GLG News by Broadband Experts in Member Programs

The iPhone has troubles.  Frankly, it is not a surprise.  Further, the iPhone is not alone.

GenBand announced the widely speculated acquisition of Nextpoint, a company that was itself a merger of two sub performing companies of Nextone and Reef Point in the VoIP security product lines! With the planned exit of AudioCodes from the Session Border Controller (SBC) market and financial struggles...

After spending years dominating the business segment, it is time for Blackberry to move out into the mass market.  

I have openly supported femtocell technology for sometime.  I think the technology’s ability to support residential and small business wireless local area networks was always attractive.  I think the technology’s inherent intelligent base station design gives carriers greater flexibility.

Text messaging (also known as Short Messaging Service, SMS) is one of the highest margin services for the carriers. The end-to-end cost of a delivering a SMS message for a carrier is less than $0.02 a message while they charge more than $0.10 a message. With the SMS volume doubling year over...

No one should be surprised by slowing smart phone or any handset sales.  We are in a recession.  Once telecom, an infrastructure business, begins to feel the pinch, then you know we are in trouble.

Christy’s departure is another sign of the changes ahead for Alcatel-Lucent.  The ride is going to get worse from here on.

Well this may work.  However, it is all dependent on the cooperation of the carriers.  Then again there is the question of spectrum speculation.

Liberty Media is a bit more than a tracking stock.  The company is a content owner and creator.  In other words, Liberty Media is a content company. Spinning off the entertainment business is a natural next step.

The Mobile Wallet (M-Wallet) is being embraced by the populace.  Mobile banking is a long time coming. As I said in a past analysis entitled; “The Cell Phone – The Mobile Wallet Has Arrived”, we are looking at a new way for businesses of doing business with consumers.  We are seeing the elimination...