Archive for the ‘Telecom’ Category
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
Nokia Q1 results have disappointed analyst, even if revenues grew 28% YoY to reach $20 billion and net profit reached $1.9 billion, up 25% from last year. Nokia shipped 115 M handsets in Q1, 27% YoY growth, with strong performance in emerging markets (Asia, Africa and Middle-East). Still Nokia ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Google did not actually want the spectrum licenses, that ultimately went to Verizon and AT&T. Google's objective was to secure a bid that met the $4.6 Bn price tag that would enforce the regulations they had lobbied for open applications and open devices. Google admits this strategy in their Public ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
TechCrunch post today about WiMAX, Why Cable And WiMax Shouldn’t Mix, clearly misses the point. Their two conclusion items are misconceived, not to say wrong:
1. TechCrunch says: "WiMax is more an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access than it is to mobile phone service"
TechCrunch seems to ignore that WiMAX Rev-d brings mobility and ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
SpinVox, founded in 2003, is a pioneer in delivering speech-to-text applications. SpinVox claims it has agreements with twelve telcos, to provide a system to translate voice mail messages into SMS or emails. These days SpinVox has been in the news because it just secured $100 Million financing from Goldman Sachs, ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
One out of two new Pay-TV users in Spain sign up with Telefonica's IPTV service, Imagenio. Orange IPTV Service is the second one attracting new users with a 21% share in 2007. The table below is based on data from Spanish business newspaper, Expansion.
If we classify by technology, the table ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Enrique Dans, one of the most influential bloggers in Spain, posted some interesting data about the Broadcast Mobile TV trials run by Abertis in Spain with each of the main mobile operators. Here is the translation:
"There has been three trials in Spain, run by Abertis, using Nokia 7710 handsets:
Telefónica in ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The European Union has selected DVB-H as the standard for Mobile TV in Europe. Although the decision is not binding for EU countries, it aims at stimulating the technology adoption, by avoiding a standards war where end-user pays the casualties - ask anyone that invested on a HD DVD ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Another brilliant example of Google phenomenal applications. And another example of how Internet players can build mobile applications bypassing the Mobile Operators. Not long ago, Location was one of the unique capabilities mobile operators could leverage to provide Location-based Services. Now Google demonstrates how easily the operator is bypassed even ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
AT&T launched recently its U-verse Voice service to complement its Quadruple-Play offering: TV, Internet, Voice and Wireless.
U-verse Voice is a high-quality digital voice service. The service is delivered over AT&T managed IP network, which guarantees a secure and reliable service. Among other features, the user can manage calls and services ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Convergence is a term widely used in technology with different meanings:
- Device Convergence: mobile phone, digital camera, PDA, GPS, media player, email, data modem, e-wallet, etc. all into a single device
- Fixed / Mobile Convergence. Fixed and Mobile operators offering similar services across networks.
- Prepaid/Postpaid Convergent rating. Mobile operators looking for a single ...
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