Archive for July, 2004
Nokia's Troubles
Friday, July 16th, 2004A little while ago, I talked about how Nokia was struggling to keep up with rivals such as Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Research in Motion. Nokia's poor second-quarter results suggest the Finnish giant has yet to get a handle on the reality its mobile devices just aren't cool as those made by competitors. It's [...]
Ride P2P tsunami or risk being swept away
Friday, July 16th, 2004For all the talk in North America these days about the downloading of free music, there has been little attention about how peer-to-peer technology is evolving and moving into new business markets.
Perhaps the most intriguing is the use of P2P networks in the online gambling industry. While online gambling is already a multi-billion dollar business [...]
The Tax that Could Kill VOIP
Friday, July 9th, 2004You've got to hand it to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. In an attempt to tax the fledgling Internet telephony market, it is apparently planning to use an excise tax enacted in 1898 during the Spanish American War. The 3% federal tax could be applied to changes in technology used in “telephonic or telephonic quality [...]
RIM's Chinese Strategy
Thursday, July 8th, 2004What's next for Research in Motion? What about the huge Chinese market? It seems it's only a matter of time before the folks of Beijing get addicted to the Crackberry amid reports RIM has been working with CSL and Hutchison Mobile about the launch of Chinese-based services soon. Here's an intriguing back of the envelope [...]
The Plot Thickens at Nortel
Tuesday, July 6th, 2004Mark Evans, Financial Post
So Nortel Networks Corp.'s books were apparently cooked after all. The burning questions are what exactly happened, who fudged the numbers and what were their motivations.
Until Nortel says otherwise, the responsibility for the accounting fiasco lies at the feet of the three executives fired “for cause” in April — chief executive Frank [...]
Nortel: Who did it?
Friday, July 2nd, 2004According to the Wall St. Journal, Nortel Networks' books were cooked by senior executives. If this is accurate, you'll see the class-action lawsuits coming from miles away. The big question is who perpetuated the financial massage and why did they do it. Are we talking about fraud and criminal deceit here, or well-intentioned but flawed [...]
Video-on-Demand Gains Momentum
Thursday, July 1st, 2004Mark Evans, Financial Post
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Like many new consumer-oriented technologies, video-on-demand has experienced a number of growing pains. Among the challenges are getting people aware the service exists; making sure it is user-friendly; and offering consumers enough quality titles — movies, children's shows, documentaries — to make it attractive and, more important, worth paying [...]
Canadian VOIP - Tepid Demand, Lots of Choices
Thursday, July 1st, 2004Canadians have been slow to adopt Internet telephony but a sea change is coming
Mark Evans, Financial Post
June 24, 2004
According to a recent poll by Ipsos-Reid, Canadians have been slow to embrace Internet telephony and there appears to be little demand for the service among consumers.
However, this has not stopped an increasing number of companies from [...]