This morning was a pretty interesting as one rather simple story morphed into a very interesting web.
T-Mobile is coming out with unlimited data and video for ALL of it's plans; and unlimited standard definition video, and unlimited high definition video for $25/month.
Okay, that's pretty cool -- and that can be significant for the adoption of PicoP. Limited
Then a little more digging and I learn something about T-Mobile. It's actually a European company that has coverage over much of Europe and all of the US. Based in Germany, it covers Germany, and 12 other countries in Europe.
Then, apparently Masayoshi Son, head of SoftBank -- recent acquirer of ARM Holdings, wants to buy T-Mobile to merge it together with Sprint that SoftBank already effectively owns.
It's background knowledge, but Legere had great praise for Robohon and wanted to offer it at T-Mobile.
And of course we know -- the more free video bandwidth for mobile devices - the better for PicoP adoption. (T-Mobile and Sprint, have unlimited plans, and Verizon is offering free Video streaming -- on it's own video delivery service.) This is all good news in the background - the ecosystem for mass adoption is in place.
John Legere on Twitter
T-Mobile on Wikipedia
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son Wants to Merge Sprint & T-Mobile
Phone Arena - Still wants a Merger between T-Mobile and Sprint
Bidding on Bandwidth Bloomberg
"There aren’t any current talks between Sprint and T-Mobile -- they’re actually forbidden. Opening bids for federal airwaves started this week in the FCC’s so-called incentive auction. TV broadcasters have agreed to hand over certain radio wave licenses to the agency, which in turn will offer the spectrum for sale to wireless carriers, including AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. Sprint isn’t participating. The spectrum could fetch as much as $86.4 billion. During the bidding, which could last until early next year if the auction doesn’t raise enough money in the early rounds, carriers are prohibited from any deal discussions. "
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Thursday, August 18, 2016
Friday, July 15, 2016
FCC Approves 5G - Phones to get 5 times faster
Which will be really good for viewing video with your PicoP
Seattle Times (more at the source)
“These are huge blocks of spectrum that will deliver amazing applications to Americans,” said Meredith Attwell Baker, president of CTIA, a trade group for wireless companies, including the top four U.S. carriers, AT&T, Verizon Communications, Sprint and Bellevue-based T-Mobile US. “This is a critical first step to ensure the U.S. is in a position to lead the world in 5G.”
All four top U.S. mobile carriers have announced plans to test 5G technology, with partners including Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics. Connections are projected to double by 2020 and reach 500 billion a decade later as more mobile devices, robots, light sensors and drones all become part of the so-called internet of things.
“We’re talking about superfast data rates, super-low latency: the kind of wireless anyone would want that’s only a dream today,” said Dean Brenner, senior vice president for government affairs at Qualcomm. The chipmaker joined with Intel, Verizon, Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson to ask the FCC to allow higher power for base stations than the agency initially proposed.
Seattle Times (more at the source)
“These are huge blocks of spectrum that will deliver amazing applications to Americans,” said Meredith Attwell Baker, president of CTIA, a trade group for wireless companies, including the top four U.S. carriers, AT&T, Verizon Communications, Sprint and Bellevue-based T-Mobile US. “This is a critical first step to ensure the U.S. is in a position to lead the world in 5G.”
All four top U.S. mobile carriers have announced plans to test 5G technology, with partners including Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics. Connections are projected to double by 2020 and reach 500 billion a decade later as more mobile devices, robots, light sensors and drones all become part of the so-called internet of things.
“We’re talking about superfast data rates, super-low latency: the kind of wireless anyone would want that’s only a dream today,” said Dean Brenner, senior vice president for government affairs at Qualcomm. The chipmaker joined with Intel, Verizon, Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson to ask the FCC to allow higher power for base stations than the agency initially proposed.
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Smartphone boom about to bust?
From Yahoo Finance -- more at the source.
We have a situation where market saturation is happening. (There are 7 billion people on earth, and 1.4 billion smart phones sold annually -- 2015 numbers -- so one in six people on earth last year got a new smartphone. Expecting them to be a little bit durable -- that's nearly total penetration of the possible market.)
According to market research group Gartner Inc., worldwide smartphone sales will increase by just 7% in 2016. IDC Research, meanwhile, predicts growth will slow to just 3.1%.
