Tag: service
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3G and LTE squeeze WiMAX- is the market window still open?
Summary: Many pundits have declared the window of opportunity for WiMAX has closed. Squeezed between he enhanced capability of 3G technologies (e.g. HSPA/HSPA+ for GSM) and accelerated LTE roll-outs, (notably Verizon Wireless) the claim is that WiMAX is DOA. We disagree! In particular, we believe there is a reasonable market for WiMAX fixed and nomadic/portable service…
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Viodi View – 02/18/2009
Do something to change the world and you will make a difference. That was more or less the message that I heard from Steve Farberat NTCA’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Expo in Long Beach. CA last week. It was somewhat timely when, a few days later, a friend described how he is trying to change…
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ACLU Northern CA: Cloud Computing- Storm Warning for Privacy?
Summary: In a February 10th presentation at SCU, ACLU-Northern CA Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director Nicole Ozler warned that Cloud Computing could compromise privacy rights of its users. The problem is that since the information stored in "the cloud" is not in your office or data center, it may not be considered as your…
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Back to the Future – Software as a Service & Managed Services
Software as a Service (SaaS) is a popular Web 2.0 buzzword. It struck me at NTCA’s panel, Software as a Service: Creating New Revenue Channels, that Independent Telcos have been providing a sort of Software as a Service, really a Managed Service since their inception. Independent Telcos are starting to add on Software as a…
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Viodi View – 02/07/2009
The Super Bowl is the ultimate social networking facilitator. This year the actual content (i.e. the game) made for good water-cooler talk. Of course, as written before, the Super Bowl is as much about the ads as it is football and a big part of the post-game buzz was discussions of the various commercials. Ironically,…
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Will the U.S. Stimulus Package Boost Broadband Buildouts?
Not everyone thinks so. Here are a few extracts of recently published on-line articles: Obama’s Broadband Plan Disappoints Telecommunications Companies The current House version of the $825 billion stimulus package sets aside just $6 billion for broadband deployment, about a third of the amount that some Democratic lawmakers had wanted. In addition, the money comes…