by Pivot
Category: Business Models
How Big is the M2M Market?
One issue when analyzing the “machine to machine” communications business is that definitions of what constitutes an “M2M” service vary quite significantly. Some service providers consider mobile broadband connections to “non-voice” devices, such as tablets,…
Will Users Pay for Online Video?
Some 92 percent of the total online population in eight countries watched online video on PCs, laptops, TVs, mobile handsets or tablets in 2011, up from 77 percent watching video online in 2010, a survey…
Wireless Now Drives Business and Consumer Spending
U.S. businesses will spend $154 billion for telecommunications services in 2012, growing to $184 billion by the close of 2016, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.8 percent over the forecast period, according…
Text Messaging Inflection Point in Europe?
There are growing signs of strain even in mobile service provider operations in Europe, it now appears, with one big problem being an apparent massive rate of consumer defection from use of text messaging services.…
Canadian Mobile Ops to Launch Mobile Payments in Mid-2012
Rogers, Bell Canada and Telus Corp. are reported to be in final talks to adopt a mobile payment platform, using the moniker EnStream, working with banks, by about mid-2012. The payment platform will ensure that…
Global Software as a Service Market $14.5 Billion in 2012
Global software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $14.5 billion in 2012, a 17.9 percent increase from 2011 revenue of $12.3 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. SaaS-based delivery will experience healthy growth through 2015, when…
In What Way does Cloud Computing Offer Potential for Service Providers?
One frequently hears these days of high service provider interest in cloud computing as a potential driver of service provider revenue, and the thinking is not without merit. From a communications service provider perspective, one…
Are Mobile Service Provider Content Operations “Strategic” or “Revenue Generators?”
Mobile carrier NTT Docomo today announced a move in its strategy to grow its content business outside of its traditional base of Japan: it issued a tender offer to acquire Buongiorno, a mobile content company…
The Only Reason “Over the Top” Isn’t a “Good Thing:” You Don’t Own the Business
“Over the top” applications nearly universally are viewed as problematic by cable and telco executives, for the simple reason that, up to this point, OTT simply has been a way for third parties to create…
Comcast Leads SMB IP Telephony Ranking, Infonetics Research Reports
Some 10 years ago, some executives might have been forgiven for believing that U.S. cable TV operators would not be much of a force in either the enterprise or small and mid-sized business VoIP and…
Has Internet Cannibalized Music and TV? Depends on How You Count
It might be fair to say the typical person believes that online and Internet delivery of music and increasingly, video, has reduced industry revenue. The actual impact probably has been mixed. Sales of music arguably…
U.S. Telcos, Cable Invest $66 Billion in 2011
U.S. telcos and cable companies invested $66 billion in capital in 2011, according to the U.S. Telecom Association. The USTA data shows that cable companies made 19 percent of the investments, while telcos invested about…