Ericsson and Akamai – Cloud Computing Emerging – Enabling Content
February 17, 2011
Ericsson Forecasts Data Surge | online.wsj.com
The Ericsson-Akamai deal may have some far reaching consequences.
Sprint – Score Another One for Dan Hesse and the Sprint Team
February 12, 2011
Sprint gains contract subscribers in 4Q | online.wsj.com
Positive news for Sprint and Dan Hesse. Since the day Dan Hesse joined Sprint, I have expressed confidence in his ability to turnaround the company because he has done it before.
Nokia – Undergoing a Massive Restructuring and Turnaround
February 7, 2011
Nokia CEO Considers Big Shake-Up | online.wsj.com
When a company changes the executive and senior management team you have a massive restructuring of the company underway. Whether or not CEO Stephen Elop can effect a turnaround is another story.
Technology and Patent Companies – Trolling for Value – Picking Nortel’s Bones
February 5, 2011
Bidders Emerge for Nortel Patents | online.wsj.com
Patent portfolio investing is not new; it’s just appears to be something new for the mainstream media to write about. The concept of buying patents for defensive and offensive purposes has been a legitimate business warfare weapon for the last couple of hundred years.
Google takes on foursquare with Latitude check-ins
February 3, 2011
Google takes on foursquare with Latitude check-ins | www.fiercemobilecontent.com
I guess it is of little surprise that Google is launching its Latitude mobile friend-finder service with the addition of new check-in features rivaling similar location-specific solutions from startups like foursquare, Yelp, Gowalla and Loopt.
Nokia – Not Adapting Fast Enough – Has the Train left the Station?
February 3, 2011
Nokia Shares Drop on Poor Q4 Earnings | www.wirelessweek.com
Nokia is still the 800 pound gorilla but it is clearly being challenged. If the company does not take aggressive action it will become another Motorola.
Femto cells - will 2011 be the start of a new trend?
January 19, 2011
Femto cells were long characterised as being the holy grail for users who want to get more speed and better coverage when at home.Now, with the elimination of some of the issues (interference, cost) we might just see operators looking to deploy femto on a network basis, not just for home use but also in the Enterprise as traffic demand increases.This is all about data off-load and now its getting serious, femto's in volume can offer a neat solution especially in dense metro areas.
Demand for mobile data drives up tariffs
January 19, 2011
10 per cent of users take 90 per cent of mobile data, say researchers | www.telegraph.co.uk
Its clear that in 2011 demand for mobile broadband will continue to outstrip network operator capacity and carriers will have to look to,a) increasing capacity by diverting capital spending into backhaulb) curtail 'all you can eat' data tariffsc) continue to monitor traffic type, especially video which forms the bulk of all trafficThe above also questions whether new technologies, such as LTE and the hype regarding peak achievable speeds, will ever deliver all that is being promised.
Common mobile phone charger to drive consumer products
December 31, 2010
A Common Charger for Mobile Phones Now Expected in Early 2011 | www.cellular-news.com
With the agreement at both Standards and Government level of a specification for a common mobile phone charger, this now opens up the opportunity for equipment and device manufacturers to streamline their design and production facilities and introduce new products across a greater range of mobile phones from many more manufacturers.This break through should drive revenues and improve margins to the predominantly Taiwan and Chinese based manufacturers.
OLED Mobile Displays Consume More Power, Not Less, Than LCD
December 15, 2010
Huge growth seen in OLED use for phone displays | www.eetimes.com
For some odd reason many, including industry analysts, believe OLED mobile displays consume less power than LCDs. That is generally not correct, but by incorporating smart UI designs OLED can indeed be made to consume less power.
February 7, 2012
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011