ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2015 Awards for U.S. Long Haul Wholesale Service Provider Excellence
Research consultancy and market diligence firm ATLANTIC-ACM today delivered its 2015 ATLANTIC-ACM Awards for U.S. Long Haul Wholesale Service Provider Excellence at the COMPTEL PLUS Business Expo...
M2M within the Healthcare Sector
New possibilities and application areas have been generated through wireless communication technologies within healthcare information technology (HCIT). The Healthcare industry’s M2M adoption (aka...
C-RAN generating new business opportunities
As featured in RCRWireless Wireless operators in today’s market face increasing pressure on the top line as price competition continues to ramp up. At the same time, network performance expectations...
Trends in Optical Transport
As featured in Jaymie Scotto & Associates ATLANTIC-ACM Partner, Charlie Reed discusses trends in Optical Transport at a JSA TV C-level round table https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3IzznATy2s
U.S. wireless infrastructure themes for 2015
As Featured in RCR Wireless It is shaping up to be a very interesting 2015 in the world of wireless infrastructure. As operators and investors evaluate how to play their cards this year and beyond,...
Wholesales Trends: 10 for ‘15
As featured in Capacity Magazine 2015 will be a challenging year for wholesale carriers, as was 2014. Traditional services still supply most revenues but they are shrinking and how those services...
Top Business Telecom Networking Trends in 2015
As featured in Telecom Ramblings Technology is redefining the core products and operations in almost every industry. The role of the CIO (or CTO or CDO, etc.) is becoming central to marketing,...
Analyst Angle: And the IoT market leader will be …
As featured in RCR Wireless There is no debate on the premise that the “Internet of Things” sector is poised for massive growth and, with that, represents endless opportunities across all...
ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2015 ATLANTIC-ACM Awards for Global Wholesale Service Provider Excellence
Strategy research consultancy and market diligence firm ATLANTIC-ACM today delivered its 2015 ATLANTIC-ACM Awards for Global Wholesale Service Provider Excellence at PTC '15 in Honolulu, Hawaii....
Spending $41B-plus on spectrum is only the beginning
As featured in RCRWireless This week marks the continuation of the advanced wireless services 3 spectrum auction, also known as Auction 97. With bids passing $41 billion, the auction is...
Why ATLANTIC-ACM is bullish on fiber
As featured in RCRWireless On Oct. 17, Zayo began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, marking the return of a pure fiber infrastructure provider to the public markets. Zayo has built a fiber...
ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2014 Metro Wholesale Service Provider Excellence Awards
Strategy research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM delivered its ATLANTIC-ACM 2014 Metro Wholesale Provider Excellence Awards today at the COMPTEL PLUS Convention and Expo in Dallas, Texas. The awards are...
Backhaul isn’t always about fiber
As featured in RCRWireless Discussion around the cellular backhaul market in the United States today places a heavy emphasis on fiber and putting more glass in the ground — and for good reason....
Dark fiber’s role in the mobile backhaul ecosystem
As featured in RCRWireless Dark fiber — the dirty word of early-2000s telecom — is back en vogue in the wireless backhaul market. With the pending initial public offering of Zayo Group, it seems the...
Peering Through Your Portal: Taking a Hard Look at What Your Customers See
It's been said that the eyes are the window to the soul. After conducting more than 25 interviews about Web portals with business customers of large telecom carriers, ATLANTIC-ACM found that...
Shaking the Tree, Boss
As I sat down to write this blog on Tuesday afternoon, July 29th, 2014, the US stock market was heading gently downward. However, the most important of industries had virtually all companies - from...
Sprint and T-Mobile US: Three Other Reasons it Might Not Have Worked
Regulatory hurdles have apparently put to rest Softbank's plans to bid for T-Mobile US, but the potential deal faced headwinds on several other fronts, including go-to-market strategy, coverage and...
Level 3 – tw telecom Deal to Create New “Major Player” in Business Telecom
Background: Level 3 announced the planned acquisition of tw telecom for approximately $5.68B in a cash and stock transaction. Analysis: If consummated, the deal will have the following impacts on...
VIDEO: RCR Wireless News Chat with ATLANTIC-ACM About Small Cell Economics and Realities
RCR Wireless News editor Dan Meyer held a live chat with our own Aaron Blazar for RCR readers about the current economic and marketplace realities surrounding small cell development projects. If you...
ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2014 North American Business Connectivity Awards
Strategy and research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM this evening announced the winners of its 2014 North American Business Connectivity Awards. The awards were delivered by ATLANTIC-ACM president Fedor...
Fast Lane, Slow Lane
As Google unveiled the first images of its self-driving car prototype, I could not help but notice its most prominent feature - the face across the front. This design element has suffered plenty in...
