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Gary Kim writes regularly in the mobile, mobile payments, mobile marketing, mobile banking, IP communications and broader communications industries. He writes for Carrier Evolution, TMCnet, Mobile Marketing & Technology, EtherNews and IP Carrier content sites, with and a primary focus on business models, end user demand and applications.

He has been a communications industry analyst, commentator and journalist since 1983, with periodic stints in the market research and service provider businesses. His current work in social media focuses on how brands can use content as part of their overall marketing efforts.

He graduated from the University of Oregon with degrees in history and management and is a member of Mensa, the international organization for people with IQs in the top two percent.

He chairs annual meetings for the Pacific Telecommunications Council and the Mobile Payments Conference. He speaks frequently at other industry meetings as well.

Latest Articles

Universal Service versus Gigabit Networks - 05/23/2013
HP Beats Expectations, Top-line Revenue Drops - 05/23/2013
Two Orders of Magnitude Price Declines Will Drive Gigabit Access - 05/23/2013
Video Entertainment Business Has Hit its Peak - 05/22/2013
How Much Will 30-Mbps Throughout the EU Cost? - 05/22/2013
63 Percent of U.S. Internet Access Is from Mobile Devices - 05/22/2013
Dish Network Bids for LightSquared Spectrum - 05/21/2013
LTE Revenues to Reach $340B by 2017 - 05/20/2013
How Much Longer Before Nobody Wants to Be a Linear Video Provider? - 05/20/2013
Samsung Earns 95 Percent of Android Phone Profits - 05/20/2013
Biggest Changes in Broadband Access Market are at Top End - 05/17/2013
Global Telecom Revenue Growth Will Come From Everywhere But Europe - 05/16/2013
Smartphones are Driving Mobile Prepaid Growth - 05/15/2013
Smart Phones are Driving Mobile Prepaid Growth - 05/15/2013
Free Continues to Disrupt French Market - 05/15/2013
Is Recession Decimating the PC Market? - 05/15/2013
Get Ready for Mobile Video Inflection Point - 05/14/2013
France Wants New Taxes on Smart Phones, Streaming - 05/14/2013
Mobile Bandwidth Forecasts Now Reflect Changing User Behavior - 05/13/2013
Possible ESPN Mobile Deal Lets Consumers, ISPs, ESPN Win - 05/13/2013
BYOD is Already Enterprise Policy, Even if Policies Aren't Formal - 05/10/2013
Comcast Tops Ranks of Hosted IP Telephony Providers - 05/09/2013
Market Share Effects Now Showing at Cablevision and Dish - 05/09/2013
What Now Constitutes a 'Good Quarter' for a Tier One Telco? - 05/09/2013
How Well Will T-Mobile USA Fare? - 05/08/2013
Telstra Goes Big in Spectrum Auctions, Vodafone Doesn't Bid at All - 05/08/2013
By 2014, OTT Revenue Might be 7% the Size of Linear Video Revenue - 05/07/2013
In UK, Voice is Down, Broadband and Mobile Up - 05/07/2013
28 Percent of Comcast Cable Revenue is 'Dumb Pipe,' Will Grow - 05/06/2013
Clearwire Urges Shareholders to Accept Sprint Offer - 05/06/2013
Video Streaming Infrastructure Gets Better, Quality of Experience a Bigger Issue - 05/06/2013
Netflix, Hulu, YouTube are 'Different Animals' - 05/03/2013
US-Originated International Long Distance Fell 18 Percent in 2011 - 05/02/2013
Tablet Shipments Grow; Apple and Samsung Lead - 05/02/2013
No Matter Who Gets Sprint, Consolidation is Not Over - 05/01/2013
Will Online Video Really Harm Cable and Telcos? - 05/01/2013
