Monthly Archives: November 2005
IP-TV Poised for Huge Growth
In what eerily resembles the hype over VOIP, there is growing enthusiasm for IP-TV. Infonetics Research expects IP-TV service revenue will jump to $44-billion by 2009 while the number of subscribers will climb to more than 53 million. The investment … Continue reading
A New Twist to RIM-NTP Dispute
Buried in the mountain of court documents related to the patent dispute beween Research in Motion and NTP is a statement by the U.S. government that any move that would ban Blackberry usage in the U.S. could affect “essential” government … Continue reading
I'm Drowing in Web 2.0 Apps…
It's probably my fault given my enthusiasm to “apply” for new Web 2.0 services but it's getting out of hand. In the past few weeks, I've tried out Sphere, Flock, Tailrank, Rollyo, SearchFox, WordPress, Slawsome and Remember the Milk. They're … Continue reading
Telus' Ambitious Bandwidth Plans
Some interesting comments from Telus Corp. this morning about the size of its high-speed Internet “pipe” to households. The company is talking about boosting bandwidth to 100MB/ps within the next two to three years by pushing out fibre-optic technology (including … Continue reading
Pandora Offers "Free" Version
Perhaps realizing people are unwilling – for whatever reason – to pay $3 a month for a service that provides consumers with an innovative way to discover new music, Pandora is rolling out a free, ad-supported version. In one sense, … Continue reading
Greg Maffei Finds a New Gig
It didn't take long for Greg Maffei to land on his feet. After resigning as Oracle's CFO after only three months on the job, Maffei has quickly re-emerged as Liberty Media's president and CEO. It's an intriguing move given Liberty is a … Continue reading
