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Apple's FaceTime, Facebook gang up on operators
By Tammy ParkerAT&T's decision to open up FaceTime for no additional charge to subscribers using older Apple iPhones on tiered data plans is a sidebar to the real news, which is that innovative over-the-top offers from brands for which consumers hold great affinity are going to quickly populate the mobile environment.
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Schoolar: The song mainly remains the same for wireless infrastructure in 2013
By Daryl SchoolarWithin the wireless infrastructure space, trends tend to play out over several years, rarely resolving themselves in a neat 12-month package. When I started to think about what I expected to see in 2013, I quickly realized these were all trends I had been watching to one degree or another for several years.
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