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August 18, 2008iPhone in WiFi Hotspots and AT&T Mobile Revenue
Analysis of: Phones Go Boingo | www.unstrung.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Boingo’s increased hotspot usage from WiFi-enabled devices indicates that VoIP-over-WiFi could impact mobile revenue for carriers.
August 18, 2008Best Buy Mobile Earning Handset Margins and Carrier Compensation
Analysis of: iPhone Hits Best Buy Shelves | www.wirelessweek.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Best Buy Mobile could face a challenge to consistently earn both handset margins and carrier compensation from competing device manufacturers and wireless providers.
August 14, 2008Best Buy Wins the Apple Branding Power over AT&T Distribution
Analysis of: Best Buy becomes first independent iPhone retailer | news.yahoo.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Best Buy and the iPhone has three factors: 1) Shows the power of the Apple brand and product line; 2) Relegates AT&T to the traditional carrier role; 3) Tests the store-within-a store model.
August 12, 2008AT&T Speech Mashups Competing with Smart Keypads and Touch-Screen Menus
Analysis of: AT&T Research Working on Speech Mashups | www.research.att.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
AT&T’s speech recognition was designed to speak to a computer from a telephone. Mobile devices differ because of the efficient and reliable delivery by smart keypads and touch-screen menus.
August 11, 2008Convergys, Intervoice and Nuance Mobilizing Call Centers
Analysis of: Convergys to Acquire Intervoice, Enhancing Leadership in Relationship Management | www.reuters.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Convergys’s acquisition of Intervoice is an opportunity to penetrate call center solutions on the front end of IVR platforms instead of just outsourced staffing and information management.
August 8, 2008TracFone’s Unlimited Prepaid Competing against Virgin, Leap and MetroPCS
Analysis of: Tracfone’s Net10 dives into unlimited fray | www.rcrnews.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
TracFone’s entry into unlimited plans indicates a crowded space for non-contract mobile customers and perhaps the end of rechargeable prepaid as a stand-alone service.
August 8, 2008Qwest Needs 2.6 Million Wireless Customers to Match Prior Year Results
Analysis of: Qwest Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results | finance.denverpost.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Qwest’s 2nd quarter results show increased business and broadband revenues, but wireless subscribers would have to reach 2.6 million to match the prior year’s total revenues.
August 7, 2008AT&T iPhone Marketing and Indirect Distribution
Analysis of: Some third-party retailers sour they’ve missed out on iPhone revenue | www.rcrnews.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
AT&T withholding the iPhone from indirect channels has three considerations: 1) Some locations gaining traffic; 2) Other distribution losing business; 3) Customer service at agent stores.
August 7, 2008Best Buy and Radio Shack Impact on Sprint Results
Analysis of: Sprint posts loss as customers defect | www.marketwatch.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
Sprint Nextel’s 2nd quarter loss of 776,000 postpaid subs questions Best Buy’s record sales of the Samsung Instinct from Sprint while Radio Shack reports disappointment with Sprint compared to AT&T.
August 5, 2008AT&T Catching Up to Verizon in 3G Handsets with Handset Subsidies
Analysis of: AT&T adds 1.3M subs; wireless data revenue surges | www.fiercewireless.com
Author: Gregg Kail, Former Reseller Manager, AT&T Corp
AT&T’s future results might be impacted by comments in the 2Q2008 presentation that the iPhone subsidy could reach $720 million and that 13 million or 18% of total subscribers had 3G devices.
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