Feisty French finger-pointing follows faltering YouTube

Back in September the independent French competition authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) approved a plan allowing French operators to charge for third party or OTT generated traffic traversing their network. Apart from a few sensational headlines at the time...

‘Tis the season for predicting…falalalalah-lalalahlah

Bah humbug! Why is it at this time of year that every man and his dog wants to predict what’s going to happen in the coming year or years. Is it some primeval urge to defy fate, do they really possess the gift to see into the future, or are they just trying to prove...

Magic quadrant not so magical

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant reports, for years, have been used by CSPs to help determine which vendors best fit the criteria they are looking at. Years ago there was a saying that nobody got fired for buying IBM, they even made a TV advertisement playing on it. The same...

Avoiding the plummeting death spiral

As a frequent flyer I am able to observe and experience the many variations between airlines with regard to the use of electronic devices on board aircraft. I’m not sure who makes up the rules because each airline seems to quote a different authority, depending on...

Facebook fast becoming first 'unsocial' network

What happens when you hold a referendum and 87 per cent of voters reject the motion? If you were a government, or even a normal corporation, the motion would not be carried – but it seems that if you’re Facebook you can just ignore your members and do whatever you...