How Much Incremental Revenue will LTE Create? - 04/30/2013
European Telcos Will Cut Employee Roles in Half - 04/30/2013
How Much Will LTE Allow Operators to Raise Prices? - 04/29/2013
BT Gets Back into the Facilities-Based Mobile Business - 04/29/2013
Will Spectrum Set-Asides Really Work? - 04/26/2013
Verizon Communications Prepping Bid for Verizon Wireless Shares? - 04/25/2013
Google Fiber: Competition or Disintermediation? - 04/25/2013
Shift Away from Linear TV Will Have Huge Marketplace Consequences - 04/25/2013
France Telecom Betting on LTE to Reverse Revenue Trends - 04/24/2013
AT&T First Quarter 2013 Earnings Mostly as Expected - 04/24/2013
New Netflix 'Family Plan' Has ISP Implications - 04/23/2013
Triple and Quad Plays are the Only Way Telcos Will Hang on to Fixed Network Revenue - 04/23/2013
US Telecom in Better Shape than Elsewhere - 04/22/2013
Google Fiber a Test of Ad-Supported Broadband? - 04/22/2013
North American Mobile Bandwidth Growth Rate Slows - 04/19/2013
Verizon Revenue Now 66 Percent Wireless - 04/18/2013
Could the U.S. Mobile Market Shrink to Three? - 04/17/2013
VimpelCom, Algerian Government Spar Over Orascom - 04/16/2013
Big Data Drives Storage Revenue - 04/16/2013
40 Percent of Mobile Data Will be Offloaded by 2017 - 04/16/2013
84 Percent of US Enterprises Use IP Telephony - 04/15/2013
DoJ: T-Mobile USA and Sprint Should Qualify for More Lower-Frequency Spectrum - 04/15/2013
Video Business Showing More Strains, But Not Ready to Break - 04/12/2013
PC Shipments Plummet, Post-PC Era Picks up Speed - 04/11/2013
Buyers, Sellers Disagree About Value of Cloud Computing - 04/11/2013
Is Common Carrier Regulation a Barrier to Gigabit Access? - 04/10/2013
ISPs will Need 'More Symmetrical' Links - 04/10/2013
ISPs are Becoming 'Access to Video' Providers - 04/10/2013
France Uses Public-Private Partnerships for FTTH - 04/09/2013
If Google Can Do Google Fiber, Can Telcos and Cable Companies? - 04/09/2013
Service Providers Waste 20 Percent of Their Capex - 04/08/2013
For Many Tier-One Service Providers, Profit Troubles Grow - 04/08/2013
Will Austin Get Google Fiber? - 04/05/2013
Will 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps Change ISP Competitive Positions? - 04/05/2013
Service Providers Waste 20% of Their Capex - 04/04/2013
Will T-Mobile USA Raise its Offer for MetroPCS? - 04/04/2013
Fiber to the Home Reduces Operating Costs 20 Percent - 04/03/2013
Aereo Wins Court Case - 04/03/2013
Investment and Competition Guide Ofcom Policies - 04/02/2013
AT&T and Verizon to Bid for Vodafone? - 04/02/2013
Bundles Work, Consumer Reports Suggests - 04/02/2013
Bundles Work, Consumer Reports Suggests - 04/02/2013
India Smartphone Market will Grow 70 Percent in 2013 - 04/01/2013
SEA-ME-WE 4 Cable Cut, Again - 04/01/2013
Facebook Phone? - 04/01/2013
Broadband Access is Becoming a 'Barbell' Business - 04/01/2013
Telecom New Zealand Launches 'Ultra Fibre' Service - 03/28/2013
Tablets Now Lead the Growth of Smart Connected Devices - 03/27/2013
Telco 'OTT' Concern Might be Ebbing - 03/26/2013
Single EC Telecom Market Could Cut Broadband Deployment Costs by 30 Percent - 03/26/2013
T-Mobile USA Unveils 'Uncarrier' Push Today - 03/26/2013
IT and Telecom Supplier Industries are Merging - 03/25/2013
Smartphone Customers are More Satisfied; Will They Churn Less? - 03/25/2013
Softbank-Sprint-Clearwire Deal Seems on Track - 03/22/2013
What Comes Next for the FCC? - 03/22/2013
