by Tony Poulos | Feb 23, 2010 | Blog
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! His lauded XT network, commissioned only last... by Tony Poulos | Feb 23, 2010 | Blog
Just in time for this years TM Forum Management World in Nice is the news that travelers will be able to pay for low-value tickets on the city’s bus and tram network directly via their mobile phone bills. However, mobile operators say they are offering the payment... by Tony Poulos | Feb 19, 2010 | Blog
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... by Tony Poulos | Feb 12, 2010 | Blog
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... by Tony Poulos | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
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... by Tony Poulos | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
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... by Tony Poulos | Feb 11, 2010 | Blog
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. News Corp was putting the finishing... by Tony Poulos | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog
Apple’s worst kept secret in years has been officially revealed and has received a mixture of ‘wows’ and ‘ho-hums’ from every conceivable quarter but for the service provider world it could be yet another nail in the revenue coffin. Don’t be fooled for one minute with... by Tony Poulos | Feb 2, 2010 | Blog
Have you ever read something that is so obvious you wonder why you hadn’t thought if it yourself? After reading a newly released list of 2010 Predictions from Deloitte for the coming year in our industry, you come away wondering why you’re not charging $1,500 an hour... by Tony Poulos | Jan 31, 2010 | Blog
According to research done for The Sun-Herald newspaper in Australia, consumers are paying the highest prices in the world for text messages, reportedly more than 10 times what it costs in many parts of Asia and almost a third higher than in Europe and Canada. An...