I've written for many years about the future of VoIP and personal communications. Recently, I've been mentioning terms such as ...

Fascinating article by David Meyer at ZDnet, as part of his ongoing coverage of mobile data roaming. He points out the possibility of the ...

Almost exactly 5 years ago, I wrote a blog post cutting through the myth of "value-based pricing" in the telecoms industry. It fo...

I've been involved in Lee Dryburgh's series of eComm events for several years, both as speaker and as a member of its advisory list....

... it's not always needed. Increasingly, smartphones get used with WiFi. Some estimates suggest that up to half of data usage now goe...

A group of the UK's largest fixed and mobile ISPs have published a "Code of Practice" about managing traffic on their broadban...

I'm still seeing a lot of discussions that go along the traditional and rather tired lines of saying that Facebook / YouTube / Hulu / B...

Note: This post was written before Google+ , Google's stance on pseudonyms, and the rise of # nymwars . Most of this article applies ju...

I stirred up a bit of debate over the weekend via posts on Twitter suggesting that the use of the word "terminal" in the telecoms ...

Various emerging business models demand good, reliable, near-ubiquitous mobile data coverage, especially in dense urban areas. We hear a lot...

One of the hidden trends that I've been watching for a while, in the complex world of mobile broadband traffic management, is now starti...

This is a quick post to list various conferences or other events I'm expecting to speak at or attend, primarily in H1 2011. Please let...

I started this blog about five and a half years ago, in October 2005. At the time, I said that " I specialise in looking for "fail...

I've now had a chance to gather my thoughts about last week's Barcelona Bunfight. I can't say I enjoyed the trip this year (havi...

I'm at the Nokia strategy event in London today, listening to Stephen Elop discussing the Microsoft deal & wider issues around the c...

One of the mobile operators' big problems at the moment is their inability (or unwillingness) to deal with Freemium-style business mode...