Likewise Tony has been involved for over 18 years in the mobile, wireless, telecom and satellite industries.
The study by research firm Informa was commissioned by telecom industry lobby The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).
Won over telecom industry with his patented new wireless protocol, called code division multiple access technology (CDMA).
Whether to launch a buying binge "is the single biggest strategic issue facing the telecom industry today," says Luiz Carvalho, a wireless industry analyst with Morgan Stanley.
The company, which was founded by Allen B. Salmasi, a charismatic veteran of the telecom industry, owed the government billions of dollars for wireless licenses it won in a 1996 auction.
I-mode is a partial step toward third-generation (3G) wireless service, which has long been expected to boost the global telecom industry.
That was the question hanging over the beleaguered telecom industry today as NTT DoCoMo rolled out the world's first third-generation wireless service, which supposedly puts broadband Internet access in the palm of your hand.
Ever since Verizon Wireless announced it would open its network to outside devices and applications last November, the telecom industry, developer community and consumers have debated: watershed move or publicity stunt?
In fact, there is already lots of competition in the telecom industry, as people shift the way they communicate -- from traditional phones to wireless phones, e-mail, instant messaging and eventually voice over the Internet.
More than a third of U.S. households have only wireless phones, a percentage likely to reach 50percentt in the next three years (according to Morgan Stanley's November 19 , 2012telecom industry report).
