Jeff Kagan
Jeff Kagan
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With this merger, AT&T is going to be the biggest phone company and the biggest wireless company. That means they're also going to be the biggest competitor to the cable companies.
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Wow. That's a better start than anyone thought.
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AT&T actually exited the cell phone business in its early days and had to buy its way back into wireless later. If it hadn't been broken apart, you'd never have gotten the creative juices of competition that pushed all this new technology we have today.
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They're struggling. It doesn't look like they're going out of business, but the industry is reinventing itself and the company is trying to figure out where it fits in.
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He's a Texan, and he's winning. He does what he has to do to make the deals and grow the company. He doesn't take no for an answer. And everybody wins. The companies he acquires, the stockholders.
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Parents will love this feature. Kids will find it a mixed bag. They like the protection it provides just in case they get in trouble and need help, but some kids may not like their parents knowing where they are every minute.
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He was the loudest voice back in the 1990s. We all looked at that and thought it was too much but apparently it was the right thing because he won.
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Some of the carriers will not be able to develop their own services, especially when it comes to delivering video content. Partnerships will be important for those who want to have a full bundle to offer but can't develop the services on their own.
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Cable companies have decided to wait until there's a threat, but when there's a threat, they're going to act. For them to not raise rates is historical.
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Their focus on bundling and broadband seems to be working since they are growing, not losing business, so far. They are losing some customers to the cable TV industry, but the numbers are still strong.
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Investing is a game with an eye on the future. People lost track of that in telecom during the last several years when the finish line might have been tomorrow or next week. This might get everyone else thinking that telecom is not doomed.
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In recent years the show has outlined the coming competition with the Bells. This year is the year the competition begins.
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The carriers are finding all sorts of new ways to make money.
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The long-term winners will be the big companies we all know by name now. In the shorter term, the smaller firms are doing a good job of building customer bases and rolling up the technology they'll need to compete.