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Owning the smartphone: OEMs and carriers are missing the disruption opportunity
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The time is now for telecommunications, media and entertainment (TME) companies to start preparing for new 5G-enabled business opportunities and competitive threats that will arrive
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Operator cooperation, new ecosystem is key to ending messaging disintermediation (Reader Forum)
Since the first text message was sent in 1992, messaging as a method of communication has exploded in popularity. Free unlimited texting was incorporated into the majority of mobile operator packages in the
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The spectrum game and the mmW challenge (Reality Check)
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