by Tony Poulos | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog
In last year’s Visions report, I highlighted falling revenues and net neutrality as being major issues CSPs would face in the year ahead. But neither became the big issue I anticipated. The telecoms industry has an uncanny ability to weather storms, and even if voice... by Tony Poulos | Jan 23, 2013 | Blog
No doubt, you have all heard about the brilliant ‘software developer’, dubbed Bob, at a US-based critical infrastructure company that outsourced his job to China, but fell foul of his employer. To recap, this family man in his 40s hired developers in China to do his... by Tony Poulos | Nov 21, 2011 | Blog
Paranoia reached new heights with news out today that a US government committee has launched a full investigation into the potential security threat of Chinese telecom equipment companies operating in the United States. TelecomAsia reports that the House permanent... by Tony Poulos | Aug 18, 2011 | Blog
First it was unrest in the Middle East, then riots in the UK, now it’s reaching that bastion of free speech and human rights, the USA. I am referring here to the relatively new concept of shutting down telecommunications service at the whim of government on the... 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...