tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:35:48 +0000Talks, opinions and news about the latest technological and business trends in wireless, mobile, cable, broadband and IP-convergence markets.http://telnect.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-795459926115342185Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:36:00 +00002008-04-09T23:46:27.423-07:00The holiday has been quite so long for me. During this period, Apple released the SDK and Google did not win anything at 700 MHz spectrum bidding. Though Google ensured that the bidding crosses the mark above which the networks and network devices will be open. It's the search they do best and they always intend to make it omnipresent, if possible, on every device that might need it.I will be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/BA1iNZ_eP60/resumptionif-i-can-call-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/BA1iNZ_eP60" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2008/04/resumptionif-i-can-call-it.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-8232500765285785688Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:38:00 +00002008-12-09T05:53:57.437-08:00telnect wishes you a very happy and prosperous new year 2008!!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/vtmcwo2cMZ0/happy-holidays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/vtmcwo2cMZ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-holidays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-6627677807252708917Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:17:00 +00002007-12-26T07:53:10.143-08:00telecom 2008 predictions"Future of Telecom"US telecom futureHere is what, I believe, year 2008 will look like. Let me know what do you think about the future for 2008 for telecom?1. The launch of iPhone SDK will not be as great as the developer community expects! It will provide very limited flexibility to create new applications. In fact, apple might sell the SDK. Or, the applications created will need to be approved by apple first before they can run onhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/CZZOcEV6_Gw/my-optimism-for-year-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/CZZOcEV6_Gw" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-optimism-for-year-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-5178286751144525594Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:51:00 +00002007-12-19T21:06:26.607-08:00Android"Android develepor community"Google"Android SDK"After the first month of shakedown and hands-on coding experience, Android platform seems to have brought a lot of disappointment to the developer community. A news agency reported today that the developers are suffering with inadequate documentation, big holes in code and absence of some basic functionality. It was also reported that Google is not being very responsive to the issues submitted. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/zkWMD3_fDAU/android-suffers-with-early-blows-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/zkWMD3_fDAU" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/12/android-suffers-with-early-blows-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-6143696002159756607Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:40:00 +00002007-11-14T17:39:54.224-08:0070/70 rulevideo servicesCable OperatorsFCCThe dominance of cable operators in video services market suddenly got limelight after NYTimes ran a story speculating that Federal Communication Commission may strangle the existing cable companies by opening up the market to rival video services and independent programs. Even worse, Mr. Kevin J. Martin, the chairman of Commission, hopes to complete this controversial decision before this year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/j7SdhjThurY/cable-operators-strangled-advantage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/j7SdhjThurY" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/11/cable-operators-strangled-advantage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-4278444859885858750Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:47:00 +00002007-11-08T07:50:06.457-08:00Open Handset Alliance"US Telecom Industry""Andy Rubin"Google PhoneGphoneAndroidGoogleFinally, the announcement (login required) of Android and Open Handset Alliance has put an end to all the speculations and rumors around the Google phone. Mr. Andy Robin, Director for Google Mobile Operations, quoted on Google official blog that this launch is more significant and ambitious than that of Google phone. As for now, his claim seems to be very right.For the last ten years, Google has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/UnGD5vuHjyo/googlization-of-telecom-industry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/UnGD5vuHjyo" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/11/googlization-of-telecom-industry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-2792740936206873935Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:15:00 +00002007-11-06T13:07:06.910-08:00"US Telecom Industry""Mobile Services Industry""Future of Telecom""Opinion 3G"Mobile phones are destined to be tiny and no matter what technology goes in them they will still remain small. Sounds pretty trivial, yup..it is. Though this fact seems very very obvious, most of the companies are missing it by a margin and investing in a future that will never dawn in reality.Somehow, the perception of an ideal mobile phone is a device which will let a user do everything that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/09rIODNk6F8/mobile-phone-will-be-mobile-phones.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/09rIODNk6F8" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/mobile-phone-will-be-mobile-phones.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-4853475752778185012Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:34:00 +00002007-10-25T21:22:28.202-07:00Push/Pull methodMMA"US Telecom Industry""Telecom Providers"MMS"Mobile Advertising"enpocketWAPSMS"Mobile Marketing Association""Click Through Rate"CTIAMike Baker, CEO of Enpocket, in one of its articles talks about the three possible ways of mobile advertising - SMS, MMS and WAP (http for mobile phones). SMS, which has primarily been popular in Europe and Asia, has recently gained serious momentum in North America. In the last 2 years, total SMS messages sent has increased 4 times from 7 billion to 28 billion per month. Also, unlike MMS and WAPhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/pEh9bkapQGc/mobile-advertising-22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/pEh9bkapQGc" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/mobile-advertising-22.