GLG News by Amdocs Product Experts

Senator Herb Kohl’s inquiry into text-message prices could be the start of evaluating a simple service that impacts the pricing for mobile broadband in the US market. 

Smartphone growth is hindered by the mobile Web’s low frequency-of-use.  The slow economy requires subsidized handset prices, but carriers need the payback of data usage.

The growth of mobile banking in emerging markets is from the payment features of network billing systems, compared to mature markets that are merely complementing the online experience.

MAXroam is providing a solution to one of today’s biggest problems in mobile phones – the cost of International roaming.  They are offering both data and voice Internationally at reasonable rates.  They are potentially the next Skype, with a similar value and impact on the carriers.

Microsoft’s latest virtualization announcements are another nail in VMWare’s coffin  The key fact is not so much that Microsoft is offering this capability, since everyone knew it was coming.  The key fact is how soon and how cheaply it is available.   “Free” is always a compelling...

With Zi Corporation, Nuance continues its acquisitions to offer mobile solutions that cover four key areas: 1) Texting, 2) Embedded, 3) Web-based, and 4) Monetized.

Red Hat’s acquisition of Qumranet will strengthen their virtualization offerings, thus providing more competition for VMWare and Microsoft.  Qumranet’s technology will move Red Hat significantly forward, particularly on desktop virtualization.  This is starting to raise the question of whether...

The iPhone potential to become the leading business handset is constrained by enterprises allowing employees to choose the carrier with the best network coverage for their work.

Nokia’s announcement of a music pre-pay phone stands out by designating a country, but not specifying carrier partners or distribution channels

Qwest has been floundering as a phone company for years, having to deal with PSC fines and general business issues, which appeared to be keeping them from setting goals on newer technology and moving ahead with data sales in particular.  Their FTTNode strategy appears to be solving some of their...