I never think of future, it comes soon enough – Albert Einstein

First things first. Wish you a very happy and successful 2008.
Before we look at what’s to come, let’s do a quick wrap-up of the year that was.
2007 will clearly be remembered as “the year of iPhone.” While there were […]

Here is the list of stories we contributed to in 07.
January
NY Times - A Personal Computer to Carry in a Pocket
Wireless World Magazine - Perspectives: Wireless Data ARPU
Wireless World Magazine - Mobile Advertising Part I
February
Nikkei Electronics - iPhone
Wireless World Magazine - Mobile Advertising Part II
Mobile Communications International - Mobile Search 2.0: Relevancy Rules
March
Msearchgroove - Mobile […]

Thanks for making 2007 so interesting and enjoyable!

Tonight marks the 100th anniversary of the Ball Drop in Times Square.
A million people will crowd Times Square to watch the ball drop atop the One Times Square building at midnight, estimate New York police. A billion are expected to watch the spectacle on video.

As […]

Predicting the top 2008 wireless stories is always fun. Here are a few fearless websites:

EE Times has Seven Global Predictions for 2008:
(1) The “Next Big Thing” will have a global, not a U.S. consumer focus.
(2) The sucking sound of semiconductor research, design engineering, and software development rushing out of Silicon Valley will become deafening in […]

As promised, some more info on the TOC.
Mobile Advertising - Table of Contents
From Cautious Optimism to Contextual Nirvana
Chapters
1. History of Advertising
Learning lessons from the past is important—hence Chapter 1. As new technologies have driven new media, it has always taken awhile for the technologists and advertisers to understand each other. In […]

It’s December 31st — time to round up the big stories of 2007. First, let’s review the top 2007 stories from other sites:

Unstrung’s 2007 Top Ten Wireless Stories
10. Cisco goes WiMax
9. Rural takeover
8. Emerging markets
7. Carriers start to pick 4G technology
6. Muni dreams fade
5. Sprint’s WiMax tribulations
4. Verizon’s ‘Open Access’ plans
3. 700 MHz wireless broadband […]

According to RCR News, the FCC recently decided to better ascertain how competing 2.3 GHz band wireless services in the United States can operate without disrupting each other. Terrestrial satellite radio repeaters (DARS) and spectrum for 2.3 GHz Mobile WiMAX threaten to become another Nextel debacle, creating interference and disruption of service from adjoining bands.
Andrew […]

A comment to a previous post reminded me of the inclination of all of us to succumb to anecdote and personal experience, even when we should know better.

While I’ve been complaining about the way that, say, Opera Mini operates, only about 15% of mobile subscribers currently have browsers with the “full web” experience like […]

Telsima announced WiMAX 450/700 MHz gear at the India Telecom 2007 show at New Delhi, 2007. The Telsima solution can be customized for any specified band within that range — by default it supports the 450 MHz and 700 MHz bands.
Telsima uses standard WiMAX SoC, leveraging all the benefits of this open standard point-to-multipoint […]

Wish all our readers, colleagues, clients, and friends and families - a very happy, safe, and successful 2008. May the best be with you.

Users of the SprintUsers.com forum have recently begun to debate about a pale pink Palm Centro that is due to hit shelves on the 13/1/2008. The following rendered has been posted in order to show what pale pink means:

Other users have claimed that their Sprint representatives told them that customers calling in will be able […]

On Monday, ASUS will announce its next-generation Eee PC, in partnership with Intel Corporation and Sprint Nextel. The partnerships and announcement specify that the second major release of the mobile computing platform will incorporate Mobile WiMAX support. A special invite-only launch party is being hosted by the three vendors at the Riviera Casino and Hotel […]

One of the major advantages claimed by the WiMAX community over their cellular cousins is that WiMAX will come with a far lower average royalty rate than either LTE or UMB. A favorite phrase among the WiMAX OEM community is that WiMAX has effectively “democratized” the 4G space. Although ABI Research applauds the move to […]

Another patent lawsuit settlement, 4th in a row. Who is next? Companies without any IP strategy run the risk of thrown around like a football. Vonage is a perfect case study. They are draining their resources into legal fights whereas it would have been more prudent and cheaper to devise an IP strategy up front.

John Hockenberry of MIT Media Lab wrote a riveting essay “You don’t understand our audience, What I learned about network television at Dateline NBC” on his time at NBC Dateline (appears in Jan/Feb 08 issue of MIT Technology Review). A fascinating look at how news is presented to the masses.