EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS: What do Derek Jeter, A-Rod, New York Yankees and Global Crossing have in common? Well since May 2004, they have be on a tear and have hit a winning streak which is well unmatched. The on-field heroics of Jeter & Co., have been chronicled… Read More »
Engadget has an idea about what Steve Jobs would release at next week’s Apple WWD Forum. I like my idea and am pretty optimistic about something like this coming to market. I expect this product to add power-over-ethernet functions, soon enough. It would also be… Read More »
Apple, by all means should be a star in India. It boasts of a celebrity fans club that includes cricket star Sachin Tendulkar (think A-Rod times ten), Amitabh Bachchan (Harrison Ford time ten), and musical maestro A R Rehman (think Quincy Jones). It is often featured… Read More »
Despite a slow start, the Canadians are finally embracing Internet Telephony. According to Canada.com, the playing field now includes Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., Comwave Telecom Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Nicer Technologies Inc. and BabyTel. Telus Corp., AOL Canada Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. and Yak… Read More »
A lot has been made of the recent flirty looks passing between Cisco and Nortel. Some have predicted that a deal could happen. I am not so sure. Why? Nortel, despite its financial problems and accounting scandals is in a good spot right… Read More »
Barron’s: Pay television is the most important new business that FTTP would bring to the phone companies, enabling them to wring an added $30-$70 a month from a subscriber. But the Bells would have to take a large share of the pay-TV market from cable… Read More »
Stephen Hardy: Just as “increased capacity” was the battle cry of the optical communications market as this decade began, calls for “cost reduction” now echo across the industry. Read More »
MercuryNews.com: Terry Christensen, a political-science professor at San Jose State University, said the candidates were shrewd to seize on broadband as a means of promoting their high-tech credentials. Unlike the arcane question of expensing stock options, broadband can readily be understood by Americans who use… Read More »
Optical Solutions gear will be used North Dakota’s First Fiber to the Home Network. Daktel Communications, the CLEC subsidiary of regional cooperative Dakota Central Telecommunications, will overbuild the city of Jamestown, ND (pop. 15,500) with a competitive all-fiber network featuring state-of-the-art voice, IPTV, and high-speed… Read More »
Motive raised $50 million in an intial public offering. The filing fell short of expected $55-to-$60 million the company had planned to raise. Ticker, MOTV. JPMorgan was the book-runner; Thomas Weisel Partners, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Needham & Company, Inc., and America’s Growth Capital were the… Read More »
Xeni: Sex and Broadband, a mating made in heaven. One of the most popular demonstrations at the three-day porn industry event featured a collaboration of sorts between yet-to-be-launched dating and virtual sex hookup service High Joy and sex-toy maker Doc Johnson, the company that produces branded… Read More »
FreeScaleMoto: In an 8-K filing, Motorola announced that it is cutting its expectation of a planned non-cash income tax charge from the Freescale IPO to $850M-$1.0B from $925M-$1.1B; which means that the IPO is coming soon. Meanwhile, Ray Burgess, chief strategist at Moto’s Freescale… Read More »
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