The telecoms boom and bust, and the many colourful and crooked characters who lined their pockets on the way, produced a crop of books, the most entertaining of which is “Broadbandits: Inside the $750 billion Telecom Heist” by Om Malik, formerly a writer at Red Herring, a now-defunct technology magazine. [ The Economist ] Continue »
Archive for October, 2003
More Slideware from Microsoft; Blue-Tone of Death
Microsoft to Develop Broadband TV For Telcos… Well it will be now a blue-tone of death. Continue »
The PBX Wars: Cisco takes on the office phone
There’s a new battleground in your office: the PBX. For decades PBX boxes, which route phone calls, used analog technologies. Now, with the growing popularity of Internet-protocol-based phone systems, the dowdy PBX is getting a face-lift. With $2 billion in annual sales at stake, it’s no surprise that analog incumbents Alcatel, Avaya, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, and Siemens are girding themselves to take on the interloper, Cisco Systems. Download file Continue »
You know the Wi-Fi Bubble is about to pop
…when you can buy a 802.11b PC card for 9.99 or a 802.11g PC card for $35. Continue »
Mobile phone contracts awarded in Iraq to be based on GSM standard
Despite all the spending by CDMA-tout Qualcomm, things are looking good for the GSM standard. Contracts to build mobile phone networks in Iraq will be based on the European GSM standard. Continue »
Neoteris sold for $265 million to NetScreen
Not surprised by this announcement for NetScreen is feeling the heat from Cisco which has become increasingly aggressive when it comes to Security and security related products. Even CheckFree, the leader in the space is coming under pressure from Cisco. Earlier this year, F5 Networks paid about $25 million for UROAM. Continue »
Telecom’s big problem - unhappy customers
Many of us focus on the big problems telecom companies are facing - flight of customers to wireless services, switching to local competitors or simply those pesky financial issues like billions upon billions in debt. However, there is one little issue which gets overlooked - customer satisfaction. Now if we stopped for a minute and thought why are these people switching from the Bells or long distance companies? Answer will be increasing dissatisfaction for the services being sold by the large phone companies. Continue »
Wireless MP3 streaming and voice over Wi-Fi
More truly useful applications for wireless networking are finally coming on the market. Applications like these will encourage more people… [Muniwireless] Continue »
Did Jeff Pulver Steal My Idea?
Almost seven months ago, on a typically cold and harrowing day in New York, I met Jeff (Pulver) and his most efficient partner-in-arms Dan for a cup of coffee at Dean & Deluca near New York University. It was mere minutes away from Red Herring (version 1.0) offices. It was a rather interesting meeting, and we discussed the state of affairs of the industry, voice over internet protocol and how Pulver was going to start a revlolution. Continue »
The FCC’s Three Top Priorities
WirelessWeek: “‘It’s spectrum, spectrum, spectrum’ for the
commission’s agenda in the coming months, [FCC Chairman Powell] said.” [Werblog] Continue »
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