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Editor's Perspective
Against the grain
By Dan O'Shea
May 27, 2003
It sounds like AT&T Wireless and
AT&T, the long-distance company and former whole owner of the wireless giant, will be the latest interexchange carrier and cellular stepchild to offer a bundled calling plan.
Other carriers are already doing it, but the surprise here is that AT&T Chairman John Zeglis spoke out against such bundled packages recently. He has said that such low-priced packages can undermine wireless carriers' efforts to maintain balanced pricing and increase average revenue per user.
You can't blame Zeglis for trying to work against the grain of bundled services--after two tough years since AT&T Wireless was spun off from the corporate parent, Zeglis now has the company looking toward positive free cash flow by the end of this year. Things are looking up at AT&T Wireless, and Zeglis' focus on profitable, high-end customers is much of the reason why.
If wireless becomes a value-added service for long-distance providers, it will be increasingly difficult for the big wireless carriers to maintain or increase the ARPU numbers by which their success is so strictly measured.
E-mail me at doshea@primediabusiness.com.
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Top News
Comarco premiers multi-band scanner
May 21, 2003
Comarco Wireless Test Solutions has launched a new RF scanner with capability to monitor multiple frequencies and access technologies from a single unit.
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Equant launches GPRS VPN access
By Dan O'Shea
May 22, 2003
Equant has started working with GPRS mobile network operators overseas to offer 2.5G data access to users of its wireline corporate VPN services.
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Qualcomm unveils new chips
by Dan O'Shea
May 23, 2003
Qualcomm has announced new additions and upgrades to four of its chipset product families, including both infrastructure and handset chips supporting CDMA 1X EV-DV.
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Tropos makes a mesh with Wi-Fi
By Dan O'Shea
May 21, 2003
The Wi-Fi coverage conundrum is just one big, mesh to
Tropos Networks. The company has announced a metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh networking architecture this week, along with a new corporate identity (it used to be FHP Wireless).
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In Print
Carriers aim to keep capex low
By Dan O'Shea
May 26, 2003
News of shrinking capital expenses is nothing new, and AT&T Wireless Chairman John Zeglis thinks it's about time the wireless community got used to it.
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WLAN switches: Headed for consolidation?
By Dan O'Shea
May 26, 2003
WLAN switches are piling up by the dozens, making consolidation a near certainty.
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