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Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom knows disruption. Skype was a tremendously disruptive product, leveraging peer-to-peer technology to carry voice, it continues to be an incredibly powerful force in the disruption of voice applications. Skype has changed the way people see voice apps in how it … [Read more...]
New Line Card and Broadband Processing Engine Double CMTS Downstream Capacity for Existing Chassis SAN JOSE, Calif., December 12, 2012 – As part of its ongoing Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) migration plan, Cisco announced today the availability of a new high-density line card and a … [Read more...]
If we contemplate broadband as a user space, predicting 2013 innovation and growth in that space, clearly becomes a wireless-mobile solution. From device proliferation across many platforms the wireless space is at the epicenter of market domination going into 2013. Many things are happening that … [Read more...]
Now that President Obama has been re-elected, it’s time to get down to business. We know that middle-class jobs are important for the economy to continue growing over the next four years. The broadband market becomes a launch-pad in opportunities to create needed jobs, if the right policies are … [Read more...]
Lets’ be realistic when we ask if government should act as “big brother” and require Wireless Industry carriers to back-up cell towers in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. This issue came to light before Sandy began its rampage on the East Coast this past week. As reported by the Huffington Post, … [Read more...]
What is Softbank's strategy with its 20 billion dollar acquisition of Sprint? As I mentioned in a previous post, there are clearly significant macroeconomic leverage points with respect to Softbank's strategy TREMENDOUS LEVERAGE: Yen to dollar exchange rate is shockingly close to a 10-year … [Read more...]
Customer trending for current MPVD market long-term looks bleak if cable and satellite operators do not come up with serious intervention tactics. That is the report released by ABI Research on Oct 22, 2012 as indications of continual MVPD sub loss on at least a 0.5% scale annually. This may not … [Read more...]
If we stop to ponder the reasons why America has a second-rate broadband infrastructure, behind many other industrialize countries, we only have to look at our private business model. Leaders talk about effective competition as a possible solution to the ills of virtual monopolies which flagrantly … [Read more...]
Sumo: How to Throw 20B of Mass You've probably seen the 20+ billion dollar deal that will leave Softbank of Japan owning 70 percent of U.S. telco Sprint. There are layers upon layers of rationale for any deal of that size, but here are some of the common themes. Leverage: Yen to dollar … [Read more...]
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