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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
05/22/2013 63 Percent of U.S. Internet Access Is from Mobile Devices
05/20/2013 LTE Revenues to Reach $340B by 2017
05/20/2013 Samsung Earns 95 Percent of Android Phone Profits
05/15/2013 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
05/13/2013 Mobile Bandwidth Forecasts Now Reflect Changing User Behavior
05/08/2013 How Well Will T-Mobile USA Fare?
05/08/2013 Telstra Goes Big in Spectrum Auctions, Vodafone Doesn't Bid at All
05/06/2013 Clearwire Urges Shareholders to Accept Sprint Offer
05/02/2013 Tablet Shipments Grow; Apple and Samsung Lead
05/01/2013 No Matter Who Gets Sprint, Consolidation is Not Over
04/29/2013 How Much Will LTE Allow Operators to Raise Prices?
04/29/2013 BT Gets Back into the Facilities-Based Mobile Business
04/26/2013 Will Spectrum Set-Asides Really Work?
04/25/2013 Verizon Communications Prepping Bid for Verizon Wireless Shares?
04/24/2013 France Telecom Betting on LTE to Reverse Revenue Trends
04/22/2013 US Telecom in Better Shape than Elsewhere
04/18/2013 Verizon Revenue Now 66 Percent Wireless
04/17/2013 Could the U.S. Mobile Market Shrink to Three?
04/16/2013 40 Percent of Mobile Data Will be Offloaded by 2017
04/15/2013 DoJ: T-Mobile USA and Sprint Should Qualify for More Lower-Frequency Spectrum
04/08/2013 For Many Tier-One Service Providers, Profit Troubles Grow
04/04/2013 Will T-Mobile USA Raise its Offer for MetroPCS?
03/26/2013 T-Mobile USA Unveils 'Uncarrier' Push Today
03/25/2013 Smartphone Customers are More Satisfied; Will They Churn Less?
03/21/2013 AT&T Offers 'Wireless Home Phone'
03/20/2013 Has T-Mobile USA Already Fumbled its 'Uncarrier' Effort?
03/19/2013 AT&T Launches New 'Mobile Share' Plans for Business
03/18/2013 T-Mobile USA Isn't Going to 'Act Like a Wireless Company'
03/18/2013 AT&T Asset Sales: What Would They Indicate?
03/13/2013 'Mostly Mobile' Trend Grows
03/12/2013 Mexico Wants More Competition
03/08/2013 U.S. Telecom Market Doing Far Better than Most Others
03/06/2013 Apple, Samsung Still the Story in U.S. Smartphone Market
03/05/2013 U.K. Broadband Adoption Tops EU5, Ofcom Says
03/04/2013 Deutsche Telekom in Deal with Fon for Public Wi-Fi
02/26/2013 Will Mobile Video Explode?
02/25/2013 FireFox Smartphone OS Getting 17-Operator Launch
02/19/2013 EE Has a Temporary 4G Advantage: Can it Capitalize?
02/19/2013 Mobile Data Traffic Grew 100 Percent in 2012
02/13/2013 Are Mobile Operators Neglecting Backhaul?
02/04/2013 Is Verizon Ready to Buy Out Vodafone Stake in Verizon Wireless?
01/31/2013 How Much Data Smartphone Users Consume a Month Remains Key Question
01/31/2013 Wi-Fi Now Key for End Users and Service Providers
01/28/2013 HD Voice Now Offered by 61 Mobile Service Providers
01/21/2013 Alvarion to Exit WiMAX Business
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?
01/17/2013 Mobile Consolidation Wave is Inevitable
01/16/2013 Solavei Building MLM Network to Sell T-Mobile USA Service
01/15/2013 Do Smartphones Really Consume More Data than Tablets?
01/14/2013 New BT 'SmartTalk' Changes Value of a Landline Service
01/11/2013 Is the Broadband Access Market Becoming More Competitive?
01/10/2013 WhatsApp Already Represents One-Third of Mobile Message Volume
01/08/2013 Verizon Sells More 700-MHz Spectrum: You Might Wonder Why
01/08/2013 LTE Could Change Retail Packaging in Big Ways
01/04/2013 When is 'Courage' Just Folly?
01/03/2013 Mobile Broadband Remains Single Biggest New Revenue Driver Until 2016
01/02/2013 In Rural Markets, Change Will Come
01/02/2013 How Much LTE Substitution for Fixed Broadband is Possible?
12/28/2012 Tariffs Have Consequences: The Effect of Mobile Demand on Carriers
12/27/2012 Global Mobile Service Providers Will Lose $1B a Month on Voice, Messaging in 2013: Yankee Group
12/26/2012 South Korean Mobile Ops Launch joyn Services
12/26/2012 36 Percent Mobile-Only US Households?
12/21/2012 Mobile Data Will Underpin Growth, But Growth will Be Uneven
12/20/2012 Mobile Calling Now Cheaper than Fixed Network Calling in Many Markets
12/19/2012 Wi-Fi Just a Part of Carrier Infrastructure
12/19/2012 Are European Mobile Service Providers About to Make a Big Mistake, Again?
12/18/2012 Will AT&T, Verizon Abandon Some Rural Networks?
12/17/2012 Sprint Buys Clearwire
12/13/2012 Mobile VoIP Usage Jumps, Revenue Does Not
12/12/2012 FreedomPop to Launch Fixed Broadband Access Service
12/11/2012 Will Wi-Fi Put Brakes on Mobile Data Growth?
12/07/2012 FiberTower Corp. Nears Shutdown
12/07/2012 T-Mobile USA to End All Device Subsidies
12/04/2012 Can Carriers Change Public Wi-Fi Revenue Model?
11/29/2012 Growing Danger of 'Too Much' LTE Spectrum
11/27/2012 Half of EU Homes Can Buy 30 Mbps or Faster Internet Access
11/26/2012 LTE is Going to Accelerate 'Fixed to Mobile' Broadband Substitution
11/21/2012 Japanese Consumers Dropping Fiber to Home for Mobile Broadband
11/19/2012 Globalstar Wants to Launch Another LTE Network
11/14/2012 What is Happening to Mobile Device Sales?
11/13/2012 US Mobile Well into its 'Third Revenue Wave,' Fourth Wave Still Unclear
11/08/2012 TextMe Android App Illustrates Over the Top Messaging Value
11/05/2012 Can Joyn Succeed?
11/02/2012 What Can be Done to Protect Mobile Infrastructure?
10/30/2012 Mobile Internet Now the Preferred Mode of Web Access
10/29/2012 Clearwire Trims LTE Construction Schedule
10/24/2012 AT&T Sees Flat Q3 2012 Revenue, Changing Revenue Mix
10/24/2012 Is There a Spectrum Crisis? Fight Erupts
10/05/2012 FCC Hopes to Clear 300 MHz for LTE by 2015
10/04/2012 Premium Pricing for LTE is a Virtual Certainty
10/02/2012 Deutsche Telekom Considering Buying MetroPCS
10/01/2012 Fixed Broadband Connections in Service Break 600M for the First Time
09/28/2012 4G Needs More Spectrum
09/27/2012 Spectrum Issues Dominate Exec Thinking
09/26/2012 European Mobile Capex Dips in 2012; Might Climb Elsewhere
09/19/2012 Global Telecom Revenue Growth: Mobile is Nearly the Only Story
09/14/2012 Website Traffic Shifting to Tablets and Smart Phones