Archive for April, 2004

Any cable company thinking about going digital and broadband, well don’t think too long. Cox Communications which has been on the cutting edge of broadband, VoIP and other digital technologies over cable is seeing its sales zoom faster than the downloads off the SoulSeek servers. Cox… Read More »

Strategy Analytics, reported its 1Q 2004 marker share statistics. Based on its estimate of 153 million total units shipped in the quarter (versus Nokia’s 128M estimate), Strategy Analytics said that Nokia’s share slipped to 29.2% from 34.9% a year ago. Hopefully the downward spiral will eventually… Read More »

Article Alert: Business2.com: In India, just getting a phone line used to be cause for celebration. Now the country’s hypercompetitive telecom industry is putting a telephone in every home. (Download file) Read More »

Nortel plunged nearly 30 percent on the news of executive upheavals and news of possible financial irregularities. The news of dismissal of Frank Dunn, CEO and former CFO along with a handful of other financial types has made the stock markets very nervous about the future… Read More »

Dunn deal

Frank Dunn, the chief executive of Nortel Networks has been fired, even as the company continues to investigate the accounting issues that have plagued the company, reports Bloomberg. bq. Brampton, Ontario-based company also fired its chief financial offer and controller and said Director William Owens, a 63-year-old… Read More »

Comcast has finally called off its bid for Disney. Brian L. Roberts, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast, said “We have always been disciplined in our approach to acquisitions. Being disciplined means knowing when it is time to walk away. That time is… Read More »

Business2.com: In India, just getting a phone line used to be cause for celebration. Now the country’s hypercompetitive telecom industry is putting a telephone in every home. (Download file) Read More »

At Global Crossing, it is same old same old

They say, however hard you may try it is nearly impossible to straighten a dog’s tail. Well same is the case for Global Crossing, which is one again stinking up the telecom waters, and there is whiff of another scandal in the making. bq. Global Crossing Ltd.… Read More »

Let the barking dogs lie….

Michael Kanellos of C/Net pens one of the dumbest anti-outsourcing column. On the other hand, you have to contend with thick air pollution, nocturnal barking dogs and bureaucratic tangles. “Having patience, a pocket full of small denomination bills and the acceptance that most activities take two to three… Read More »

A chipper investor?

Five years ago, I received a phone call from a fellow by the name of Manoj Nadkarni. He had read some of my stuff on semiconductor business and wanted to talk about that. A low key man with little or no marketing skills, he was… Read More »

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