Dr. Carlos Pinheiro works harder to share his knowledge than anyone else I know. Last year I saw him speak at industry conferences three times. This year he will be on the road again speaking in Orlando (SAS Global Forum), Cologne (Analytics 2012), and Dublin (TMForum). In this recent webinar, Carlos
How important is accurate telecom forecasting? Sitting through another presentation this week on the explosive growth of mobile data, and the eye-popping statistics about how many Facebook and Twitter users there are, I can’t help but be excited by the possibilities. But I also have this feeling of déjà vu
When I first started in the telecom business I worked for a guy named Charlie Snell. Charlie left General Motors after more than 20 years because he was fed-up. Charlie would regale us at lunch with tales of an environment that stifled any creativity and innovation. This was 25 years
Sir Richard Branson is a very cool guy. He has a self-made $4 billion fortune, knighthood, a global business empire, and a private Caribbean island - and to top it off, he’s closing in on 60 with hair like I had in the ‘70s. I mean, this is one cool
Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to win the French Open men’s singles title. That was in 1983. This past summer, that long streak was in jeopardy as Parisian Gaël Monfils advanced to the quarterfinals. His opponent at Roland Garros would be the great Roger Federer on the afternoon of
There was a time, not all that long ago, when telecom executives could understand all the major technology trends expected to impact the business over the next few years. For example, if you wanted to know why packet switching was more efficient for data traffic than circuit switching, you talked
In the long-running television sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry’s neighbor (and nemesis) Newman often commented on his job as a U.S. postal worker. Making fun of the mail; and post office; was a recurring theme. In the show’s final season, one episode was even titled “The Junk Mail I was reminded of
