You know times are a’changing when the CEO of Microsoft announces that 90 per cent of his staff will be working on cloud platforms by next year. Steve Ballmer even went one step further when he said he was “betting the company” on the Windows Azure cloud platform.
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Revenue is largely disconnected from the cost model. This was a recurring theme at this week’s Management World Middle East, held in Dubai. Mobile subscribers, in particular, had been encouraged to take up ‘all you can eat’ data plans in order to stimulate data traffic. Along comes the HSPA network with acceptable connection speeds, ‘dongles’ (USB modems), throw in the iPhone and bang, suddenly everyone wants to connect.
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February 27th, 2010
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After a round of binge drinking it is normal procedure to go through a recovery phase of teetotaling, lots of rest and lots of vitamin supplements. The same process can be applied to attendees of the annual cellular bingefest held in Barcelona, otherwise known as the Mobile World Congress. But for many the overdose of hospitality, tapas, iPhone wannabes, bold keynotes, hype, self-adulation and inclement weather was followed by a week of stark reality and introspection.
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February 23rd, 2010
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What do you do when you build a multi-million dollar, state of the art HSPA mobile network from scratch and it keeps falling over? It’s no use asking Telecom New Zealand CEO, Paul Reynolds, because he doesn’t know either!
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February 19th, 2010
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I’m really going to try not to be cynical about goings on at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but it’s going to be hard. The GSMA’s premier event seems to break some record or other every year. Last year it was the number of PC thefts and pick-pocketings, which appear to have been kept in check this year. The one notable exception was Google boss, Eric Schmidt, who was reportedly ‘mugged’ by hostile questions after his keynote presentation.
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February 12th, 2010
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Big drop in fixed-line revenues
Australians are dumping their fixed-lines at an alarming rate, 10% in the last six months to be exact. Local call volumes are down 13% for the same period and total PSTN revenues dropped by 6.9%. The decline was far greater than that forecast by CEO, David Thodey, only six months ago and could be indicative of what is certainly becoming a trend in most developed markets. Read more…
February 11th, 2010
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Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture.
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February 11th, 2010
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In a story that almost mirrors the biblical tale a puny (in terms of size and muscle) Australian ISP has battled with, and beaten, the burly media and content rights holders of Hollywood and beyond. And the battle, played out in the Australian Supreme Court, could have massive repercussions worldwide.
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February 11th, 2010
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News Corporation was well advanced in setting up online charging for its newspapers around the world, chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has stated declaring the company on the threshold of a new era of profitability.
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