Category Archives: IP-TV
What's Up for BCE in '06?
My weekly tech column looks at what's in store for BCE Inc. in 2006. The company, which owns Bell Canada, capped off last year in style by selling big chunks of its non-core assets – Bell Globemedia and CGI Group. … Continue reading
What Google Should do in '06
There was no doubt 2005 was yet another eventful year for Google, highlighted by its stock roaring through $400 and the $1-billion investment in AOL for a 5% equity stake. That said, I'm looking for even bigger things from Google … Continue reading
Google-Tivo?
With Tivo prepared to offer searchable, downloadable advertising, I wonder if it enhances or detracts from a Google acquisition? In a previous post, I thought a Tivo-Google marriage made sense because it would offer Google an easy and relatively inexpensive … Continue reading
Cisco Moves Into the Digital Home
So whatever happened to Cisco's traditional M&A strategy of buying technology as opposed to big companies where resolving cultural differences can make acquisitions difficult? It seems like this approach has been thrown out the door as Cisco is buying Scientific-Atlanta … Continue reading
I Fell off the Wagon
After taking a one-week vow not to use Google, I was doing so well until the pressure got too much. The bottom line is Google's results are better because they give you want you want. At the same time, the … 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
