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IPv6, LTE and IPSO: Not So Long Term Evolution to 50 Billion Devices

Who would dare to predict the year the Internet will reach 50 billion addressable devices? Thomas Noren, head of LTE product development at Ericsson sees one day 50 billion devices shouldered by LTE. He sees LTE as the truly global standard putting to rest the long and acrimonious rivalry between CDMA and GSM protagonists and even sees the Chinese third way with their TD-SCDMA aligned on LTE. Mobile WiMax is, in his mind, already relegated to the dustbin of history... more»

Mobile's Need for Fibre

It was interesting to see that in New Zealand Vodafone had second thoughts and decided to come up with its own proposal of forming a consortium of network operators, rather than simply supporting the government's announcement of its FttH plans. Our analysis of this change of mind is that mobile operators increasingly need fibre networks to sustain the enormous growth in mobile broadband. Most mobile stations around the world are not connected to a fibre network. more»

It's Official: Value Moving to Edge

It's official. A team of market analysts from Oppenheimer are saying [PDF] what I've been saying since 1997, that the apps are separating from the network, and this is driving a wave of "explosive innovation." more»

Verizon Mandates IPv6 Support for Next-Gen Cell Phones

Cell phone carriers have seen a huge growth in wireless data usage. The iPhone is selling like hotcakes, and its users generate large amounts of traffic. Not surprisingly, as cellular providers deploy faster network technologies, users generate even more data... more»

IPv6 and LTE, the Not So Long Term Evolution?

The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T saw wireless networks about to drown under a deluge of data. To see YouTube content uploaded form an iPhone or Slingbox rerouting a favourite television program to your smart phone gives mobile network operators the shivers. Skype over 3G in the meantime gives sleepless nights, not because of surging megabyte floods but due to nightmares of considerable voice and roaming revenues washing away. Not easy to plan and engineer "managed transitions" under those circumstances. more»

The Addressing System for the Next (Wireless) Internet

I gave a talk yesterday at Northwestern called A DNS in the Air. My idea is that, in order to scale, the emerging wireless Internet needs something analogous to the domain name system (DNS) -- the infrastructure that allows you to reach sites across the Net. Billions of mobile phones, and even more billions of connected sensors and other wireless devices will completely overwhelm our current spectrum management regime. AT&T Wireless estimates we will need between 250 and 600 TIMES the current wireless capacity in 2018, less than a decade from now. more»

Europe's Mobile Operators Running Dumb Pipes for Revenue

In most of Europe, mobile network operators (MNOs) have largely completed their 3G network roll outs. During the last year or two their focus has been on upgrading these networks with new technologies, including femtocell and, importantly, HSPA. Following trials expected to be held during 2010, LTE will soon be sufficiently advanced for commercial launches. This will provide significant opportunities for Europe's market for convergent services, adding a new platform for delivering a range of media... more»

Exploring the Roots of Wireless Spectrum Controversy (eComm Panel)

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend the The Emerging Communications (eComm) 2009 conference in San Francisco which was packed with 3 days of fascinating conversations about the future of communications. I absolutely enjoyed talking to various speakers and attendees giving me a deep level of appreciation and perspective on technical, commercial and political issues at hand -- and what is likely to come in the next few years. And speaking of politics, Lee Dryburgh, who founded eComm in early 2008, has generously allowed us to share with you a fascinating panel discussion which took place on day 3 of the conference called "Spectrum 2.0 - What's really happening?" more»

WiMAX vs. LTE

Mobile WiMAX, with the release of 2×2 MIMO chips in 2008, gives WiMAX a lead of two or so years on its major competitor -- the 3GPP's LTE. However, 3G cellphones using 3GPP UMTS technologies, extended to higher speeds with HSPA, is widely used in handsets in many countries. In North America, 3GPP2 CDMA2000 and EV-DO are widely used, but these are likely to be replaced over time by LTE and to some extent WiMAX. more»

More Cracks Appearing in Mobile Market

When I wrote the BuddeComm analysis on the introduction of Apple's iPhone I commented that the most significant element of this event was that it would begin to create cracks in the flawed business models of the mobile operators, who are desperately hanging on to their closed networks very much like the fixed operators were fighting tooth and nail against opening up their networks. We have seen that the fixed operators have largely lost this battle and we predict that the future of the mobile networks will be no different... more»

News Briefs

FCC Launched Investigation Into Exclusive Handset Deals

Canadian Wireless Carriers to Launch Mobile Payment Service

Mobile Internet Users to Reach 134 Million by 2013

WiMAX Has Early Lead Over LTE, Says New Report

FTC Issues New Privacy Guidelines for ISPs, Mobile Companies

Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Others Launch the White Spaces Database Group

Vint Cerf: 2009 a Turning Point for the Internet

Spending on Mobile Phone Surpasses Residential Phone Services

Experts Predict Mobile as Main Online Access by 2020, Voice-Recognition, Internet Structure Advances

Mobile Broadband Speeds Over 5 Times Faster as Early as 2009

FCC Approves White Space for Broadband in Unanimous Vote

Telcos, IT Companies Start $1B Promotion for Mobile Broadband as Alternative to Wi-Fi and WiMax

Security Experts Concerned Over Availability of Software Development Kits for Mobile Devices

Google, T-Mobile Launch Android-Powered G1 Mobile Phone

German Court Bans VoIP App for iPhone

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Internet Governance: An Antispam Perspective

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IPv6: Extinction, Evolution or Revolution?

WiMAX vs. WiFi

Twenty Myths and Truths About IPv6 and the US IPv6 Transition

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Industry Updates

Visa, NeuStar Team to Propel Trusted Mobile Payments and Financial Services Globally

Visa Inc. and NeuStar today announced a strategic alliance designed to accelerate the adoption of mobile financial services globally. NeuStar and Visa are committing resources to support development of commercially viable programs to support new application use cases. ›››

dotMobi Names AutoTrader.mobi as Millionth Site Tested by Acclaimed mobiReady Tool

dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi Internet domain for finding mobile-friendly Web content as well as the mobiForge mobile Web developers forum, today announced that AutoTrader.mobi was the millionth site tested by the mobiReady tool for checking the mobile-readiness of Web content. ›››

Mobile Banking Benchmarks Now Available

If you’ve been following our news on the mobile benchmarks we’ve developed with our friends at Gomez, you’ll be interested in seeing our mobile banking benchmarks that American Banker just ran. ›››

Benchmarks that Measure Five Critical Dimensions of Success for Mobile Websites

Gomez, Inc. and dotMobi annouce the launch of the world’s first comprehensive benchmarks to compare and rank the mobile Web experience provided by the top businesses in the airline, banking and search industries. ›››

Go Daddy Launches Instant Mobilizer from dotMobi

Instant Mobilizer is a patent-pending service designed to help small and medium sized businesses around the world reach their customers quickly and affordably through the mobile Web by seamlessly transforming existing PC-based Web sites for use on all mobile phones, on all networks. ›››

New Study of Mobile Web Trends Demonstrates Strong Growth of Mobile Content Availability

dotMobi today announced highlights of a new study on mobile Web trends that shows mobile Web content creation continues to explode. Based on a review of the largest top-level Internet domains, dotMobi has seen a sevenfold growth in the number of mobile Web sites in the past year. ›››

dotMobi Announces Launch of First Two-Letter Mobile Domain by Nevada Commission on Tourism

dotMobi today announced the allocation of the first two-letter mobile Internet domain to the Nevada Commission on Tourism (NCOT): http://nv.mobi; launch of nv.mobi represents first use of a two-letter domain by a state to market itself to travelers via mobile phones. ›››

dotMobi to Release DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET

dotMobi today announced it is now accepting applicants into beta trials for a new edition of the award-winning DeviceAtlas™ mobile device database designed exclusively for developers building sites with Microsoft ASP.NET.
With DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET, developers using ASP.NET 2.0 and above will now be able to easily expand their sites to embrace mobile audiences as well as PC-based users. DeviceAtlas for Microsoft ASP.NET will seamlessly replace Microsoft profiles with this new Web-based service. ›››

dotMobi Allocates First Two-Character Mobile Domain to Fifth Third Bank

dotMobi, the company behind .mobi today announced the allocation of the first two-character mobile Internet domain to Fifth Third Bank: http://53.mobi. In January of this year, dotMobi announced that it is making available .mobi domain names with one and two alphanumeric characters, such as q.mobi, k9.mobi, 13.mobi or ny.mobi. ›››

eComm 2009 Event Next Week: Defining the Post-Telecom Era

If you can be in San Francisco next week, don't miss eComm 2009, the Emerging Communications Conference on 3-5 March. eComm is the world's leading-edge telecom, Internet communications and mobile innovation event.  ›››