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MENA broadband markets ripe for investment
Perceptions about the Middle East and North Africa countries’ ability to foster e-commerce are increasingly becoming outdated. The pace of development in the last three years has been truly impressive. Operators across the region are investing large sums in getting high-speed, high-capacity and cost effective telecoms networks into the region and the current infrastructure is much more advanced than perhaps
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Forget Europe, broadband in Middle East must carve out its own future
I am attending the Broadband Global Summit here in Dubai and the broadband vibrations are emanating not from the floor but through the air with mobile broadband emerging as a hot topic. This was no surprise to me, nor will it be to anyone who knows the dynamics of the Middle East and North Arica. Read the rest of this entry »
Music and content anti-piracy battle cries echo globally
The fight against piracy has spread like wild fire in recent months, so much so in fact that it was top of the agenda in a meeting of heads between China and the EU. But is the industry deceiving itself by holding on to the belief that governments really can make a difference given that the attempt at intervention in the UK has served only to sidetrack the stakeholders from the real issue: discovering new business models.
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ISPs need to lock down the digital vault market before Google et al. do
Our research suggests that digital vault services that allow consumers to store their photos, documents and other data online is already generating serious amounts of cash for many telecoms operators. As with all online services, there’s the threat that Google, Yahoo, etc. will do it better, but there could be an even greater cost to operators than lost revenues if their Internet rivals succeed. Read the rest of this entry »
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