Diffraction Analysis partnered with the Broadband Asia event held in Bangkok on April 24-25th. In the run up to the event, I will be sharing some thoughts about market trends in Asia.
Asia Pacific is a paradox when it comes
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Present and Future of Panasian Telecoms
Diffraction Analysis partnered with the Broadband Asia event held in Bangkok on April 24-25th. In the run up to the event, I will be sharing some thoughts about market trends in Asia.
One of the striking aspects of the Asian
Leading French TV Group Demonstrates the Lack of Value of its own Content
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How Can Telcos Create Value for End-Users ?
I have written in the past about my fundamental dislike of Uber. In a nutshell, I don’t think Uber is particularly innovative, and I don’t think it would work if the industry they are attacking hadn’t been so behind
Not exactly Uber-innovative
Uber is, or at least was, until recently, presented as a paragon of innovation. The company is, we have read many times, revolutionizing the transportation for hire industry through radical innovation.
I’ve had an instinctive distate for Uber from the
Exetel’s Magical Cost Accounting
Towards the tail-end of last week, tech journalist Juha Saarinen reported how Australian ISP Exetel was going to terminate the contracts of 400 heavy using customers. This surprised me, because I don’t think that’s legal in most western markets, but
Is access competition enough to ensure Net Neutrality?
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If there is no underlying cost