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"It was not unexpected, but the timing was a lot sooner than anyone thought," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times Telecoms believe scale is essential as they look to compete against a broader field of other providers, Kagan said. The timing is also important, ...

"It's about time," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times, summing up the thoughts of many who have followed the case. "It's about damn time. This problem has been festering for way too long. It has upset customers and hurt BlackBerry, but at least it is over." R...

Do the phone and cable companies have a point for debate in their opposition of net neutrality? This is an important question, and there are no easy answers, according to telecom analyst Jeff Kagan The two sides are clear, and neither one separately addresses the entire proble...

Some analysts aren't buying the numbers. "I have not seen any slowing reported by the major ISPs. Eventually it will slow down because there are only a certain number of users in the country, but I don't see it happening yet," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld The ...

While the results were being scrutinized for signs of market share gains or losses in the wireless space, they mainly reflect a company, and an industry, in transition, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "Sprint Nextel as a company is going through a lot of c...

"The market for mobile search is small now, but that makes it the right time for those with designs on being major players in the future to get a foothold in the market," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times ...

Vonage has grown rapidly in terms of membership as well, but its window of opportunity for claiming additional market share gains may be closing, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "The big cable and phone companies are now offering this service and they have...

Nortel still has work to do, but it is on the road to recovering some of the luster it once enjoyed in the telecom space, analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "They are coming off a crazy period of correcting numbers, firing executives and hiring new ones," he said. "T...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that providers are eager to avoid an all-out price war. That's why many partner with Web service providers such as Yahoo, which has had a long-standing relationship with SBC, AT&T's predecessor "Carriers would much rather di...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that providers are eager to avoid an all-out price war. That's why many partner with Web service providers such as Yahoo, which has had a long-standing relationship with SBC, AT&T's predecessor "Carriers would much rather di...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that providers are eager to avoid an all-out price war. That's why many partner with Web service providers such as Yahoo, which has had a long-standing relationship with SBC, AT&T's predecessor "Carriers would much rather di...

"This technology was in the enterprise and tucked away from sight for a long time," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "Now that it's hitting the mainstream, the similarities among the technologies are coming to light and everyone's realizing how enormous the potential market is going to be."

"I think branding is going to be key and this ESPN offering has a built-in customer base -- all ESPN viewers and readers," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "So they have that universe of customers to start with. Now they have to develop the kind of content at the kind of price that the base will choose to access."

AOL has an urgent broadband problem to solve, according to independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan. The company has painted itself into a corner by not having a true high-speed offering for its 20 million customers, he told TechNewsWorld, and had to make a move to stay in business...

"It doesn't get any easier for RIM because more companies want that mobile-messaging business," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "The market they had to themselves is now something everyone wants a piece of." Much of the consolidation trend in the wireless...

Despite investors' unenthused reactions, the earnings show Motorola is rebounding, with the Razr mainly to thank, independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "Motorola has been through the ups and downs of the market during the last many years, but they lo...

Cisco is apparently bidding for end-to-end coverage, recognizing that converged networks will be the means to deliver a broad range of services and wanting to control as much of what goes on at both ends of the pipeline as possible, Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. That plan was made clear with the Scientific-Atlanta buy, he added...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the campaign is meant not only to unveil the new AT&T, but to emphasize to customers, investors and others that the entire communications industry has changed dramatically "Telecom is not the same industry it was, and i...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the campaign is meant not only to unveil the new AT&T, but to emphasize to customers, investors and others that the entire communications industry has changed dramatically "Telecom is not the same industry it was, and i...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the campaign is meant not only to unveil the new AT&T, but to emphasize to customers, investors and others that the entire communications industry has changed dramatically "Telecom is not the same industry it was, and i...