>>>> Of course, that's 98,000,000 more smartphones than were sold last year, if you consider the 1.4 billion sold last year. <<<<
Why such a precipitous drop? Simply put, because consumers already have too many smartphones in their hands. Smartphone markets in North America, Europe, Japan and more mature Asia and Pacific markets have already reached 90% penetration, according to Gartner. That’s a lot of smartphones.
To try to counteract this trend, some US carriers and handset makers are taking steps to get consumers interested in purchasing phones at a faster clip. Gartner, for example, points to Apple’s buyback program that lets you get a new handset after having your phone for a year. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon offer similar upgrade programs.
But without a fundamental shift in smartphone design or function, the market will likely continue to see minimal growth going forward.
Why such a precipitous drop? Simply put, because consumers already have too many smartphones in their hands. Smartphone markets in North America, Europe, Japan and more mature Asia and Pacific markets have already reached 90% penetration, according to Gartner. That’s a lot of smartphones.
To try to counteract this trend, some US carriers and handset makers are taking steps to get consumers interested in purchasing phones at a faster clip. Gartner, for example, points to Apple’s buyback program that lets you get a new handset after having your phone for a year. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon offer similar upgrade programs.
But without a fundamental shift in smartphone design or function, the market will likely continue to see minimal growth going forward.
>>>> Bring on PicoP -- which can lead to a fundamental shift in smartphone design and cause a market boom that the industry is craving. <<<<
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Binge On.... more Binge watching
More content for PicoP -- the ecosystem is perfect.
Engadget
T-Mobile announced on Thursday that it is expanding its Binge-On catalog to include four new streaming services -- Amazon Video, Fox News, WWE Network and Univision NOW -- bringing the total up to more than 40.
Engadget
T-Mobile announced on Thursday that it is expanding its Binge-On catalog to include four new streaming services -- Amazon Video, Fox News, WWE Network and Univision NOW -- bringing the total up to more than 40.
Binge-On List
With Binge On™ and a qualifying rate plan, watch unlimited video without hitting your data bucket. Services include:
- A&E
- Amazon Video
- Crackle
- CuriosityStream
- DirecTV
- Encore
- ESPN
- Fandor
- Fox News
- Fox Sports
- Fox Sports GO
- fubo TV
- FYI
- Go90
- HBO GO
- HBO NOW
- History
- Hulu
- Kidoodle.TV
- Lifetime
- Lifetime Movie Club
- Major League Baseball
- Movieplex
- NBC Sports
- Netflix
- Newsy
- ODK Media
- Playstation Vue
- Showtime
- Showtime Anytime
- Sling Box
- Sling TV
- Starz
- Tennis Channel Everywhere
- T-Mobile TV
- Univision Deportes
- Univision NOW
- Ustream
- Vessel
- Vevo
- VUDU
- WWE Network
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
AT&T Unlimited Data for Video
An alert poster at Yahoo Message Board posted this link The ecosystem continues to improve!
More at the source.
From Yahoo News
AT&T (T) unveiled a new unlimited plan with an emphasis on video.
The new plans will only be available only for AT&T's 25 million customers who also subscribe to AT&T's DirecTV or U-Verse television service at home, however. And unlike the truly unlimited data plans of a decade ago, customers will actually get 22 GB of high speed downloads before AT&T slows their connection to a crawl when they use their phones in congested areas.
Video distribution is heating up as one of the next battlegrounds for the mobile industry as the U.S. market matures and customer growth slows. Verizon Wireless (VZ) launched a free short videos service called Go90 in September and T-Mobile (TMUS) unveiled a feature it called BingeOn in November that lets customers watch as much video from many popular online services without counting the downloads against their monthly data limits.
Shares of AT&T rose 0.5% on Monday after the unlimited plan was announced. Shares of Verizon and T-Mobile were unchanged.
AT&T, which spent almost $50 billion buying satellite television service DirecTV last year, plans to make a hard push to use the new unlimited plans to cross-sell its mobile and home video offerings, Glenn Lurie, CEO of AT&T Mobility, said in an interview. About 15 million DirecTV subscribers don't use AT&T for mobile and 40 million AT&T Mobile customers don't buy home video from the company, he said.
"The cross-selling opportunity for us is just staggering," Lurie said.
