Leonard Grace

It should be no surprise that a laissez-faire U.S. regulatory environment has allowed so many mergers in the last 10 years that its current Mobile Industry looks like a virtual anti-competitive duopoly. With Verizon at the top with 104 million customers and AT&T 2nd at 98 million, current economies of scale for these operators are so dominate that competitors are virtually locked out of any... Broadband Industry Intelligence for Mobile-Cable-Wireless-Telecom ... (more)

Defrauding America: INSIDE JOB

As often happens in searching for interesting subjects, my attention was recently drawn to a documentary by Sony Classic Pictures titled Inside Job. Produced, written, and directed by Charles Ferguson, this riveting Academy Award winner documents events, players, and ultimately the greed which over-took Wall Street and influenced government policy to produce the worst financial crisis since the... Broadband Industry Intelligence for Mobile-Cable-Wireless-Telecom ... (more)

3PL Providers: Reducing Supply Chain Logistics Costs

If your company is a broadband manufacturer, service provider, or 3rd Party supplier, current economics have forced your attention toward … [visit site to read more] Related posts:Research: Cable Providers Outstrip Telco’s in Broadband Proliferation According to the most recent research by Leichtman Research Group,... Egypt’s Internet Debacle: Costs both Politically and Economically Clearly... Broadband Industry Intelligence for Mobile-Cable-Wireless-Telecom ... (more)

The National Broadband Plan: Affordable-Speedy-Accessible-Competitive-Socially Sound

The FCC’s recent release of its long awaited Broadband Plan has hit the streets with a resounding affirmation of what America needs with connectivity, competitiveness, affordability, speed, and social readiness. If the plan is adopted as proposed, America will truly benefit from the economics of a public-private partnership in creating a superior broadband pipeline for global success, see (National Broadband Plan: Connecting America). The Plan Outline: Accessible and Affordable to 100 million homes with speeds of 100 megabits upload and 50 download Be (Number One) in Mobility a... (more)

Video Content: Movie Theatre’s still King-Kiosk and Cable watchers on the Increase

According to research performed by Market Force Information, Inc. movie watchers still prefer going out to enjoy the Theatre movie experience for various reasons, including: Experience of watching movie on the Big Screen Not wanting to wait to see new releases Enjoying a movie with friends Movie Theatres were a good venue to take a date It seems like experiencing a new movie release has not changed in the many years since its inception; consumers view this as a justifiable and entertaining expense, at least some say every month. 70% of 3,000 responders indicated they would go to... (more)