Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

Author: Alan Weissberger

  • Making Broadband Access Available and Affordable for all in the U.S.

    Abstract Professor Allen Hammond, Director of the Broadband Institute of California, offers a perspective on the importance of broadband access and a prescription for making it available and affordable for all U.S. residents.  Recommendations for Digital Inclusion, U.S. Broadband Policy, a national wireless network, funding and measurement tools are also included in this interview.  Introduction…

  • 3G Networks at the Breaking Point- and it can only get worse!

    iPhones Overload AT&T 3G Network, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/companies/03att.html?_r=2&hp Apple’s iPhone is a data guzzler. Owners use them like minicomputers, which they are, and use them a lot. Not only do iPhone owners download applications, stream music and videos and browse the Web at higher rates than the average smartphone user, but the average iPhone owner can…

  • Will Outsourcing of Managed Services and Network Maintenance Make Telecoms More Competitive?

    Introduction: Managed services and outsourcing of wireless and wireline network operations has become an emerging trend in the global telecom industry.  Here are a few examples: Last year, Embarq outsourced its Network Operation Centers (NOCs) to Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). In a blockbuster deal announced a few months ago, Sprint announced it will pay Ericsson…

  • Surveys show strength of telecom video services with boomers surfing the web more than watching TV

    Fiber-optic-based video services offered by telecoms show stronger levels of customer satisfaction than their cable and satellite-based rivals, according to a survey of 2,922 consumers in the U.S. and Canada performed by ChangeWave, a research and advisory firm. Of the 12% of respondents that said they would likely switch providers in the next six months,…

  • Ericsson CEO not seeing more capex cuts by wireless network operators

    “Ericsson’s business and technology leadership in the telecom industry is a valuable asset to the Silicon Valley. The opening of the company’s 4-building R&D and Office campus in North San Jose’s Innovation Triangle pays tribute to the immense concentration of talent and innovation in the region,” said San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed. “Ericsson will help…

  • What will extend 3G networks- topology tricks or price and policy controls?

    We’ve previously written that  "the pump is primed for mobile broadband, " but investments in next-generation networks will be needed to deliver on the true promise of the mobile internet experience.   While we still believe that, we now offer an alternate hypotesis.  That the 4G mobile Internet is many years away. After some investigation and a…