Which Way Forward for Telecom Regulation? - 03/22/2013
AT&T Offers 'Wireless Home Phone' - 03/21/2013
Has T-Mobile USA Already Fumbled its 'Uncarrier' Effort? - 03/20/2013
Rural, Urban Broadband Adoption Gap Hasn't 'Closed' - 03/19/2013
AT&T Launches New 'Mobile Share' Plans for Business - 03/19/2013
T-Mobile USA Isn't Going to 'Act Like a Wireless Company' - 03/18/2013
Cable Operators Face AT&T's 1990's Problem - 03/18/2013
AT&T Asset Sales: What Would They Indicate? - 03/18/2013
Is Voice Dead? - 03/15/2013
U.K. Broadband Speeds Grow 34 Percent, Average Now 12 Mbps - 03/15/2013
U.K. Average Broadband Speeds Grew 34 Percent in Six Months - 03/14/2013
Best Effort Still Raises Consumer Hackles - 03/13/2013
'Mostly Mobile' Trend Grows - 03/13/2013
Why We Haven't Had a Spectrum Crisis - 03/13/2013
'Best Effort' Still Raises Consumer Hackles - 03/12/2013
Mexico Wants More Competition - 03/12/2013
Will E-Readers Follow Netbooks to Oblivion? - 03/12/2013
Full Streaming of Time Warner Cable Content to Roku 3 is Not Disruptive - 03/11/2013
What 'Post-PC' Means for Service Providers - 03/11/2013
Global Telecom Supplier Business Now Largely Shaped by China - 03/08/2013
U.S. Telecom Market Doing Far Better than Most Others - 03/08/2013
Do Mobile Shoppers Want Same-Day Delivery? - 03/07/2013
Apple, Samsung Still the Story in U.S. Smartphone Market - 03/06/2013
Broadband: What Matters - 03/06/2013
Actual Impact of Mandatory Phone Unlocking is Less Clear than You Think - 03/06/2013
App Store Revenue to Reach $25B in 2013 - 03/05/2013
U.K. Broadband Adoption Tops EU5, Ofcom Says - 03/05/2013
Deutsche Telekom in Deal with Fon for Public Wi-Fi - 03/04/2013
Sweden Applies TV Tax to Internet-Using Homes Without TVs - 03/04/2013
What Business are We Really In? - 03/04/2013
Does Broadband Create Jobs? - 03/04/2013
Mobile Streaming Grew 100 Percent in 2012 - 02/28/2013
80 Percent of the Time, Smartphone Users Interact with Apps, not Web - 02/27/2013
TDS Acquires Cable Company: What Does That Tell You? - 02/27/2013
Will Mobile Video Explode? - 02/26/2013
Do Music Services Reduce Music Piracy? - 02/26/2013
Mobile Execs Don't Like Some IP Network Implications - 02/25/2013
FireFox Smartphone OS Getting 17-Operator Launch - 02/25/2013
Mobile Content Consumption to Grow 52 Percent in 2013 - 02/25/2013
France Calls for New Round of Broadband Access Investment - 02/22/2013
'Post-PC' Trend Still Early in Europe - 02/21/2013
Nielsen Ratings System Change Shows Business Model Evolution - 02/21/2013
U.K. LTE Auction Winners Announced: Big 4, BT, All Win - 02/20/2013
Fiber to Home Grows, DSL Possibly Grows Faster - 02/20/2013
EE Has a Temporary 4G Advantage: Can it Capitalize? - 02/19/2013
Skype's Market Disruption Continues - 02/19/2013
Mobile Data Traffic Grew 100 Percent in 2012 - 02/19/2013
How Significant are Disagreements over Bandwidth Demand? - 02/15/2013
Stranded Investment is the Real Problem with Legacy Voice Network - 02/15/2013
International Wholesale Voice Market is Now Driven by Mobile Calling - 02/14/2013
What is Telco Core Competence, These Days? - 02/14/2013
International Voice Traffic Grows, But Revenue Trend is Unclear - 02/13/2013
Are Mobile Operators Neglecting Backhaul? - 02/13/2013
Consumers Value Internet Apps, But Will They Pay? - 02/11/2013
Fastweb Fiber Build Might be Exception to the Rule - 02/11/2013
Is the Telecom Industry Too Concentrated? - 02/11/2013
AOL Results Show Importance of Legacy Revenues - 02/08/2013
