Archive for the ‘Telecom’ Category
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Building a broadband network based on Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) is a big investment. Once the fiber is deployed Telcos usually offer IPTV as one of the main revenue generating services to pay-back the investment.
Some Telcos argue that once they put all this huge capacity available to the user, anyone ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Defenders of Metered Broadband argue that other Utilities such as Electricity and Water are all charged based on usage: The more Watts-hour you consume the more you pay. So why not the same for broadband: the more gigabytes you download, the more you pay. Yet there is a big difference. ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Competition among ISPs used to be fierce in the initial times of dial-ups access, with tens of ISPs in the market. That might explain why ISPs did not manage to retain any control of users and flat rates were made the rule to provide plain open Internet access. Comparatively, the ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
TechCrunch echoes the rumor of an iPhone at $199, as it did one month ago, although this time saying it is a baseless rumor from reputated BSter Kevin Rose.
The $199 iPhone subsidized by AT&T is an old speculation.
And why not? Apple could well launch the 3G iPhone at $399 and ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
There is a lot of buzz about mobile advertisement, but the truth is that the current Mobile Marketing campaigns based on SMS are closer to spam than to a valuable service for the customer.
Here is a new technology that makes mobile ads a richer experience: Augmented Reality for Mobile
From ink ...
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
I just discovered this interesting graph in Brough Turner's post 3G's biggest success is as a dumb pipe.
The graph highlights two main points: 1) 3G data trafffic has increased more than 10 times in Finland, and 2) 92% of that traffic is Internet Access from PCs. UMTS modems and Data Cards in ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The improvement in chip manufacturing and new low-power wireless standards is enabling what are called Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). These networks consist of tiny nodes, equipped with a microprocessor and sensors, wirelessly connected in a mesh network to exchange information and trigger actions.
WSNs can enable a wide range of applications related with supervision, control ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Videocalls are available in UMTS networks and supported by most 3G handsets in the market. Still, how many people do actually use it? Have you tried it yourself?
Among the factors that prevent people from video calling, the privacy issue is one of the main concerns. You do not want ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
For effective human interaction, nothing beats a face to face meeting, but we are getting closer. As you can see in the amateur clip below Telepresence is already available. Three 65-inch plasma screens set around a meeting table display other location participants in full size, with the closest to physical ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Gizmodo reports that sources have "confirmed" that the 3G iPhone will be announced on 9 June during the Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference. It is expected to be available worldwide right after the launch. Gizmodo says:
"In Spain, for example, the 3G iPhone will be available for sale at the June 18th grand ...
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