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-3014051761006581967Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:13:00 +00002007-10-25T21:21:45.180-07:00Push/Pull methodMMA"US Telecom Industry""Telecom Providers"MMS"Mobile Advertising"enpocketWAPSMS"Mobile Marketing Association""Click Through Rate"CTIAIt's not that unrealistic a dream I guess - a dream to live in an advertisement free world. Where it somehow dawns upon us from time to time: what services we want and which products to use, but just for that we don't have to go through the undesired ritual of watching ads, which keep showing up one after the other ruthlessly irrespective of the emotional turmoil of the viewer who is flipping http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/D3ErH8ERwr4/mobile-advertising-in-north-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/D3ErH8ERwr4" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/mobile-advertising-in-north-america.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-6358981680035098650Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:50:00 +00002007-10-19T07:45:31.086-07:00"US Telecom Industry"Nokia"Nokia Q3 Results"enpocketOviThe strong third quarter results of Nokia portrays the continuous dominance of mobile phone maker giant on the world telecom market. The profit soared by 85% to €1.56 billion from €0.85 billion. The company believes that around a billion cell phones were sold in year 2007 and Nokia sold 39% of them, up 4% from last year. Nokia expects that the mobile device market volume will be approximately 1.1http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/h8ZqUAFNcbk/strong-third-quarter-results-of-nokia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/h8ZqUAFNcbk" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/strong-third-quarter-results-of-nokia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-1487618125478193198Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:13:00 +00002007-10-13T23:08:09.373-07:00Telefonica"US Telecom Industry"Nokia"Mobile Services Industry""Telecom Providers""GSM World"OviOn August 29, 2007, Nokia unleashed its ambitious plan to offer mobile services under the umbrella of brand name Ovi. As the photograph of the presentation by Mr. CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia, says it all - Devices are simply not enough.Under Ovi umbrella, Nokia plans to unroll a fleet of internet based services in the next coming months. Nokia has started with the basic http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/JERNwYz78O8/nokia-ovi-tough-door-to-open.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/JERNwYz78O8" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/nokia-ovi-tough-door-to-open.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-839636268703550985Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:58:00 +00002007-10-10T22:00:46.088-07:00"US Telecom Industry"700 MHzVerizonGoogleAuction 7312 MHzATT"Aloha Partners"FCC"Europe Telecom Market"Only a couple of days ago, I wrote about the much talked auction of 700 MHz spectrum. While everyone in the industry is waiting to see who is going to get those channels and how much are these going to cost, AT&T, surprising everyone (especially Verizon), closed a deal with Aloha Partners purchasing spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz frequency band for $2.5 Billion.AT&T bought 12 MHz of spectrum http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/D_2LbFoUnB0/only-couple-of-days-ago-i-wrote-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/D_2LbFoUnB0" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/only-couple-of-days-ago-i-wrote-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-2882095764644729763Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:49:00 +00002007-10-10T19:08:04.222-07:00WiMAXMobile VoIPGartner"US Telecom Industry"VOIPiPhoneTruphoneWi-FiIPTV"Europe Telecom Market"That day is not far when subscribers will be able to make VoIP calls from iPhone. The real question not whether iPhone will ever come out with an idea to provide VoIP services but eventually when and how much will it cost? A business plan to launch the VoIP services for individuals and house holds, though seems to be blurred in a distant future, is now clearly visible on the horizon of the next http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/gMtxOxVrfdE/voip-over-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/gMtxOxVrfdE" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/voip-over-iphone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-5887937940820998841Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:21:00 +00002007-10-09T18:28:48.549-07:00Gartner"US Telecom Industry"market penetrationIPTV OfferingsPay-TVUverseATT"DSL Forum"satellite TVmarket shareIPTVAccording to a report pubished by DSL Forum, the number of people using IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) services has increased by 179% in the 12 months to June, 2007 worldwide. The number grew from 2.9 million to 8.2 million subscribers. Europe added over three million subscribers in the 12 months to 30 June 2007, making it the strongest market both in terms of growth (231 per cent in 12 months) and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/W1QY3wXMJ7w/according-to-report-pubished-by-dsl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/W1QY3wXMJ7w" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/according-to-report-pubished-by-dsl.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593715699677779653.post-1796354736253038658Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:45:00 +00002007-10-10T22:05:41.252-07:00"US Telecom Industry"700 MHzSpectrumCTIAFCCrevenueWith the auction of 700 MHz spectrum less than three months away, the competition is expected to be fierce than ever. The auction will start on January 24, 2008 and the money collected should reach to U.S. Treasury no later than end of June, 2008. The spectrum was previously used by Broadband Analog TV Broadcasters, but now the ownership will be transferred to government by end of 2009.In a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Telnect/~3/X3yMWv7EZxs/700-mhz-spectrum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Manish Singh)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Telnect/~4/X3yMWv7EZxs" height="1" width="1"/>http://telnect.blogspot.com/2007/10/700-mhz-spectrum.html