Archive for July, 2004

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Super growth returning to wireless?

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 6:06 AM PT Comments (0)

Worldwide, wireless subscriber growth is experiencing robust expansion, according to analyst firm, In-Stat/MDR. By 2009, they forecasts, the worldwide wireless market will grow to more than 2.5 billion subscribers. The growth will come mostly from emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil and Russia. By 2007 they expect GSM to expand its growth, but by [...]

Time to Buy Cable Stocks?

Om Malik, Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 5:58 AM PT Comments (2)

Is it time to buy cable stocks, which have been beaten down for so long? Business 2.0 and CNN/Money columnist and long time friend, Paul La Monica thinks so. In his latest column, he argues that the market is making too much of the DSL threat. Richard Greenfield, an analyst with Fulcrum Global Partners tells [...]

Nuke the VoIP, or voipNUKE

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 12:35 PM PT Comments (0)

A long time reader and a recent friend, Keith Bare has launched a web-based retail store selling VoIP services. VoIPNuke should do well, and readers if you are considering VoIP, then help support Keith. Andy adds that “Level3 is building out a VoIP plant for Ford Motor Company, and their “Do Not Dig” signs are [...]

Who is a dork anyway?

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 12:31 PM PT Comments (2)

Russell Beattie writes, “I didn’t TiVo the convention speeches like a dork…” Remember good old days only-dorks geeked out over techie-stuff. Now not Tivoing a convention speech amounts to being a dork. Oh my! how things have changed.

Now starring Da Palm

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 5:23 AM PT Comments (1)

A long time ago, I watched the movie, The Saint, and fell in love with the Nokia Communicator. The sight of Val Kilmer, doing his clandestine banking in the heart of Red Square opened my eyes to the wireless possibilities. Of course I was completely distracted by Elisabeth Shue, but that’s a whole different story. [...]

WiFi is best when brewed free

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 3:53 AM PT Comments (0)

BT Lowers WiFi Prices… And They’re Still Too High writes Techdirt Wireless. I think no price cut is enough when it comes to WiFi. Most cellphone companies should use it as a lure to prevent consumers from switching to other carriers. Coffee chains should use it to sell more coffee. Forget the backend billing systems [...]

How to shoot yourself in the foot?

Om Malik, Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 3:45 AM PT Comments (0)

Alternatively, how to let Microsoft regain its dominance; or how to greed is no longer good in SIlicon Valley, and how reporters are really a fickle breed. In case you were wondering, all these are possible taglines for Google IPO cock-up! Jim Cramer says it best, when he writes: “Second, you set the price at [...]

Ericsson versus Nokia

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 12:56 PM PT Comments (0)

The two nordic cell phone giants are a study in contrasts. Ericsson is the turnaround story of the year according to some, as it has aligned its business with the new realities of the cell phone handset and infrastructure business. Ericsson, having realized earlier that handsets while being the engine of topline growth, are not [...]

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