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Verizon Wireless Clarifies Unlimited Data Position as Angry Customers Rant Online

Verizon explained the unlimited plan will no longer be available to customers who purchase handsets at discounted prices after the company introduces its shared data plans. ...More
May 18, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Verizon: 4G LTE Means Even Longtime Customers Lose Unlimited Data

Customers who have been with Verizon Wireless for years won't like this. CFO Fran Shammo reportedly said everyone will have to move off their unlimited data plans as part of a 4G LTE migration. ...More
May 16, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Facebook Leads Disruption of Telecom World

The bottom line from CTIA is that (to no one's surprise) the telecom world is disrupting and carriers need to change with it or at least die trying. ...More
May 10, 2012
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
Can SLAs Create Competitive Advantages for Mobile Carriers?

Could a wireless carrier migrate to an SLA-based service model by which a customer was guaranteed network performance and where service failed, was actually credited for their loss? ...More
May 9, 2012
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
Mobile Data Crunch Meets Backhaul Inflation

Service Assurance is a core competency for most service providers, but it is continually being tested by applications, devices and network technologies. So far, the industry is meeting the challenge. ...More
May 9, 2012
Posted in Digital Issues, Service & Network Management
CTIA: Data Traffic, Spectrum and More

Operators around the world are scrambling to support the onslaught of data traffic from new smart mobile devices hitting the networks that were never designed for data. And carriers won't do just one thing to solve this problem – they'll do everything. ...More
May 7, 2012
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
Sandvine Signs Policy Contracts With a Major Cableco

Sandvine said it has received more than $1.5 million in Network Policy Control expansion orders from a tier-1 North American cable MSO, including the Sandvine Policy Traffic Switch 24000 series hardware platform. ...More
May 2, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Cellular Networks Should Expect Increased Traffic Onloads

A new report shows that mobile network operators are to face significant additional pressure over the next five years — not only from smartphone and tablet usage, but from data traffic being onloaded to the network from netbooks, laptops, game consoles and eReaders. ...More
April 23, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
Wait – How Did I Use Up All My iPad Data So Fast?

Consumers could burn through their basic 2 gigabyte monthly plain in less than four minutes. That’s a lot of data! ...More
April 9, 2012 By Rebecca Prudhomme
Posted in Blog, Service & Network Management
AT&T Throws in the Towel in Throttling Lawsuit

A small-claims court last month found that AT&T broke its promise to Spaccerelli to offer unlimited data service. ...More
March 19, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News, Service & Network Management