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Aswath Rao is dreaming of an open and fair net, the Internet of idealists, not hampered by pesky problems of profit, and greed.
I have a dream that one day the Internet will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. I have a dream that my four applications will one day live [...]

Who really prevented the iTunes phone from being released? Motorola blamed the finicky Steve Jobs and his marketing approach for the delay. Business Week says it was the carriers who might be behind the delay. “Behind the clash are two very different views of the future of music on mobile phones. Motorola and Apple would [...]

Here comes another VoIP, Video-over-IP and instant messaging client. The good news - there is a Mac OS-X version (yay!) It uses the XTen softphone client as its base, so it has the same unclean look and feel. But I like the idea of a combination client for everything. But the only damn problem is [...]

Following quickly on the heels of SBC, BellSouth has also cut the prices of its DSl services. Any new customers who sign-up via the Fast Access website, will get a $23 a month discount for the first three months. That means you get downstream speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps for about $10 a month. [...]

Apparently Mickey Mouse’s corporate parent, Walt Disney is shit scared of bluetooth and will not allow wireless carriers to send any ringtones, video games etc or other content using bluetooth or infrared or any direct connection technologies up until the wireless biz comes up with a solid DRM technology. (Given that they are working with [...]

Telephony quotes The Convergence Consulting Group Ltd., a Canadian consultancy as saying that if Phone guys want to compete, they really need to cut prices, now.
In ‘The Battle for the North American Couch Potato: Bundling, Internet, TV, Telephone,’ TCCG examined the strategy, prices, products and technology of telcos, cable companies, satellite providers and others in [...]