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It’s a CAPEX world for mobile operators
When mobile operators go to the negotiating table with infrastructure vendors, there is only one thing they want to discuss: CAPEX. Operators seek to minimize the upfront investment (and are currently very aggressive on pricing) regardless of the fact that a marginally higher cost can yield significant savings in OPEX and eventually pay for itself.
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Espoo in late autumn is good for the circulation
Espoo, Helsinki, is not the sort of place you’d probably pick for a 3-day business trip as winter approaches, but it was the venue for Nokia’s most recent analyst event, “Nokia Talks Vision and Strategy 2008”. Nokia decided to play the fixture at home this year, having been away for the past few years, and where better to host than at the company’s HQ.
Femtocells sound great, but where’s the business case?
The femtocell is one of those concepts that periodically emerge in the mobile industry that some claim will solve most, if not all, mobile operators’ problems in one fell swoop. As such, it joins a long list of memorable technologies that could save the world if only the world were different.
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Romania moots world’s most unpopular muni-fibre network
Like the gigabit granny, municipal fibre networks are one of the few human interest stories in the telecoms world. These super-fast broadband networks are often funded by local governments with utopian aims, and some have proved so popular that as many as 90% of residents within their coverage area have signed up for their services. It is surprising then that Bucharest’s proposed muni-fibre project NetCity, is causing such controversy.
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HSPA+ and LTE offer difficult choice for 3G operators
An interesting bifurcation is emerging among 3G operators between those looking to upgrade to HSPA+ and those looking to adopt Long Term Evolution (LTE) as soon as they can, possibly as early as 2010. Read more »
It’s time operators got a handle on mobile data traffic
A leading vendor says that as much as 90% of mobile broadband capacity on HSPA networks is being swallowed up by just 5% of high-volume users, who are on flat rate data plans tied to data cards and USB dongles. Read more »
Hamstrung Kangaroo?
Kangaroo, the planned VOD jv from the BBC, ITV and Channel isn’t having an easy time of it. High-profile boss Ashley Highfield has just jumped ship. The venture is also being delayed by the Competition Commission - it’s now set to hit the Net mid-09, but the authorities might ask for changes. Read more »
Come on operators - ditch the paper bills!
More and more people in the industry are talking about how important it is to reduce the impact that telecoms companies are having on the environment. But saving the environment is easier spoken about than done. And in this area as much as in any other, actions speak louder than words.
Simply iPlayer
Just back from The Future of Online Media Distribution event at London’s South Bank. The session was headlined by Erik Huggers, the Beeb’s director of Future Media, and he came armed with a few juicy iPlayer metrics. Since launching last Christmas, the platform has received 250 million stream and download requests. Read more »
IPTV MEA: The Emperor’s New Clothes?
There’s a faint feeling as I sit in the audience at the IPTV MEA Conference in Dubai that vendors in all parts of the IPTV eco-system are cheering loudly as the Emperor strides down the street in his underpants.
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