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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."

For Qwest, OnFiber is a small fish compared to the big one that got away noted telecom analyst Jeff Kagan Qwest had been in the running to acquire MCI before that company's shareholders voted, after a lengthy bidding war, to support a takeover bid from Verizon, despite the low...

Sprint's acquisition and spinoff strategies have it poised for growth in the changing marketplace, analyst Jeff Kagan agreed, although it will face tough competition from wireless competitors and from cable companies and others in the telecom space "After a merger, we watch to...

"This is a company that is in the middle of the transformation of the telecom industry," independent telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "They have made several acquisitions. That can make it harder to read; however, the performance looks good." Th...

"This is a company that is in the middle of the transformation of the telecom industry," independent telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "They have made several acquisitions. That can make it harder to read; however, the performance looks good." Th...

"This is a company that is in the middle of the transformation of the telecom industry," independent telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "They have made several acquisitions. That can make it harder to read; however, the performance looks good." Th...

Skype's main competitor in the pure-VoIP market, Vonage, recently filed for an initial public offering. The IPO could net Vonage tens of millions of dollars to help it ramp up marketing efforts and solidify its market share before even larger companies, including cable providers and traditional telecoms, begin to aggressively pursue VoIP customers, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times...

"Some of the carriers will not be able to develop their own services, especially when it comes to delivering video content," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld. "Partnerships will be important for those who want to have a full bundle to offer but can't develop the services on their own."

"Telecommunications companies always worry about cannibalizing their own revenue streams with lower priced alternatives," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "Consumers will decide on more than just price, however." The free broadband gamut would coincide wit...

"Companies are realizing the level of competition is going to be very high in the telecommunications space," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "Carriers will want to focus their resources as much as possible on the markets where they have the best chance of being profitable."

Though bundling and convergence have been buzzwords in the telecommunications space for some time, they are becoming a reality thanks to major shifts in the industry, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "For a long time, convergence and all-in-one services wer...

That could put added pressure on Verizon to speed improvements to its networks, both on the wire-line side, where it wants to be in a position to offer video to millions of homes, and on the wireless side, where network speed and features are expected to be the key differentiators as companies build out their footprints geographically through mergers, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times...

"There are serious security issues that need to be discussed," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "As much as they want to call it a merger of equals, Alcatel is a lot bigger, and the headquarters will be in France, so we have to look at it as an acquisition of a key American communications technology company by a similar French company."

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said even strong evidence of health risks are unlikely to change consumers' habits, let alone dueling studies that seem to point to varying conclusions If anything, the health concerns are a footnote to the marketing message about the convenience, fu...

"Even though competition is arguably decreasing, the larger companies have more network assets they can put to use for their customers," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "The costs will always be higher for overseas calling, but in the long run, the prices should become more reasonable."