Swisscom Launches MS IPTV - After numerous delays and headaches: "Swisscom today launched their IPTV service, which like AT&T's U-Verse is running over copper and is powered by Microsoft software. In June of 2005 a report surfaced that claimed Swisscom was having significant problems with Microsoft's software, complaints that seemed validated recently when Verizon stated... Continue Reading →
yet another scary telco number .... ouch --- iain --- Scaaaary: "Happy Halloween. Suitably scary numbers from KPN's consumer fixed line division today: annualized line loss of 23.5% in Q3, a level nearly four times that of Q3 2005, with EBITDA margin down four percentage points from this time last year. A full 58% of... Continue Reading →
Aargh 😦 Akamai is one of the few service provider bright spots going today! I agree with this hypothesis that GOOG, MSH, & YHOO may use their muscle to try dominate this business. They already have their own datacenters & back-bone networks, this is yet another thing that they can do with it. But many... Continue Reading →
I use jotspot wiki for all my kids teams. It is great. Hope it does well under google. --- iain --- Google buys JotSpot: "We will dig into this later, but for now, go read what JotSpotters have to say about the deal. " (Via GigaOM.)
Telco 2.0 Guys thrash IMS again. Good detail. In summary, think the main point is that IMS looks & feels like the Internet, but allows for "walled garden" services. Many carriers & their vendors are not giving up on the ability to provide walled garden services. It appears that Telco 2.0 believes that they should... Continue Reading →
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