But AT&T disputed that the new plans were a reaction to T-Mobile, saying that the deals were part of a strategy to leverage its investment in DirecTV, plus another $418 billion spent last year on additional spectrum rights. "Please don't compare this to BingeOn," Lurie said, emphasizing the cross-selling opportunities. "It's nothing like it."
More at the source.
From Yahoo News
AT&T (T) unveiled a new unlimited plan with an emphasis on video.
The new plans will only be available only for AT&T's 25 million customers who also subscribe to AT&T's DirecTV or U-Verse television service at home, however. And unlike the truly unlimited data plans of a decade ago, customers will actually get 22 GB of high speed downloads before AT&T slows their connection to a crawl when they use their phones in congested areas.
Video distribution is heating up as one of the next battlegrounds for the mobile industry as the U.S. market matures and customer growth slows. Verizon Wireless (VZ) launched a free short videos service called Go90 in September and T-Mobile (TMUS) unveiled a feature it called BingeOn in November that lets customers watch as much video from many popular online services without counting the downloads against their monthly data limits.
Shares of AT&T rose 0.5% on Monday after the unlimited plan was announced. Shares of Verizon and T-Mobile were unchanged.
AT&T, which spent almost $50 billion buying satellite television service DirecTV last year, plans to make a hard push to use the new unlimited plans to cross-sell its mobile and home video offerings, Glenn Lurie, CEO of AT&T Mobility, said in an interview. About 15 million DirecTV subscribers don't use AT&T for mobile and 40 million AT&T Mobile customers don't buy home video from the company, he said.
"The cross-selling opportunity for us is just staggering," Lurie said.
But AT&T disputed that the new plans were a reaction to T-Mobile, saying that the deals were part of a strategy to leverage its investment in DirecTV, plus another $418 billion spent last year on additional spectrum rights. "Please don't compare this to BingeOn," Lurie said, emphasizing the cross-selling opportunities. "It's nothing like it."
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Free Video on T-Mobile
The Ecosystem for PicoP adoption continues to improve. This is great news. John Legere also expressed great enthusiasm for RoBoHon on Twitter. Mobile and video are together, and PicoP powered devices will be there.
T-Mobile (TMUS) announced a new program on Tuesday to allow customers to watch many popular online video services on their phones without counting against their monthly data allowances.
The new "Binge On" service, which will include HBO, Hulu, Netflix (NFLX) and ESPN among others, will show video in slightly lower quality, comparable to a DVD, not a high-definition TV picture, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said at an event in Los Angeles. The Binge On service starts Nov. 15 for new customers and Nov. 19 for all existing customers on monthly Simple Choice plans who pay for at least 3 GB of data per month, T-Mobile said.
The new "Binge On" service, which will include HBO, Hulu, Netflix (NFLX) and ESPN among others, will show video in slightly lower quality, comparable to a DVD, not a high-definition TV picture, T-Mobile CEO John Legere said at an event in Los Angeles. The Binge On service starts Nov. 15 for new customers and Nov. 19 for all existing customers on monthly Simple Choice plans who pay for at least 3 GB of data per month, T-Mobile said.
Legere said the service will start with 24 partners but more will be added over time. Asked if a pornographic service could be added, Legere said: "yes, of course," adding that any legal video stream could be included eventually.
The lower quality picture could be a risk for T-Mobile, since the newest smartphones are capable of displaying higher resolution video, Jan Dawson, chief analyst at Jackdaw Research noted. But, the headline of "free video" will be "hugely appealing for customers," he said.
T-Mobile executives insisted that the differences in video quality were indiscernable on a phone. Much online video is streamed at high resolutions dubbed 1080P, which offers 1,080 horizontal lines of pixels per screen, and 720P, which offers 720 lines, to look good on big screen TV sets. T-Mobile's service will drop down to 480P, or 480 lines of pixels.
However, the Binge On service will automatically default to the normal, higher resolutions if a user shifts their phone onto wifi from the mobile network. And customers can use a T-Mobile app to turn off the service to watch higher resolution video, if they so desire, which would then incur data usage. The lower quality 480P picture reduces the amount of data needed to transmit video by about two-thirds from a 1080P picture, Grant Castle, T-Mobile's vice president of engineering, said in an interview.
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