Archive for April, 2005

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SBC, not Verizon The Biggest Bell of Them All

Om Malik, Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 6:44 AM PT Comments (3)

If you would look at the shares of Verizon this morning, you would come to a conclusion - VZ is the biggest phone company in the US. Well, that is just not true. At the end of first quarter 2005, SBC is the largest baby bell company. Yes, that’s right - bigger than Verizon, [...]

Slight Construction, Clean-Up To The Site

Om Malik, Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 5:56 AM PT Comments (7)

As you have noticed, the design of the site is going through a slight change. We are cleaning up the site, and are making it more streamlined. I was getting too much bandwidth usage from the site, and found that the design, and images were slowing things down. Hopefully, this slight makeover is going to [...]

Bells Dancing To A New Tune

Om Malik, Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 1:07 AM PT Comments (0)

SBC yup, the stodgy old SBC is now going to launch the BlueRoom, a music content website with video clips and all. It will sponsor a movie launch, and well do a whole bunch of stuff to get some stret cred. Baby Bells are going through the equivalent of “teaching old dog new tricks” phase, [...]

Motorola Big Bet on sub-$50 phones

Om Malik, Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 12:06 AM PT Comments (1)

Motorola is betting big on the sub $50 phones in order to achieve growth, profits and market share in the hot markets like India, China and South East Asia, according to a report inWall Street Journal. “Please do not confuse low price with profitability,” Motorola CEO Ed Zander said. “We know that we can [...]

Cisco, Macromedia To Indiagames - Namaste

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 9:15 PM PT Comments (3)

Business 2.0’s Matt Maier also known as GigaOM mini in these parts has scooped me in my own backyard (Okay former backyard, but since parents are in town, I can for a minute pretend its my backyard!)… He is reporting that, IndiaGames, a leading wireless game developer in India, has snagged some serious dinero, or [...]

Big Apple To Bet Big on Broadband

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 9:06 PM PT Comments (0)

“If New York City is to maintain its role as a world center of finance, communications, and culture, we have to extend access to broadband communications to all, as well as continuously improve the reliability of our telecommunications networks and take advantage of emerging technologies,” says New York City’s Mayor Bloomberg, who announced the Telecom [...]

His Masters Voice: Do This Get Rich

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 10:50 AM PT Comments (3)

Do This. Get Rich: With VCs awash in money and itching to spend, it’s a great time to start a new business. We’ve found 11 of the hottest business opportunities today. Take your pick — and seek your fortune. The Trifecta - aka Michael V. Copeland, Erick Schonfeld, and I came up with 11 [...]

Verizon Fiber in SoCal

Om Malik, Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 8:38 AM PT Comments (2)

Verizon has started expanding its FTTP/FiOS network in California and present it is laying fiber in Ventura county, Adelanto, Apple Valley, Bermuda Dunes, Camarillo, Chino, Desert Hot Springs, Hermosa Beach, Indio, La Quinta, Chino Hills, Ontario, Palm Springs, Perris, Lake Elsinore, Temecula, Redondo Beach and Victorville. More cities to go online next year, but in [...]

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