Monsters lurk in cyberland

There’s a very ugly monster lurking behind the smiley facade of social networking.  It’s one that is viral and spreading worldwide and is reaching epidemic proportions.  It has stimulated governments into action and created its own task force to battle its spread. ...

Indian Telecoms Commission OKs MVNOs

If you want to study how NOT to roll out an effective telecommunications infrastructure in past years, you need look no further than India. In a country that had mastered the old British colonial art of creating unnecessary bureaucracy, rolling out new technology was...

Telstra rebuked for 'bullying' culture

He’s barely through passport control but Sol Trujillo is making more headlines having left Telstra than he did whilst in charge. It seems that whatever is or has been wrong with the Australian incumbent operator over the last four years will be blamed squarely on Sol...

Whither Nokia Now?

As Nokia opens its Ovi download store, the former darling of the handset industry and the once doyen of network infrastructure, seems to be trapped somewhere between a rock and a hard place. News that is has trimmed its workforce by another thousand and is cutting...