Broadband Policy Management Vendors Are Crushing It

This week we look at the present and future of mobile broadband policy management, examine Taiwan's telecom outlook, get more organized, talk MVPs and announce a new newsletter. It's all in this week's edition of Research Rewind.

• Mobile broadband has driven a boom in the policy management market over the past 12 months, bringing a passel of new vendors into the sector. What happens next? Read more about it in Heavy Reading's new report, "Mobile Broadband & the Rise of Policy: Technology Review & Forecast." For a preview, see "Hot, But Getting Crowded," a blog post by Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Graham Finnie.

• What's the state of the telecom union in Taiwan? Pyramid Research just published "Taiwan: Smartphones and Tablets Drive the Mobile Market," an updated Country Intelligence Report (CIR) on the Asian nation. As a reminder, you can download free excerpts of this and all 60 of Pyramid Research's CIRs, one for each country we cover.

• When Peter Gabriel sang about "fruitless searches," it was romantic. But if you're trying to find a report you need, it can be downright infuriating. Now Pyramid has made it easier than ever to locate the reports you need across three broad thematic areas. Just choose Broadband & Media, Devices or Digital Content & Applications, and you'll instantly see all our research in those areas.

• You don't need to play sports to be an MVP. Become a Heavy Reading MVP to get exclusive previews of Heavy Reading's upcoming research, discounts on research purchases -- and even the chance to earn free reports and free passes to Heavy Reading events.

• Coming soon: Matt's Mentions, a regular email newsletter with the top telecom news from around the Web, curated by yours truly and organized by region. Watch this space for news about how you can get the same telecom newsletter Pyramid and Heavy Reading analysts have come to rely on in their own work.

That's Research Rewind for this week. Until next Friday, we'll see you online at Pyramid Research and Heavy Reading. May the telecom be with you!

— Matt Donnelly, Managing Editor, Pyramid Research