Looks like we are going to hear a lot about FTTP/H/C in days to come. I think FCC will rule favorably and hand over monoply players a new 100-year-lease on life at the expense of consumers. Competition is dead! SBC is feeling pretty confident. SBC plans… Read More »
Have you seen the move made by Leucadia National (LUK) lately? The stock is up nearly 20% in past three months, especially in recent days. The company sold its big stake in MCI late September for a profit of about $20 million. This was a… Read More »
Microsoft’s Media Center is all the rage today, and I am sure you have read everything you need to read. However, the only product that caught my eye was the Voodoo PC’s new Vibe Media Center – XBox combo. Clever idea, if you ask me.… Read More »
Just like it started, the WiMAX bubble is started to deflate. It must be, because research firms who make a living out of selling big research reports and promises and grand visions are scaling down the expectations. I got both press releases in my in-box, hence… Read More »
With baseball season winding down, I often am left staring at the World Series of Poker on ESPN. Everytime, I watch the show, it reminds me of the big phone company guys, bluffing and trying to win the mega-billion dollar pot. The favorite trick they tend… Read More »
Boingo, the WiFi hotspot company has decided that there is a big market opportunity for the company if it can work to combine its wireless networking and voice over IP. The company is going to release a new software offering for Wi-Fi phones that makes… Read More »
My so called vacation is actually a short trip to meet family, see my lovely new niece, and well meet some folks for business as well while I am here. Hanging out with mom is part of the plan, and all this while chasing down stories,… Read More »
Business Week says that all those online games and streamind movies are really going to need bigger pipes and lead to a telecom revivial. But unlike the last time around, the last mile would and should get more dollars. I agree, and have been arguing… Read More »
The private networks might be on their last legs. Latest data from TeleGeography’s Global Internet Geography research service, shows that the Internet backbones now account for over 85% of the world’s cross-border capacity used in fiber-optic networks. The balance of used capacity is dedicated to… Read More »
Microsoft is going to launch a new version of Windows XP Media Center in a big splashy ceremony today in LA. Where else! Suddenly LA is all that for the tech types. Anyway they are also going to release a new product called, Media Center Extender,… Read More »
Motorola’s desire to become a consumer electronics giant might have to wait another day. Reports says that Moto and its manufacturing partner, Proview International of Hong Kong, have ended their alliance to make Motorola TVs for the Chinese market. Thank god! This was going to… Read More »
Okay, so I’ve spent some time messin’ with the new Blackberry 7100t, and while it has some well-implemented features, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll never own one. My biggest complaint? Why in hell would the benevolent folks from the north (read RIM) decide… Read More »
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