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Regulators recognize that competition for telecommunications services come from a variety of sources now, with Web services firms, VoIP startups, cable companies and others all providing the same services that were once restricted just to telecom companies, Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said...

Regulators recognize that competition for telecommunications services come from a variety of sources now, with Web services firms, VoIP startups, cable companies and others all providing the same services that were once restricted just to telecom companies, Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said...

The decision to shut down the service comes as "a surprise to everyone," especially since it comes less than a year after the service went live, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said "This raises lots of questions about the [MVNO] sector," Kagan added. "We are not sure whether it is...

Motorola has been firing on all cylinders in recent quarters, and efforts to broaden its portfolio of mobile products make sense given the trends in communications, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said "A lot of the recent success was based solely on the Razr," he noted. Zander app...

"Once people begin to use video devices in a mobile setting, there will be a great need for content for those devices," said Jeff Kagan, a telecom industry analyst While mobile carriers are gearing up and building networks to allow direct download and streaming of music and vi...

Nortel has had difficulty outrunning an accounting scandal that cost it several top-ranking executives and forced it to restate years' worth of results. Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said the company needs to put that to rest and then focus on restoring the luster of its brand "N...

"This is a long-term battle we're just in the beginning stages of," said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. "Telcom companies and cable companies will battle it out for the next 20 to 30 years as the industry transforms itself in ways just beginning to become clear." Future Shock...

The approach is feasible because more people are using handheld devices to view video content, said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan Users who are passing through or waiting for a train may well be interested in downloading and viewing content as a way to pass time, he added. It may...

"This is a big bet on the future," said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan Matter of Time...

Verizon's recent launches indicate where it sees future growth, according to telecom analyst Jeff Kagan In June, it began rolling its FiOS TV service in target markets, the beginning of a long-expected head-to-head war with cable companies for TV service delivery dominance. Al...

Alcatel and Lucent were forced to merge by the larger trends in the telecom space, which has dramatically reduced the number of customers who would buy the wares of heavy-duty gear makers, according to telecom analyst Jeff Kagan "The number of companies is shrinking, but at th...

The new proposals are more likely to break the logjam by giving telecom companies middle-ground proposals they can support, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "Both sides want something here," he said, noting that the telecom companies want the overall bill p...

More work remains, however, including the need to seed demand among the public for the service, said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan "Eventually, people will treat their mobile phones as the third screen, as much a part of their lives as the TV and the PC," Kagan said. "That will t...

"We are not going to get it solved with one solution or the other. We have to come up with alternatives and compromises. I don't know what will be acceptable to both sides," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times Still Debating the Issue...

The rapid changes on the Internet and in the telecom industry might argue in favor of a continued low-key approach from federal lawmakers and regulators, said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. The argument has been that Internet innovation happened because the Web was allowed to develop largely without government interference. "No one is suggesting the days of development and invention are over," he noted...

The suit is a reminder of how aggressively major telecoms plan to deal with the rise of VoIP startups, which pose a significant risk to their core landline calling business, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "The big telecoms have made it clear they're going...

Vonage may have been better served to stage its offering a year ago or more, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "Back then it was an exciting idea, but it made more sense a year or two ago," he said. "Back then Vonage was in the news with a very high profile....

Users are spending more and more time with their mobile devices and advertisers will want to reach them there, said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. "The mobile device will be the third screen after television and the PC and advertisers will want to have a presence on all three." S...

Regulators will be forced to revisit numerous aspects of their oversight of telecom, much of which dates to the earliest days of phone communications, according to telecom analyst Jeff Kagan "The landscape that was in place when the laws were passed and the one we're seeing em...

"People take their mobile phones very personally, and they want to customize them to express their personalities," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "A lot of users consider the prices they pay for short clips of songs to be a bargain and view ringtones not as a luxury but a necessity."