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Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times the deal, which would have seemed surprising as recently as a year ago, now fits with the altered telecommunications landscape "This deal makes sense as telecom continues to change," Kagan said. "As telephone companies and c...

Telcom analyst Jeff Kagan said in addition to the revenue boost that Web services can bring, mobile carriers know they represent a competitive advantage Though so-called churn rates have slowed, with customers jumping to new carriers less often, the risk of losing customers to...

Telcom analyst Jeff Kagan said in addition to the revenue boost that Web services can bring, mobile carriers know they represent a competitive advantage Though so-called churn rates have slowed, with customers jumping to new carriers less often, the risk of losing customers to...

"The television industry is reinventing itself, the same way the telephone industry is reinventing itself and they are all blending," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "This idea makes a lot of sense and could find a customer base "There will be quite a bit...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that both companies' new mobile efforts are examples of "how the cell phone is changing and expanding from a phone to a wireless computing device "It is becoming the third screen," he said. "The television, the computer and ...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld that the break from FCC deadlines would help smaller VoIP firms that lacked the capital needed to put work-around systems in place in a short period of time. The FCC had already extended the deadline for compliance once, moving the date from August to November...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the decision was not an easy one for SBC, whose own name is a strong brand in the regional areas it serves "Both names have value," Kagan said. "But of all the names in telecom, only one has the history of AT&T."

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the decision was not an easy one for SBC, whose own name is a strong brand in the regional areas it serves "Both names have value," Kagan said. "But of all the names in telecom, only one has the history of AT&T."

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the decision was not an easy one for SBC, whose own name is a strong brand in the regional areas it serves "Both names have value," Kagan said. "But of all the names in telecom, only one has the history of AT&T."

"Mobile carriers will push this kind of service because it will be what keeps them profitable in the long run," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times "And if they build in the kind of security and privacy that people want, it will catch on eventually. People want convenience and this is just another type of convenience."

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the new CEO faces a tough task ahead, especially since Nortel lost key time in the competitive race while it dealt with its in-house issues "Nortel is a good company, with happy customers and good products," Kagan said....

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said Verizon must be pleased to see the MCI deal close to consummation, even though the final price tag is some $1.7 billion above its original offer. "They are going to end up paying a lot more than they originally intended to, but at least they still have the company," he told the E-Commerce Times...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the suit likely won't be the last in the VoIP space "I have a feeling we are going to see many of these actions in the coming months and years. If this is true, then Sprint Nextel has the right to sue Vonage," he said.

"The mobile phone will become the third screen after the TV and the personal computer," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times. "People will use them for much more than work or communications." Real growth may be a ways off, however, as problems such as the fract...

The one thing mobile carriers won't want, said telecom analyst Jeff Kagan, is for such content, including that available on the mobile Web, to be downloaded by their users without them being in the loop In other words, carriers may recognize that this behavior will take place ...

Telecom analyst Jeff Kagan said U.S. consumers will warm slowly to using cell phones in new ways, with new blended phones such as the iTunes smartphone being built by Apple and Motorola helping to push consumers in that direction "But it's still early," Kagan told The E-Commer...

Independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told The E-Commerce Times that the move may have short-term payoffs, but that Skype is likely to have only a minor role in the ongoing telecom revolution "While this is big news about the growth strategy for eBay, I do not see this becomi...

And everyone, from telecoms to cable companies, portals to pure-play VoIPs, wants to grab a piece of the market. While pure-plays such as Skype and Vonage -- which is reportedly eyeing an IPO to fill its coffers for competition -- have an early lead in terms of customers, the larger communications companies have a huge advantage, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told TechNewsWorld...

And everyone, from telecoms to cable companies, portals to pure-play VoIPs, wants to grab a piece of the market. While pure-plays such as Skype and Vonage -- which is reportedly eyeing an IPO to fill its coffers for competition -- have an early lead in terms of customers, the larger communications companies have a huge advantage, telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times...

Telecom analyst and consultant Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the Verizon Wireless service is now widely spread enough that the company can start to take a different approach in its marketing, one that will likely feature it equating the Verizon name to national high-speed wireless...