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2012 Predictions! Oh No!

It's the time of year to make some predictions. 2012 will be year of interactivity. What does that mean? The increased penetration of smartphones worldwide, with worldwide 3G network buildout, will enable more mobile interactivity via social networking...

Published 12-20-2011 12:17 PM by Jim Machi

Filed under: IPhone, SMS, Facebook, 3G networks, skype, mobile interactivity, bandwidth constraints, Social media

Mobile Payments and the Role of SS7

Back in June, I wrote a blog about mobile commerce and using your phone to pay for services, or using your phone to enable mobile banking. These are all huge growth opportunities for the industry. I wanted to follow that up with some comments about how...

Published 11-15-2011 10:08 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SS7, SMS, Smartphone, Mobile payment, Mobile Commerce, Near field communication

Pure Kryptonite for SMS?

The last few months, I have been thinking a lot about SMS. We’ve had customers deploy and develop voice and video SMS solutions, which are innovative in their own right, and we’ve seen what Twitter can do. But at a very high level, what is...

Published 11-08-2011 10:18 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS

Thrive with Communication Solutions

The increased capabilities of mobile networks, the increased capabilities of smartphones, and the increased availability of network based applications go hand in hand as revenue growth and ARPU growth engines. However, it can be argued that of the three...

Published 09-21-2011 9:56 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, service providers, ARPU, Solution Showcase, enterprises

Numbed by Analyst Research - What I Did on My Summer Vacation

I spent the summer engorged in analyst research. It was all over my office. It was in my briefcase. It was on my computer and iPad. It was in my head. It was on the plane with me. It was home with me. It was even on my deck with me. All in the name of...

Published 09-06-2011 9:50 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: Video, SIP Trunking, Cloud Computing, LTE, 3G, MMS, SMS, mobile data, bandwidth optimization

Challenges and Opportunities Abound When it Comes to Convergence

In my last blog , I discussed the history of convergence and how it’s affected the telecom industry. Now, I’d like to talk about the pros and cons of convergence. Let’s start with the cons. Convergence has come at a cost. There is clearly...

Published 08-16-2011 10:04 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, mobile VAS, M2M, convergence, network convergence

Differences in Mobile Value-Added Services Around the World

Since I travel around the world quite a bit, I am frequently asked what the differences are in mobile value-added services in the different regions. First of all, there are many, many services and every time I go someplace, I find out about a new one...

Published 06-14-2011 11:29 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, prepaid, mobile VAS, smartphones, color ring back tones, mobile radio

Traveling to NENA 2011

NENA is the National Emergency Number Association ( www.nena.org ) and I’ll be travelling to NENA 2011, which is in Minneapolis from June 18 th – June 23 rd . This gives attendees the opportunity to network, to discuss your innovations in...

Published 06-13-2011 10:11 AM by Neil Weldon

Filed under: Video, IVR, Cloud Computing, contact center, SMS, conferencing, NG 9-1-1, 9-1-1, NENA2011

The African Telecommunications Opportunity

I was in Accra, Ghana last week for a customer and prospect event. Africa is on the cusp of incredible internet and mobile growth. Submarine cables are coming in, which means more bandwidth. And fiber is coming in to interconnect the continent, which...

Published 05-17-2011 9:59 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, mobile VAS, Telecommunications, bandwidth optimization, Mobile Commerce, ARPU, Africa

More Ways to Make Money: Mobile VAS, QoE and Advertising

In my last two blogs, I talked about ways that service providers can monetize their mobile networks. In this blog, I’ll explore a few more: mobile value-added services, quality of experience and advertising. Mobile Value-Added Services Mobile value...

Published 05-03-2011 10:29 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, mobile advertising, mobile networks, value-added services, Quality of Experience, Mobile Commerce

Prepaid Mobile Internet Services

I will be going to Singapore in a few weeks for the Telco Strategies 2011 conference, and I always like going to Asia since the mobile market is different than the US market. For instance, one difference that's important to understand is how people...

Published 03-15-2011 10:00 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: mobile, SMS, prepaid, Wifi, mobile entertainment, service providers, video SMS

The Future of SMS - Rich SMS

Two weeks ago, I gave some opinions about why SMS will continue to grow. I also think SMS will, over time, fundamentally change from today's 140 character experience. We'll start to see video incorporated into SMS, making it more of a "rich"...

Published 02-08-2011 10:05 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: MMS, SMS, mobile advertising, mobile communication, location-based services

Why does SMS continue to grow? Personal communications, social networking and M2M

Many consumers view SMS as an essential function of their phone. From a service provider perspective though, it is one of the more highly utilized and profitable value added services, with an estimated over 6 trillion SMS's sent in 2010. What's...

Published 01-24-2011 10:40 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: SMS, M2M, social networking, personal communctions

Egypt's 3G Surprise

I arrived here for a customer event and there was no car traffic. I was surprised since I had heard how horrible it was. It turns out the country was virtually shut down when I arrived, since there was a World Cup qualifying match with Algeria going on...

Published 11-25-2009 1:15 PM by Jim Machi

Filed under: mobile, 3G, SMS, Facebook

You’re My Blue Sky, You’re My Sunny Day

Nope, this blog has nothing to do with blue skies, though I have to say that when I was in Seoul, the weather was gorgeous. The title has to do with the actual writing of this blog. In order to have the Korea memories fresh in my mind, I wrote the blogs...

Published 11-09-2009 11:46 AM by Jim Machi

Filed under: iPod, MMS, SMS, Facebook

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