It’s hard to believe that profitable businesses would be so detested by their customers, and yet survey after survey shows how US broadband users revile their cable operator. The latest is the subject of an article in the Washington post
A Way Out of the New Zealand Copper Price Quagmire?
I came back from New Zealand last week, just before a political bomb related to regulated copper prices was launched. Here’s the story in a nutshell:
- back when structural separation was being implemented, a review of regulated prices was put
Telecom Italia one step closer from separation
As most of you will probably know already, Telecom Italia announced last week that the board had approved a plan to separate the access network from the service business. Here is the press release.
This has been in the
Susan Crawford throws her hat in the ring
During Mobile World congress, Telefonica Executive Chariman Alierta made an impassioned speech asking for the European market to be more like the US when it comes to telecoms. Here is a quoted segment of his speech:
“But we’re behind.
Brussels Event on Municipal Broadband
I will be speaking next week on Thursday February 7th (14.00-18.00) at an event organised in Brussels by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL) entitled Local and regional authorities: Key players for broadband rollout.
I will
Net Neutrality Debate à la Française
Since the recent (and thankfully short lived) decision by Free to block Google’s advertising content for users of their set-top box, the French net (from government to activists) has been abuzz. Even the international tech press has commented on what
New Zealand Government overturns regulator’s decision on copper pricing
A couple of months back, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (the telecom regulator) announced that copper prices would be drastically reduced as the result of a switch in pricing methodologies from retail minus historically to cost based. As a consequence,
The Dynamics of Public Private Collaboration in Next-Generation Access Infrastructure
Initiatives in municipal broadband have been one of the major changes in the telecom landscape in the last decade and are an accelerating trend. This is particularly significant in Europe, where both the telecom ecosystem and the regulatory framework have
A bit of good news on the ETNO/ITU take-over attempt front…
European Parliament Stairs (cc) photogreuhphies
This just in: the European Parliament posted a resolution with a large majority against ITU’s attempt at regulatory control of the internet. Here are the salient articles:
5. [The European Parliament] believes that the ITU,
Why Fix the Internet if it Ain’t Broke?
The looming crisis and attempted takeover over Internet Governance by Emerging Country Regulators and European Incumbents backed by the ITU is often casually dismissed as “impossible to happen”. I’m not so sure. History is strewn with underestimated threats and their