ATLANTIC-ACM Releases Free White Paper Detailing the Market Dynamics and Economics Surrounding Small-Cell Infrastructure Development
2014 Small Cell Economics & Realities, hosted by RCR Wireless News, now available for free download ATLANTIC-ACM today announced the general availability of 2014 Small Cell Economics &...
Wireless Infrastructure Value Chain Consolidation?
Historically, the wireless infrastructure value chain consisting of tower operators, fiber backhaul providers and neutral colocation facility providers has existed as three distinct provider groups....
Decoding Declines in Enterprise Satisfaction Ratings with Provider Operations
ATLANTIC-ACM's Business Connectivity Report Card is a study of enterprise customer satisfaction with telecom service providers and is part of our Report Card series of annual studies. Survey...
Is E for Extra Speed and Extra Margin?
Although 1973 sounds like a long, long time ago, if we realise that 41 years ago this spring Robert Metcalfe conceived the first conceptual hints of what evolved into Ethernet while at MIT, the...
Disorganized Value Chain: The Story of Small Cell and DAS
In early April, I had the pleasure of participating in the NEDAS Forum event in New York City. The forum had attendees and speakers covering all aspects of the deployment value chain. From...
A Rift in Competition: Wholesale vs. Retail Operations
ATLANTIC-ACM's annual Report Card series collects thousands of service provider ratings from their customers. We publish several of these studies each year – all of them focusing on either wholesale...
Wear It Well – Inside or Out
I bought myself a 2014 present. My newest bracelet is black plastic and can tell me how many steps I've walked (2,551 by noon, without having yet made it to the gym), how many miles (1.6), how many...
Clash of the Titans: Shaping the Future of US Wireless
The fight for stateside wireless customers shifted from intense to very intense when regulators quashed AT&T's planned purchase of T-Mobile in late 2011. Break-up fees of $2 billion, plus...
Managing M2M’s Big Data Will Be An All-Tech-On-Deck Exercise
It's generally accepted that by the beginning of the next decade the machine-to-machine market, or, if you prefer, the larger-scope "Internet of things," will have more connected devices than all...
Old-School Solutions for One of Telecom’s Dirty Little Secrets
Millions of dollars are lost every year due to delays in turning up telecom services. In addition to lost revenue, delays in service delivery result in unhappy customers at what is often a pivotal...
ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers 2014 U.S. Long Haul Wholesale Service Provider Excellence Awards
BOSTON — Research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM today announced the winners of its 2014 U.S. Long Haul Wholesale Service Provider Excellence Awards at COMPTEL PLUS in Las Vegas. The awards were based on...
The Hidden Divide: Focus on Growth Verticals Drives Satisfaction Gap Between Global Wholesale Customer Segments
Every year, ATLANTIC-ACM surveys hundreds of global wholesale buyers. We ask them to rate their wholesale providers in various customer-experience touch points as well as product quality and price...
When Will Wireless Matter in the Consumer Broadband Access Battle?
The broadband ecosystem continues to evolve but a key question remains: When will wireless operators play a major role in disintermediating wired broadband service providers? Wireless access via LTE...
ATLANTIC-ACM Named Telecom Industry’s Best Metro Advisor Analyst Firm by Capacity Media
ATLANTIC-ACM Named Telecom Industry's Best Metro Advisor Analyst Firm by Capacity Media At this year's Capacity Magazine's 2014 Metro Connect Awards Dinner in Miami, strategy research consultancy...
Dark Fiber’s Role in the Mobile Backhaul Ecosystem
Dark fiber — the dirty word of early-2000s telecom — is back en vogue in the wireless backhaul market. With the pending initial public offering of Zayo Group, it seems the time is ripe to discuss...
Global Wholesalers Rate Higher With Customers in Brand, Network Performance
In last month's column, we covered the latest results from our annual study of global wholesale provider performance with their customers. We also discussed an emerging satisfaction gap by customer...
ATLANTIC-ACM Announces 2014 Customer Choice Awards Winners
Research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM delivered its 2014 ATLANTIC-ACM Customer Choice Awards tonight at Capacity Magazine's 2014 Metro Connect Awards Dinner in Miami. The awards are based on more than...
Winners of ATLANTIC-ACM Customer Choice Awards Announced Today at Metro Connect USA 2013
Nominations and awards recognize outstanding metro carrier performance in key wholesale customer verticals ATLANTIC-ACM announced today the winners of its Customer Choice Awards, which were...
ATLANTIC-ACM Announces Nominees for 2014 Customer Choice Awards
Awards to be delivered at Capacity Magazine's 2014 Metro Connect Awards Dinner in Miami on Feb 27 Research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM announced today the nominees for its 2014 ATLANTIC-ACM Customer...