Archive for June, 2004

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Cingular speeds up 3G

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 4:06 PM PT Comments (1)

Cingular Speeds Up 3G Plans, and this time they actually mean it

Dodgy Dobbs

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 4:06 PM PT Comments (1)

WSJ on Dodgy Dobbs: Lou Dobbs has done it again — gotten himself snagged in his favorite hot-button issue. Host of the popular cable program “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” has been fighting the battle for the little guy. And has ralied against corporations that were doing “very well” at the expense of U.S. workers. Meanwhile, the [...]

Bose’s UMusic

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 1:06 PM PT Comments (1)

If there is any company that introduce the whole concept of digital lifetyle sans computers to the mainstream consumers, then it has to be Framingham, Mass.-based Bose Corp. Look this is the same operation that turned high-end speaker business into a “mall phenomen” with over $1.6 billion in worldwide sales. The company has a brand [...]

Conflicts of Interest anyone?

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 12:06 PM PT Comments (0)

Verizon is paying the ’Äúnominal’Äù fee of $3 million to sponsor the Republican convention in NYC. (AT&T is kicking in the dollars as is CitiCrook!) It seems that convention sponsorships are a legal loophole that allows both parties to collect large donations … as per our comment board! But this is a real nugget from [...]

The Death of Competition

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 12:06 PM PT Comments (5)

Bells to consumers: You are really screwed now, because we are the only game in town.
Regional phone companies have used all sorts of dirty tactics, lobbying and spending millions of dollars in a blatant attempt to kill competition in the local phone business. Today, AT&T announced that it was going to get out of the [...]

George Gilder, retire in peace

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 9:06 AM PT Comments (1)

George Gilder, retire in peace: The guy was really wrong about the financial side of fiber revolution, and he is wrong about wireless. In a video interview that certainly feels like it was paid for by Qualcomm, George Gilder goes on and on about how the Qualcomm “juggernaut” is going to destroy WiFi, writes TechDirt [...]

WebSky’sBroadband Wireless in India

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 9:06 AM PT Comments (1)

WebSky’s Broadband Wireless in India: WiMax might be coming, but the fixed wireless is here, and makes a lot of sense in the emerging broadband markets such as India. Who knows, next time I am there, I won’t need to rent a Reliance CDMA phone to get connected

VoIP hype at its highest

Om Malik, Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 8:06 AM PT Comments (1)

When a pink-sheet listed company, which calls itself Twister Networks, puts out a press release saying that one of its distributors is going to open a VoIP store, well you know what’s coming next! (Tipping my hat to the upcoming Spiderman movie, my Spider sense is tingling about this Twister Networks operation. A group peak [...]

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