Archives for December, 2009
by Phillip Redman | December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” It’s one of my favorite moments in Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol” from one of my favorite stories. It is a moment of sheer terror in the dread of what can come, but also one of [...]
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by Phillip Redman | December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
I remember when I first became an analyst–so long ago that that I don’t even want to mention how long it was. I thought I was so lucky–I got paid to learn about technology and thn add my opinions through analysis. I had been telling my friends what to do for years, and now I [...]
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by Phillip Redman | December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
When Sprint announced its acquisition of Nextel five years ago this month, I anticipated that Sprint would shut down or sell-off its Nextel unit while transitioning its users to push-to-talk (PTT) services over its CDMA technology. Sprint thought so (and publicly announced it) too and eventually turned down investing in iDEN technology. Five years later, [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: AT&T, cellular, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon