Archive for November 7th, 2009

Growth of Cloud-Based Mobile Connected Devices

Published by Babar Bhatti on November 7, 2009 under 3G, Competitive Trends, Digital Convergence, Gadgets, Mobile Trends, Networks, Telecommunications

Here is an interesting slide which shows the rapid growth of cloud-based connected mobile devices. The trends depicted here will be important for the telecom industry. The numbers for 3G users worldwide are important and I will soon write more on that topic.

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Source: Morgan Stanley (Economy + Internet Trends October 20, 2009. Web 2.0 Summit – San Francisco)

There’s a Map for That!

Published by Babar Bhatti on November 7, 2009 under 3G, Business, Competitive Trends, Humour, Networks, Telecommunications

If you thought that the mobile companies in our part of the world fight over ads and claims of better service or coverage, watch this. Two giant telecom firms, Verizon and AT&T  pointing fingers at each other – this is fun. For more on the story and the lawsuit read this.

PTCL & DSL Operators Ink Interconnect Provisioning of Broadband Services Agreement

Published by Arsalan Mir on November 7, 2009 under Broadband Internet, Infrastructure, Internet, PTCL, Telecommunications

PTCL and DSL Operators have signed a DSL agreement for provision of broadband services under the auspices of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The signing ceremony was held at PTA HQs, Islamabad where Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen, Member (Finance) Syed Nasrul Karim Ghaznavi, Member (Technical) Dr. Khawar Siddique Khokhar, Senior representatives of PTCL and DSL operators were present. Under this agreement, DSL operators will now have a choice to acquire IP bandwidth from any other operator in addition to PTCL which will enable DSL operators to offer broadband services at competitive tariffs.

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