by Tony Poulos | Dec 8, 2010 | Blog
My learned colleague from TelecomAsia, John Tanner, recently wrote about the growth of copper theft in the USA. Things must be bad there if crooks have resorted to pinching copper wires from fixed-line infrastructure as well as electrical substations, railroads, etc.... by Tony Poulos | Dec 7, 2010 | Blog
January is traditionally the month for new year industry predictions but IDC has jumped in early with some crystal ball gazing. The not so surprising part is that transformation has been a recurring theme in the annual IDC predictions over the past several years.... by Tony Poulos | Dec 2, 2010 | Blog
The great WikiLeaks scandal has less to do with the publication of state secrets sent as cables from US Embassies around the world and their supposed threat to national security and more with how the secrets got out in the first place. Whatever the motives of... by Tony Poulos | Dec 1, 2010 | Blog
You might recall some time back I boldly suggested that one way CSPs could start generating revenues from internet traffic was to charge other ISPs or CSPs that were transiting their network, much like interconnect works in the voice world. A fascinating email has... by Tony Poulos | Nov 25, 2010 | Blog
I am not a great fan of over-regulation. After many years of deregulation in almost every national telecommunications market of the world it seems that governments believe we still need to be told what to do, constantly, almost like naughty school children. Regulation... by Tony Poulos | Nov 25, 2010 | Blog
It’s been anything but smooth sailing for Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) but like the great ocean liners of years gone by, the A$43 billion behemoth keeps steaming forward through all weathers. It has managed to survive vigorous opposition...