Comments on: Here Comes Trouble: Infocom vs. Telecom

By: Pão de Cast» Blog Archive » Pão de Cast #6 - Edição “Nós gostamos de dinheiro também”

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:58:13 +0000

[...] sexta edição, exploramos um pouco o mercado de telecomunicações (1, 2, 3), o resultado de uma semana de Kindle e continuamos a falar mal da Microsoft, como esperado. [...]

By: Open Source News » Blog Archive » Comment on Here Comes Trouble: Infocom vs. Telecom by MSB

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:59:45 +0000

[...] you to a case study of Ricochet. Loved by many, but just not enough $$ to sustain long term BC. http://gigaom.com/2007/11/28/here-comes-trouble-infocom-vs-telecom/#comment-730185 Comments for GigaOM [...]

By: EDITing in the Dark » Google, Canadian wireless auction

EDITing in the Dark » Google, Canadian wireless auction — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:07:20 +0000

[...] to blur the lines between technology and communication companies, something that in the States was prevented in the ’50s by a consent degree and likely was enacted in a similar manner in Canada. But if [...]

By: Ipzedge

Ipzedge — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:10:40 +0000

is all wi-fi in the 2.5 Mhz spectrum?

By: MSB

MSB — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:55:47 +0000

NOT. Google is not a telco carrier neither is it anywhere close to its core business model to become one. They are slowly getting what they want by pretending to want to bid or even bidding. No infocomm wars, just a transformation slowly forcing the big carriers to offer alternate access to their networks at the right price.

if you think a pure wireless data network will ever work, i'll just refer you to a case study of Ricochet. Loved by many, but just not enough $$ to sustain long term BC

By: Could a Net Based Services vs Duopoly war be looming? |

Could a Net Based Services vs Duopoly war be looming? | — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:59:54 +0000

[...] November 29, 2007Could a Net Based Services vs Duopoly war be looming? If Google does indeed bid on and win 700MHz spectrum, it will truly be a shot heard around the world, and could be the manifestation of a new American revolution. If it happens it will be the outward and very public manifestation of a shadow war that is already in progress. The battle is between an elite class of monopolists who constrain the supply of a network commodity to perpetuate fee for service vs an open bazaar for services that ant to be free. Traditionally, the network and services were separate businesses, but services are now a feature of the network, and the dividing lines have vanished: The industries were separated at birth in 1956 by a consent decree that banned AT&T (T) from offering information services. Though the present form of both industries can be traced back to the invention of the transistor, in 1946, their development over the years offers a case study in nature vs. nurture. The interventions against IBM’s pursuit of a monopoly, for example, proved to be far more vigorous and successful than those leveled against AT&T.Although the two industries operate under the same laws of physics, different levels of competition produced entirely different results. A telephone call between neighbors offers the same quality and experience today as it did 1956, whereas nothing about the infotech industry in 1956 survived 10 years, much less 50. The policies pursued to avoid monopoly in the cell phone business prove the ability of telecom companies to innovate when they have no other choice (although these days it’s the competitive handset industry doing most of the innovating, as Verizon Wireless recently admitted).(from Gigaom) [...]

By: Markus Goebel

Markus Goebel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:47:59 +0000

It's "Deutsche Telekom" with a K.

By: Raymond Padilla

Raymond Padilla — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:11:09 +0000

Infocom? Damn, I thought this was going to be about Zork.

By: Prison to Hotel: In Telecoms and in Boston « Changing Way

Prison to Hotel: In Telecoms and in Boston « Changing Way — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:23:07 +0000

[...] 29, 2007 If Google’s bid for 700Mhz spectrum materializes in January, it will bring the trillion-dollar inf... That’s how Daniel Berninger starts a rather gracefully-written post on infocom vs telecom. I [...]