I have written in the past that the OTT (Over the Top) acronym is toxic and should not be used, except possibly in a very specific context of describing how a digital service is delivered to end users. The European
Data Caps are the new front on the net neutrality war
The tech press has been abuzz last week when it was first leaked and later announced that Deutsche Telekom would soon apply data caps to their wireline broadband offers (see this Fierce Telecom article for details.) Unlike AT&T style caps,
Telcos and the culture of risk (or lack thereof)
In recent months, I have become increasingly aware of how risk-averse telcos have become. Some might argue that they have never been much for taking risks. I'm not sure I agree with that: in the boom years of 1998-2001, telcos
A Grave of Their Own Making
There was an article in Le Monde yesterday called Les Opérateurs Confrontés à la Saturation des Réseaux (Operators Confronted to Network Saturation) which summarised some of the key thinking (or is it posturing) that came out at Idate's Digiworld conference