Given the substantial interest in previous posts about how innovation creates jobs here are some more thoughts on exactly how these jobs can happen. But first about innovation which is at its most basic level is: doing something new. The newness can be huge like when the iPhone was introduced or can be just openingContinue reading “Innovation and US jobs: two types of opportunity- of iPhones and frozen yogurt”
Category Archives: Telecom
The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion
Global IT spending is to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012 up from $3.5 trillion in 2011 according to Gartner that is about a 2.86% growth. Here are some things to consider in these numbers: Cloud means Internet : Following the previous post about what jobs cannot be outsourced from the USA, the cloud means thatContinue reading “The Internet Cloud and Telecom angle: Global IT spending to reach $3.6 trillion”
B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel Lucent is about to make the Internet 5 times faster with its new core router 7950 XRS. According to CNN that is 16 Terabits of data per second or 2.5 Million HD videos streamed per second! But Alcatel had tried to break into the CISCO-Juniper stronghold of this market that consists of all mannerContinue reading “B2B Innovation market success needs credibility,opportunity and competitive advantage says Alcatel-Lucent”
AT&T wireless improves service quality 25% – but still considered “neutral” carrier
AT&T wireless got poor consumer satisfaction ratings from Consumer Reports and was not allowed to buy T-Mobile as Government regulators and the public were skeptical. Well the good news is that AT&T dropped call rates have improved by 25%. This is a massive improvement – and yet the customer perception ratings have gotten to only"neutral.Continue reading “AT&T wireless improves service quality 25% – but still considered “neutral” carrier”
AT&T and T-Mobile merger off: when upstream supply chain consolidation alarms consumers
Supply chain consolidation is a huge mantra in supply management. When you consolidate supplies with fewer suppliers, things become easier to manage . And this is exactly what At&T was trying to do by buying up T-Mobile so that all that wireless bandwidth became available to feed the zooming demand for wireless data via mobileContinue reading “AT&T and T-Mobile merger off: when upstream supply chain consolidation alarms consumers”
Just stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough-US cell phone industry needs to change and become an engine of economic growth
The US cell phone needs to change and become an engine of economic growth. Merely stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough. The industry needs total overhaul and I am saying this from a recent visit to India where the cell phone is changing the economy as the motor car changed the economyContinue reading “Just stopping AT&T and the T-Mobile merger is not enough-US cell phone industry needs to change and become an engine of economic growth”
Skype and Microsoft merger: more consumer centered innovation needed
Microsoft buying Skype for 8.5 Billion US $ is huge news. The question in everyone's mind is what Microsoft will make of Skype ? Initial speculation includes integration with the office suite,with gaming and mobile and generally just become much more of a communication company. And it is this diffuse approach that makes things lookContinue reading “Skype and Microsoft merger: more consumer centered innovation needed”
TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms
As Gen Y grows up and broadband penetration increases the household TV is expected to decline. This is a huge shift for advertising,programming and journalism on TV as people take more to the Internet for streaming video and social media. Already 40% of all Internet traffic is from video according to CISCO and this isContinue reading “TV marketing myopia as sales decline 2.2% and Internet usage zooms”
AT&T and T-Mobile need to fix customer service and help US economic growth
The prospects of a merged AT&T and T-Mobile into one massive organization raise some real challenges. Customers feel worried (March 2011) that with such market dominance , it is likely that prices will not come down and service might actually worsen. The technical part of merging the transmission towers at the back end of theContinue reading “AT&T and T-Mobile need to fix customer service and help US economic growth”
India: A Raja is arrested in 2G telecom scam: learning to deal with the messiness of democracy
With all the excitement in Egypt even the BBC covered the arrest of A. Raja only briefly. A. Raja is the former Indian telecom minister who is alleged to have sold the very lucrative 2G wireless phone licenses in 2008 at 2001 rates to private companies costing the Indian government billions of dollars in lostContinue reading “India: A Raja is arrested in 2G telecom scam: learning to deal with the messiness of democracy”