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China’s 3G licenses finally on the move
China’s cabinet, the State Council, has finally given its approval for three 3G licenses to be issued, some seven years after industry pundits first started speculating that 3G licenses may not be too far away.
The announcement of January 31 could ultimately see the mainland’s 3G licenses being actually issued to its three mobile operators – China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom - come early 2009.
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An imperfect Storm
Based on numerous reviews that I’ve seen, one either loves the BlackBerry Storm or hates it. I’ve been testing one for two months and, although I’m generally an acerbic skeptic regarding new gadgets, I have to admit that I’m enamored.
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.
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Keep It Simple, Stupid: Orange’s Partner Camp mantra
I’ve just attended Orange’s Partner Camp in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Swapping London’s miserable climes with those of the Sunshine State was an attractive enough proposition, one not even tempered by a nine hour flight full of sugar-addled kids heading to Disney World. Read more »
To 3D or not to 3D…
If the future is as crystal clear as the market for high-definition televisions has indicated, how long will it be before 3D images start bursting through our screens? Not that long, it would appear. Read more »
Is online video the Holy Grail for content owners?
The UK online-video advertising market is expected to be worth £35 million this year – just one per cent of total online advertising spending.
TV: Playing the Game
Factual giant National Geographic has become the latest TV company to launch a fully-fledged video game business, a move that marks the growing importance of gaming to traditional TV businesses.
Christmas cheer from Alcatel-Lucent and Bell Labs
The glory days of basic science research at Bell Labs may be over, but there was a buzz in the air at last week’s Bell Labs Innovation Day taking place at Alcatel-Lucent’s plush Paris HQ just off the Champs-Elysées. Read more »
Africa’s missing link
If we get the global submarine cable systems plotted on a world map, we come across one very harsh absurdity - how extremely well connected the world is, and how bizarrely disconnected Africa is.
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MVNOs are coming to the Middle East
Oman Mobile has signed agreements with two MVNOs, which will almost certainly launch the first such services in the Middle East.
Oman Mobile’s agreements are with Dubai-based start-up Friendi Mobile and with alternative telecoms Read more »
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