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December 2013

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2014 Predictions for voice, LTE, NFV and more

December 24, 2013

Last week, I graded myself on the predictions I made for 2013.  This week, I’ll make my predictions for the coming year.  I wouldn’t go walking into a casino after you read this, though.

“Voice” has been having a hard time the past few years.

Grading my 2013 Predictions

December 17, 2013

A year ago, I made some predictions for 2013.  Let’s see how I did.

1. My first prediction was that we’d have a 2013.  That is, the Mayan calendar ended on December 21, 2012 and there were many claiming the world would end. 

The MVNO and Roaming

December 12, 2013

In last week’s blog, I wrote in general about mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and mobile virtual network enablers (MNVEs).  In this blog, I want to cover MVNOs and roaming in a little more detail. Some MVNOs started out by offering broadband services and then moved their subscribers to mobile offerings. Their value propositions to subscribers are the same whether they’re billing for broadband or mobile services, certainly on the data side, and perhaps even for voice services.

The Rise of the MVNE

December 5, 2013

The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) business model is changing rapidly.  No longer are MVNO’s just reselling a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) services under a different brand to cater to specific target markets, such as prepaid calling or senior citizen servies. 

MVNO’s today are also looking to expand the services they offer.

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