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Even the FCC is fighting Big Bell Dogma 11 Dec 2012 | 07:39 pm
Big Bell Dogma is the entrenched mindset that seeks to solidify the status quo and inhibit the mobility revolution in order to protect legacy positions of power. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has wr...
Converged Products: A late-2012 view 10 Dec 2012 | 07:40 pm
Years ago, shortly after starting this blog, I would write a post each week that catalogued all the items that were being replaced by the cellphone. Yesterday, Nick Drake, in his NY Times blog did a g...
Telco Thought Leader Explains Big Bell Dogma Thinking 20 Apr 2012 | 09:01 am
In an interview in Network World, Roberto Saracco, director of the Telecom Italia Future Centre, said “the major reason carriers are placing data caps on their LTE services is to prevent users from go...
Early Resolution 16 Dec 2011 | 08:52 am
Ever since Sprint announced availability of the iPhone, I’ve been swamped with questions and requests for help, primarily from SERO customers. Over the past few months, I’ve probably helped answer or ...
Smartphone Adoption 2 Dec 2011 | 12:15 pm
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted the initial piece on the four drivers of change in the industry. I didn’t intend to take this long to post the second piece, but I guess I’ve been pretty bus...
The iPhone: the power and the danger 22 Nov 2011 | 05:33 am
My latest article for Christian Computing magazine is on the power and the danger of the iPhone. It can be read here: http://www.ccmag.com/2011_11/ccmag2011_11mcguire.pdf
Four Drivers of the Mobility Revolution 14 Nov 2011 | 05:06 pm
Just over a week ago, I presented “Seismic Shifts in the Mobile Ecosystem” at Sprint’s Open Solutions Conference. The session was well attended and seemed to be well received, so I’d like to share som...
Steve Jobs: The Innovation Paradox 7 Oct 2011 | 02:23 am
I’m already very late in writing an homage to Steve Jobs, so let me take a different angle… Steve Jobs may represent the most successful example of a man and his company being able to maximize the pr...
Accelerating the Mobility Revolution 19 Aug 2011 | 02:58 am
It’s been a long time since I last posted. I’m also very behind in responding to comments, I apologize for that and hope to get caught up in the next few days. Between a lengthy overseas vacation and ...
Big Bells Use Usage Based Pricing to Slow the Mobility Revolution 7 Jul 2011 | 02:38 am
Yesterday, Verizon confirmed their elimination of unlimited data plans for smartphones and revealed the details on their new tiered usage-based pricing plans. In doing so, Verizon followed AT&T’s lead...