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Wanted: Alcatel-Lucent new leaders to fix merger debacle

Wanted: Alcatel-Lucent new leaders to fix merger debacleRelying on CDMA sales? LOL. CDMA is dead.Verizon Half of Sprint Nextel is IDEN, Japans' KDD, Korea Telecom, and India's Tata TeleServices are the last remaining CDMA strong holds. The rest of the world has moved to GSM and related technologies and this...

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, CDMA, GSM, leader, merger, merger debacle, penetration rate

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

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Global home broadband booming

from IndonesiaI might understand why Indonesia has only 1 percent penetration rate for home broadband access, its main reason is the high cost of subscribing fee compared to national standard wage. In my estimation, we have to pay more than 80% of our monthly standard wage just to have broadband...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, salary, home broadband

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat

According to a research published by Trusteer earlier this month, 79.5% of the 2.5 million users of their Rapport security service run a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash, with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat. The company has also criticized Adobe by insisting that their...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Vulnerability, Cybercriminal, Trusteer, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-25

Survey: Majority of American households now have HDTVs

Despite the recession, we still haven't completely put the brakes on when it comes to buying new TV sets. According to a new report by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing CTAM, 53 percent of U.S. households now own an HDTV, the first time a majority of the country's...

Tags: HDTV, Survey, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Forrester: 2.2 billion people online globally by 2013 (43% in Asia)

Forrester Research on Tuesday projected that the Internet population will hit 2.2 billion people by 2013. Of that tally, 43 percent of the Internet population will be in Asia. In a report, Forrester paints a picture of Internet growth in emerging markets and stagnation in the developing...

Tags: Population, Forrester Research Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petard

Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardAlready in the works...Been in research for going on 4 years.RE: Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardI wouldn't want to think Chrome browser adoption has been great. Same way, though the idea is a nice one of no frills, kind of web only OS (are...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, UNIX, Web browsers, Moonlight 2.0, Chrome, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes comingOnly 4 bulletins for VistaPlease pay attention to the versions, don't generalize, newer Windows versions have less vulnerabilities: on June 2009 Microsoft will release 7 bulletins for XP and only 4 bulletins for Vista ===> yet another reason to use VistaBut one of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooks

Report: Microsoft readies new maximum specs for Windows 7 netbooksWindows 7 = crippled. Just use LinuxWhy buy an OS with all of these artificial restraints? This is what closed source gets you, a compromised product.Won't Run on ARM Netbook AnywayARM processor based netbooks are about to hit the market...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Windows 7 Starter Edition, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)

Is the wired telecom business just as doomed as beleaguered automakers like GM and Chrysler and the newspaper industry? It's quite possible a few years down the line. And this wireline fallout will have ramifications well beyond the usual suspects such as AT&T and Verizon. Simply put, cutting the...

Tags: Bailout, Business, Craig Moffett, Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Larry Dignan, Network, Networking, Personal Finance, Phone, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Company, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireline

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Twitter Dropoff

Is the service sustainable? New data makes you think The Chicago Tribune today reports some interesting statistics regarding Twitter (see: "Twitter Quitters", 4/30/2009, by Steve Johnson). According to the story: - 40% of users who sign up for one month will return for...

Tags: Retention, Site, Twitter, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?

Dude, Where's My Phone Bill?Were is my "K Y Jelly"Yep, AT&T boned me also.I figured they were up to no good last yearwhen I was trying to help another person get VOIP service and It came back that they are not accepting new customers on their web site.So now I...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, AT&T Corp., Dude, phone, Ooma, Phone Bill

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Ubuntu allies with Amazon and Dell

Ubuntu allies with Amazon and Dellsomeone at MS will blow up a fuse i can see monkey boy turning red and throwing arm chair i love it See what happens ...... when abusive corporations like Microsoft are curtailed in the marketplace. It gives rise to competition casting a net...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, netbook, Ubuntu, Dell Computer Corp., Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Windows Mobile: What

Windows Mobile: WhatIt is a race between WM and AndroidFor me, the race is between Microsoft improving its WM software and Android improving its hardware selection. I really like the Android OS but the hardware choice is totally lacking. I really like WM hardware (the HTC Touch Diamond is the...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, hardware, phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Entel PCS Leads the Way: Chilean Telco Boosts Customer Loyalty With SAS

As mobile phone penetration rates surpassed fixed-line use during that time, mobile service provider Entel PCS quickly earned its place as a leader in Chile's telecommunications industry. The challenge was to reduce customer churn in the competitive Chilean mobile phone market. Entel PCS deployed SAS Customer Retention for Telecommunications helps...

Tags: Mobile, SAS Institute, Cell Phone, Entel PCS

Case studies 2009-01-01

CRM 2009 - Companies to Watch For - Live and Let Die - Part 1

We're heading into the forecasting homestretch now. You've seen what I'm thinking 'sup for 2009 with this post, this post, and this post.  Now we move onto the final one or two or three (we'll see how long I can go writing each one before I get tired or sick...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Vision, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Sales, CRM, SDN, BPX, Marketing Functionality, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-10

Highlights from NetApplications data for November '08 - Firefox and Vista break 20% mark

Highlights from NetApplications data for November '08 - Firefox and Vista break 20% markWhat's your ......obsession with NetApplications?^o^Well, the import thing is that Firefox is ABOUT 20% and rising, IE is ABOUT70% and falling. That is what we can draw from this. No need to argue about a percent or...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Apple Macintosh, NetApplications, Chrome, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7

Windows Azure is much more important than Windows 7In the next 12 months . . .WM7 is way more important than Azure and W7 combined. M$ has to right this sinking WM ship. Apple is eating their lunch, and now Google has entered the fray with their very compelling G1...

Tags: Operating systems, enterprise market, Microsoft Corp., Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, WM7

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

Korea’s fiber penetration reaches 12.2%

Korea had 12.2 fiber-optic connections per 100 inhabitants in June 2008, compared with 10.5 cable broadband connections, and 8.4 DSL connections. The fiber penetration rate jumped from 10.4% in the previous OECD survey in December 2007. Japan has a fiber penetration of 10.2%, followed by DSL with 9.6% and cable...

Tags: Fiber, Fiber Penetration, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, AM, Korea

Blog posts 2008-10-25

Are Linux failures down to the OEMs?

Are Linux failures down to the OEMs?MSI's somwhat lame effort.They shipped these machines (from where I don't know) with Linux that didn't have the webcam set up and wireless problems. Amazing they were returned. Now, where, can anyone point me to any place, anywhere, where I can purchase...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, MSI, Linux, OEM, Linux failure

Discussion threads 2008-10-23

Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows

Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to WindowsProve itProve its fud,the article is from a vendor that sells linux laptops that did there own study. Thats would make what you said pure liesYou're the Mike Cox for linux.I also suspect that you don't even know linux that well.Message has been...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, laptop computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Linux laptop

Discussion threads 2008-10-06