Monthly Archives: February 2008

How will Telcos fill the pipes?

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: … Continue reading

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Japan: Mobile Phones and Fashion

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 … Continue reading

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Why Telcos should move into entertainment

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 … Continue reading

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Back from Barcelona Mobile World Congress

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 … Continue reading

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Mobile World Congress 2008 Barcelona

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 … Continue reading

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Gong Xi Fa Cai!

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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MSPs towards Mobile Connectivity Service Providers

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 … Continue reading

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The best defense is attack: Goobuntu or Google Linux

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 … Continue reading

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Microsoft bids $44.6bn to acquire Yahoo

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 … Continue reading

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On sharing

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 … Continue reading

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