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Live From CTIA: Operators Look to Respond to Challenging Market Dynamics with New Sources of Differentiation & Aggressive Posturing

Live From CTIA: Operators Look to Respond to Challenging Market Dynamics with New Sources of Differentiation & Aggressive Posturing

Image from: Wireless and Mobile News This week carriers, OEMs and wireless ecosystem participants of all shapes and sizes descended on New Orleans for the annual...

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Live From CES: Windows Phones Step Up to the Plate

Live From CES: Windows Phones Step Up to the Plate

Image from: iofoto / Shutterstock Once again most of the free world has descended on Las Vegas to check out the latest from technology companies big and small...

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Think Different: The Decade of Apple

Think Different: The Decade of Apple

Photo credit: Luiz Nonato, Flickr. Last week Compete hosted a webinar entitled Think Different: The Decade of Apple. The original iPod was launched 10 years ago...

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What the New iPhone 4S Means for Sprint

What the New iPhone 4S Means for Sprint

Finally. After weeks of speculation and online searching the world finally knows all about the new iPhone 5 4S. We know it has an A5 chip, providing an experience...

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The Biggest Winner from Google/Motorola Is… Microsoft?

The Biggest Winner from Google/Motorola Is… Microsoft?

Photo credit: TechCrunch Two years ago I facilitated a competitive brainstorming session for a leading pre-paid wireless service provider, with the goal of identifying...

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Spring Cleaning: The Flip, 3D Video, CTIA Wrap-Up and More

Spring Cleaning: The Flip, 3D Video, CTIA Wrap-Up and More

The Boston Marathon raced past our office last week, a sure sign that spring is upon us. So in the spirit of spring cleaning, a few observations on the world of...

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Live from CTIA: Even Mickey is Talking About the AT&T – T-Mobile Deal

Live from CTIA: Even Mickey is Talking About the AT&T – T-Mobile Deal

As late as last week, I was on record that my expectations for the spring CTIA show were ‘modest,’ due to the low probability of any big industry announcements....

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CES Round-up: How the Biggest Announcement was the one Verizon Wireless Didn’t Make

Verizon Wireless certainly wasn’t silent at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, unveiling a broad portfolio of new 4G devices and proudly proclaiming...

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Live from CES: Fear and Loathing (Of Giant 3D Fish) in Las Vegas

Live from CES: Fear and Loathing (Of Giant 3D Fish) in Las Vegas

The Consumer Electronics Show – the ginormous CE tradeshow held in the desert every January – is really hard on the feet. So when I spied some comfy looking...

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Device Profile: In a Changing Tablet Landscape, the iPad is still King

Device Profile: In a Changing Tablet Landscape, the iPad is still King

The Apple iPad is poised to be one of the most popular gift items of this holiday season. Compete has been closely monitoring shopper interest in the iPad since...

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