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Highlights from Day 1 of the MWC in Barcelona
An agreement between 15 of the world’s largest mobile operators to combat the dominance of Apple in mobile applications dominated proceedings on Day 1 of the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona.
Other highlights in Barcelona today included Microsoft’s latest attempt to build an attractive, user-friendly operating system for mobile phones and Ericsson’s entree into the already-crowded mobile applications space. Read more »
Broadband in Bulgaria: the future for Vivacom
Deutsche Telekom (DT) would appear the obvious candidate to acquire Bulgarian incumbent Vivacom. The German telecoms group owns direct majority stakes in a few incumbents across Eastern Europe (Hungary, Slovakia), as well as indirect and minority stakes in others in the region. Vivacom is owned by AIG Investments, which is part of the wider AIG Group that was bailed out to the tune of billions of dollars by the American taxpayer. Insiders say AIG would be willing to sell, but any acquisition by Deutsche Telekom would by no means be plain sailing. Read more »
BT Q3 (Dec 09) Results: cut/paste BT Q2 Results
Ian Livingstone must have an autotext key on his laptop. This morning’s news release reads:
These results show that we are making progress. There is still a lot more to be done but our commitment to improved customer service and cost transformation is starting to deliver results
The news release on 12th November reads:
We have had another quarter of progress but there remains a lot more to do. With total cost reductions of over £900m in the first half, we have made significant headway towards our previous target of well over £1bn for the full year. We now expect to generate at least £1.6bn of free cash flow this year
Quick fix for mobile data revenue gap could come from IT sector
The recent launch of the iPad, and before that the iPhone, caused a stir among both the technical press and, more important, among the general public in many parts of the world. Mobile network operators, despite what they might say in public, probably viewed the launch of the iPad with some trepidation, but help might come from an unexpected quarter. Read more »
Qualcomm’s smartbooks: I think I get it - but will the consumers and the carriers?
Qualcomm has been promoting the Snapdragon chipset for several years now. In 2008 they keenly publicised the processing advantages that Snapdragon had over Intel’s rival embedded processor for portable devices, the Atom. Yet 2008 became the year Read more »
TM jumps into IPTV market, but the odds of success are long
Telekom Malaysia ™ has finally decided to make the jump into IPTV, after several years of deliberating, but the operator looks almost certain to be fighting a losing battle to establish itself as a significant player in the country’s pay TV market. Read more »
The time is ripe for China to focus on a unified broadband plan
The completion of China Mobile’s long-running merger deal with fixed-line player China Tietong in December was the last piece of the jigsaw in the Chinese government’s restructuring of the country’s telecoms market. Now the government needs to figure out an orderly path for China Mobile to fully enter the broadband market. Read more »
KDDI makes move for J-Com, but the hard work is only just beginning
Japanese operator KDDI’s purchase of a 37.8% stake in Jupiter Telecommunications (J-Com) from US media giant Liberty Global came as no surprise to most watchers of Japan’s market, though the US$4 billion price tag – equating to a 65% premium on J-Com’s share price – certainly caused a few raised eyebrows. Read more »
Online video could be key factor as ITV’s new chief ponders pay TV
A week after ITV announced that former Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier would be its new chief executive – and with variations on the “now he’s got the post, can he deliver?” joke beginning to run thin – ideas about what Crozier needs to do to turn around the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster are starting to be fine-tuned.
Sky 3D: The verdict
Last weekend, I donned a pair of 3D glasses and settled down to watch the world’s first live broadcast of a sports event in 3D.
With around a hundred other guests invited by BSkyB to a central London pub we watched the Arsenal vs Manchester United Premier League match played out in full 3D. And how did it look? Read more »
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