Mexico Funds New 11,000 Node Broadband Network for Not-for-Profit Sites - 02/07/2013
Fixed Broadband Revenue Grows 7 Percent: How Much Will That Help? - 02/07/2013
Even with Big Access Pipes, Alternative Ways of Delivering Bits Will Make Sense - 02/06/2013
SMBs Still the Fastest-Growing Cloud Services Customer Segment - 02/05/2013
PayPal, Google Wallet Have High Awareness, Other Digital Wallets Don't - 02/05/2013
Is Verizon Ready to Buy Out Vodafone Stake in Verizon Wireless? - 02/04/2013
Use of PCs Changing, So Sales are Slowing - 02/04/2013
Verizon, AT&T Take Video Share, But at a Slower Rate - 02/04/2013
Apple is Breaking the Rules of Technology Adoption - 02/04/2013
How Much Data Smartphone Users Consume a Month Remains Key Question - 01/31/2013
Wi-Fi Now Key for End Users and Service Providers - 01/31/2013
PSTN Transition Will Happen; Only Issue is How - 01/30/2013
Verizon, AT&T More Trusted than Google, Apple - 01/30/2013
ITU Approves H.265 Video Encoding Standard - 01/29/2013
Is Google+ a Social Network? - 01/29/2013
HD Voice Now Offered by 61 Mobile Service Providers - 01/28/2013
Call by Number or Name? - 01/28/2013
European Service Providers will have Another Tough Year in 2013 - 01/25/2013
Video Distributors Take First Steps to Constrain Programming Costs - 01/25/2013
IP Messaging will Reach 50 Percent of Total Messages in 2013 - 01/24/2013
Will Google Fiber be Launched Elsewhere? - 01/23/2013
Average Internet Connection Speeds Drop in Q3 2012 - 01/23/2013
Verizon Books Record Revenue But Handset Subsidies Slow Earnings - 01/22/2013
Alvarion to Exit WiMAX Business - 01/21/2013
Scheduling is a Bigger 'Congestion' Issue than Aggregate Demand - 01/21/2013
Voice is Not Dead Yet, But That Day is Coming - 01/21/2013
Broadcast TV Spectrum Auctions Will be Delicate, Complicated - 01/18/2013
When High Smartphone Sales are a Problem, Not a Benefit - 01/18/2013
Will the U.S. Mobile Market be Disrupted like Japan, France? - 01/18/2013
Will Joyn Succeed? - 01/18/2013
Mobile Consolidation Wave is Inevitable - 01/17/2013
Solavei Building MLM Network to Sell T-Mobile USA Service - 01/16/2013
Smart Meter Business Might Not be So Big - 01/16/2013
Rogers Hikes Voice, Broadband and Video Prices - 01/15/2013
Apple Could Disrupt Retail - 01/15/2013
Dish Bids for Clearwire: Unintended Consequences - 01/15/2013
Do Smartphones Really Consume More Data than Tablets? - 01/15/2013
New BT 'SmartTalk' Changes Value of a Landline Service - 01/14/2013
Is the Broadband Access Market Becoming More Competitive? - 01/11/2013
Why End User Video Demand Preferences are Not Clear - 01/10/2013
WhatsApp Already Represents One-Third of Mobile Message Volume - 01/10/2013
Can the TV Appliance Market Really be Disrupted? - 01/10/2013
If Small Businesses Don't have a Website, is that a Problem? - 01/09/2013
Sandvine Asia Order is Part of a Trend - 01/08/2013
Verizon Sells More 700-MHz Spectrum: You Might Wonder Why - 01/08/2013
Mobile Wallet Not 'Ready for Prime Time?' - 01/08/2013
LTE Could Change Retail Packaging in Big Ways - 01/08/2013
Can Intel Succeed Where All Others have Failed? - 01/07/2013
When is 'Courage' Just Folly? - 01/04/2013
Mobile Broadband Remains Single Biggest New Revenue Driver Until 2016 - 01/03/2013
Do Hosted PBX Services Now Compete with Mobile Phones? - 01/03/2013
In Rural Markets, Change Will Come - 01/02/2013

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