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Category Archives: Telecom
Converging Telecom, Internet and Media
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 … Continue reading
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
Posted in Most-read, Telecom
Tagged 3D HDTV, applications, hd tv, interactive advertisement, interactive TV applications, IPTV, telco, Telecom
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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
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
Posted in Telecom
Tagged 3G, Android, connectivity, dumb pipe, hsdpa, mcsp, mobile operator, MSP, umts
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Nokia and Yahoo moves
Nokia acquires TrollTech, a Linux company, for $153 million. In return Nokia gets Qt, a Linux-based software platform that is behind KDE, Google Earth, Opera or Skype. TrollTech also owns Qtopia, a platform for embedded Linux-base software platform for mobiles. The … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Lifestyle, Telecom
Tagged , Nokia, nokia acquires trolltech, trolltech, yahoo mobile
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Transforming Telcos: Telco 2.0
Two weeks ago I found, as a guest post at GigaOM, an interesting article from STL Partners on the future of broadband. While I disagree on a few points, it does bring some fresh ideas about the evolution of telcos: … Continue reading
Posted in Telecom
Tagged broadband, home network, service provider, telco, telco 2.0, telecommunications, Two-side business model, wholesale
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iPhone and Google will transform Mobile phones
According to NYT technology article by Miguel Helf, iPhone accounts for only 2% of the worldwide smartphones. Nokia’s Symbian 63%, Windows Mobile 11% and RIM 10%. Yet, during Christmas, traffic to Google from iPhones surpassed any other smartphone. This data … Continue reading
Operators vs. Media companies
In GigaOM’s guest column, Mr Chetan Sharma writes an interesting article on the battle between operators and media companies to deliver mobile entertainment to the end-user. Although Media companies are in better position to bring their content over agnostics IP … Continue reading
Posted in Telecom
Tagged billing, bundling, conversational services, dumb pipes, ims, KDDI, media companies, mobile entertainment, mobile operators, mobile TV, qos
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