how to make Windows8 a connector between all their devices.

    They are going to get a lot of grief for being a major change from previous MS Windows.  In fact this has been as significant a change for them as when they became a windows company and hid DOS in the weeds.

    They deserve our appreciation for the attempt.  Like Windows 3.1 we may watch them have to go through a great deal of user feedback to get it right.  But they have made the move.

     

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/11/what-people-dont-get-about-windows-8.html wireless evolution windows microsoft related profile Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:16:40 -0500 2012-11-02T07:16:40-05:00     Google Earnings Drop Shows a Shift on Top http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/10/google-earnings-drop-shows-a-shift-on-top.html 50208@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ While the news leaked early and made tweets look like a stock ticker, the data behind the story tells a different story.

    As you will recall from discussions with Bill Volk that later were reported in Gigaom,  the difference in the world of Android and Apple has a lot to do with the charging for an app vs. the commercials around an app.

    In the recent Google Earnings" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444868204578067101716321238.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">WSJ article the statement is made "About half of all U.S. mobile ad spending goes toward search ads, more than the roughly 47% of total digital spending in Web search, according to eMarketer Inc. And Google takes a 95% share of mobile-search revenue in the U.S., estimates eMarketer".

    The article cites "Barclay analyst Anthony DiClemente estimates about $6.5 billion of the $8 billion Google is making on mobile devices comes specifically from advertising—or a 160% increase over the number reported last year."

    Crossfire Consulting did a composite analysis and points out that this is the year that mobile doubled the amount of devices compared to desktops and laptops. This trend is well understood by the likes of Microsoft who has turned Windows8 into a mobile OS more than a PC OS.

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    Bottom line is that Mobile has disrupted the advertising model (yet again) and Google should be seen as maintaining its advantage not loosing its grip.

     

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/10/google-earnings-drop-shows-a-shift-on-top.html google earnings mobile commerce wireless evolution mobile search mobile google Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:33:46 -0500 2012-10-20T00:33:46-05:00     AirTime is Exactly What it Needs http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/10/airtime-is-exactly-what-it-needs.html 50204@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ The Deal Book in the NY Times shows that even startups with pedigrees have problems breaking out.  Airtime looks like a Google hangout upgrade.

    But at the end of the day, what is the driver for these things.

    It's one thing to build something for facebook which is how AirTime expects people to connect, but its another to think of video as part of every day communication.

    Personally, I think video has a different friend set than audio calls and in a conference mode it get even tighter restrictions.

    Back in the pulver.com days, Rob Fulop one did a flirting presentation.  In tracing the history of flirting he showed that becoming initimate was a process where it took several iterations to reveal the "real" you.

    Now I am not a big avatar fan.  I have issues when people are on IM with animal pictures during a business conference.  However, I do see Rob's point and I think its gets over looked by a lot of companies that want to treat video as the next telephone.

    I think rich media will have a scale in the long run and video will have markets that look like the full spectrum but in reality will have a new aspect to contextual communication.

     

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    ]]>     http://blog.tmcnet.com/4g-wirelessevolution/2012/10/airtime-is-exactly-what-it-needs.html think video airtime exactly exactly needs wireless evolution airtime think Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:24:57 -0500 2012-10-19T02:24:57-05:00     iPhone5 Sales are still strong http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/2012/10/iphone5-sales-are-still-strong.html 50151@http://blog.tmcnet.com/carl-ford/ According to Richie Jennings the iPhone5 is not being impacted by the Map Failure is not showing up in sales.

    Most friends are still waiting for the iPhone5 and while I have been anticipating the new mini iPad, the iPhone maniacs are all around me.

    It's hard not to believe that iPhone5 sales are going to make the 4Q stock price a problem for many who are playing with shorts right now.

    I also imagine that the iPhone5 form factor will be a subject of discussions when the new iPad arrives.

    It's clear for the Applemmings they can do no wrong.

     

     

     

     

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    So for many there is some skepticism on the new Developer Console, but it does solve a few problems that are familiar to the small app developer.

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    New publishing experience, ability to compare new and old APK versions
    Create store listings in more languages
    Statistics on user ratings and reviews
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    The following features are not yet supported in the new Developer Console. If you need to use these features, you can click “switch back” at any time to use the old Developer Console.

    While at the code level, the APK Expansion Files, Multiple APK support
    Announcements and IE9 support are somewhat useful.

    The real value maybe in the expansion of the support with the Partner channel.  As many companies question the Motorola Mobility acquisition the expansion of partner support makes it easier for developers to feel that they are not hitting a dead end.

    It's unclear yet, if we get to the point where updates get us past the google symbian look alike contest and that is probably the biggest issue I have as my Galaxy Note stays firmly in Android 2.3.n

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