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by Stuart Corner
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Friday, 16 May 2008 |
The OECD says governments and business must "work together more effectively and urgently to meet the growing demand for Internet addresses and secure the future of the Internet economy," but the world knew a decade ago that this parlous state of affairs was inevitable: initiatives to date have clearly been inadequate.
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by Stuart Corner
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
Microsoft is expecting that 40 percent of smartphones sold in 2012 will be based on its Windows Mobile operating system. No doubt it won't be resting on its laurels if it gets there, but open source-based platforms, particularly LiMo, are making rapid headway.
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
Telstra has provided to the government network information crucial to any other potential bidders for the $4.7b of government funding for a national broadband network, but there are few not-insignificant hurdles to be surmounted before they can get their hands on it.
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by Stuart Corner
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
Less than 20 years ago the world's dominant cellphone manufacturer was making, amongst a host of other things, car tyres. Now it's shifting focus again, into services, and gearing up to take on Microsoft and Google.
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by Stuart Corner
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
The most spectacular rumour doing the rounds of telecoms and IT news sites right now must be that 15 of the world's biggest carriers - AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telecom, NTT etc - are planning to launch their own free VoIP service to compete with, and hopefully destroy, Skype. Does this have any legs?
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
Australia's communications minister, senator Stephen Conroy, has said that he would consider a structural separation of Telstra along the lines of separation regimes introduced in Singapore, the UK and New Zealand in order to ensure a competitive market in the provision of future broadband services.
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 06 May 2008 |
18 month old Canadian Elijah Luck may have the unfortunate distinction of being the first person to die because a VoIP phone service used to make an emergency call failed to deliver the caller's correct address. Without a foolproof system, which is years away, the same thing is likely to happen again.
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
The countries are different and so are the political parties but the pre-election announcement by New Zealand's National Party that it would invest $NZ1.5 billion over the next six years to rollout fibre to the majority of New Zealand homes bears many similarities to the Australian Labor Party's pre-election pledge of March 2007: and just look at the mess the ALP has now got itself into!
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 22 April 2008 |
An AT&T executive has made headlines by claiming that a global investment of $US130 billion will be needed in the next three years to stop the Internet becoming grid-locked, but he has no indication of how this investment will be funded, or even if a radical change in business models for Internet services will be needed. Perhaps he is simply scaremongering.
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by Stuart Corner
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has sought to defend the evaluation process for responses to his RFP for a national broadband network, describing the ACCC's role as critical. Critical as in: "having a decisive or crucial importance in the success or failure of something" it is not. Try critical as in "having the potential to become disastrous" instead.
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by Stuart Corner
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has issued his long-awaited request for proposals to build a broadband network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the Australian population, with up to $4.7b of government funding. It seems to have been set up as a one horse race for Telstra.
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by Stuart Corner
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Saturday, 12 April 2008 |
Networking giant Cisco is turning its attention to the consumer market, but if you think this means selling wireless access points and broadband routers for home use, think again. Cisco's ambition is for a vast range of consumer services implemented in and delivered through its technology embedded in service provider networks.
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by Stuart Corner
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
Depending on whether you believe Optus/Elders or communications minister Stephen Conroy Opel's plans to use fixed WiMAX technology to deliver broadband services in regional Australia were/were not viable, but in metro areas its certainly looking good with Clever Communications following BigAir in posting positive cashflow from their fixed WiMAX networks.
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