Archive for February, 2008
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Telcos keep investing in improving their broadband networks: from ASDL to ASDL2+ to VDSL and now Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). FTTH will enable bandwidths in the order of 100 Mbps, both for downlink and uplink.
Telcos are investing important sums to bring fiber to the users: Verizon, SBC and BellSouth plan multi-billion dollars investments in the next three ...
Posted in TOP Popular Posts, Telecom | 1 Comment »
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Each season Mobile Operators in Japan present their new handsets, often developed in exclusive by Japanese vendors as Hitachi, Sanyo, Panasonic or Kyocera.
See these articles with details on the latest models announced by KDDI and Softbank: KDDI spring'08 phones and Softbank 2008 Spring Collection.
It is interesting how Japanese operators manage the ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
As their networks transform into IP and threatened by Internet players, many Telcos are hesitant whether to enter the Entertainment business. Here are three main reasons why Telcos must go for it.
New revenue streams:
Telcos are very profitable today and generate a huge amount of cash worth to be invested in accessing new ...
Posted in TOP Popular Posts, Telecom | 3 Comments »
Monday, February 18th, 2008
I am just back in KL, after an interesting week in Barcelona. Apart from customer dinners and meeting old friends, the Congress reflected the opportunities and concerns of a changing industry, where Telcos fight to retain value, Telecom Vendors bring innovations to help Telcos, and new Media and Internet companies ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Next week in Barcelona we have the yearly Mobile World Congress, the biggest event of the Mobile industry. The theme for this year is "Ubiquitous Mobile Services", but could have been well re-named as "Ubiquitous transformation", as the industry is more than ever in a continuous change.
What are the main ...
Posted in Telecom | 3 Comments »
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year. Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year.
Our best wishes for the year of the Rat.
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
In the past, Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) have successfully managed to keep full control -and get a share of revenue- over the premium content delivered over their networks. MSPs were determined to retain customer ownership, and so MSPs created walled gardens under their control.
Thanks to that model, MSPs have been ...
Posted in Telecom | 4 Comments »
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Microsoft has openly declared that its bid to acquire Yahoo aims at improving their position in advertisement and fight the dominant position of Google. Do not expect Google to remain quiet.
What are Google options to defend from Microsoft, apart from sending missives? Counter bidding for Yahoo, is not an option ...
Posted in Digital Home, Internet, TOP Popular Posts | 7 Comments »
Friday, February 1st, 2008
The news of the day is the Microsoft bid to acquire Yahoo. There has been rumours for years on this wedding. Lately many articles were rising serious doubts on Yahoo's strategy to compete with Google, and that is certainly accelerating the action. See Yahoo news during the past days:
Let’s Trash ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
The Guardian online edition publish an article that reveals how the Music Industry is not the only one that 'suffers' from Internet effects.
All this online sharing has to stop is worth reading.
Sooner or later the music industry will need to accept the new order and transform. The labels that delay ...
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