Analyst Touts Wireless Substitution, Not Convergence

According to Yankee Group analyst Keith Mallinson, going compeletly wireless is more attractive to users than converged wireless/wireline solutions as Mobile Pipeline reports.

Mallinson stated that "Wireless substitution for wireline residential phone service is a significant and unstoppable trend. Carriers should aim to capitalize on the movement toward personal communications through one device on an anywhere, anytime basis rather than resist the inevitable shift away from wireline communications."

Mallinson opined that using only wireless is simpler than a converged approach and is already proving popular among "young and lower-income people and non-whites as well as being attractive to business users.