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, [...]
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by Phillip Redman | October 21, 2009 | Comments Off
This week is our annual Fall Symposium in Orlando and if that’s not breaking news enough (OK–any large meeting this year is news) then we also like to make some tech announcements. One of the bigger ones this year is that IT spending in 2010 is likely to grow 3.3% versus a 5.2% decline we [...]
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by Phillip Redman | September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
This week, AT&T announced its plans to allow customers to call a predefined group of numbers, both in and out of the AT&T network where the call won’t count against their buckets of minutes. Called the “A List,” this was in response the Verizon Wireless’s adoption of the “Friends & Family” program earlier this year [...]
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by Phillip Redman | July 2, 2009 | Comments Off
For so many years buyers of cellular services were so used to complicated and inefficient cellular pricing. Individual plans made users gamble on how many minutes they would use each month. Guess too many and you had minutes you paid for but couldn’t use. Guess too few, and even worse–penalized for overage which doubled and [...]
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by Phillip Redman | May 22, 2009 | Comments Off
I was in New York City this week visiting clients and the beautiful weather brought everyone outside. The outdoor crowds included numerous U.S. Navy and Marine Corps soldiers in town for the annual Fleet Week celebration. Since 1984, New York has hosted a number of ships docked on the piers and during the week, you can [...]
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by Phillip Redman | April 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Often as analysts we do a lot of the talking—it’s what we are good at and for what we get paid. Many times it’s one way—as when we present at a conference or write a research note. Other times it’s interactive, as in our many meetings over the phone or in person. I like those [...]
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