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1 Gbps Broadband Soon To Be Everywhere In Netherlands
ReggeFiber, in partnership with Dutch incumbent KPN, will make 1 Gbps the standard connection speed for all FTTH customers. The company currently has more than 300,000 customers and is on target to grow to a million subscribers.
Topics: broadband, FTTH
How Much Will Google’s Fiber Network Cost?
Our friend Ben Schachter, Internet analyst with Broadpoint AmTech, estimates that it will cost Google between $3,000 and $8,000 per home, or roughly $60 million to $1.6 billion, depending upon the final size and footprint of the network. If Google reaches, say, 100,000 homes, it would cost the company about half a billion dollars.
Topics: Google, [...]
With SMS, Twilio Continues to Shake Up Communications
Today Twilio is launching Twilio SMS, which allows app developers to add SMS-based functionality to their web apps for about 3 cents a message. By working with SMS wholesalers and developing such a simple SMS integration platform, the pay-as-you-go service means that any app can have notifications or can be made to do specific tasks [...]
New AOL Branding… FAIL!
The minute I saw the logo (and its various interpretations), my first reaction was simple: lame. It is ambiguous at best, and as sexy as the obese, shapeless humans living on Axiom, the flagship of the BnL fleet in Pixar movie “WALL-E.”
Topics: Time Warner
Want To Work For Skype? Move To Estonia!
Skype CEO – “We are looking to hire engineers,” he said. “Especially those who want to live in Estonia.” In addition, the company is planning to ramp up its Stockholm (Sweden) office.
Topics: Skype, embedded, Europe, video conferencing, California
How Many Droids Has Motorola Sold?
Flurry has come up with a stunning number: 250,000 Droids sold in the first week vs. 1.6 million iPhone 3GS devices sold in the first weekend. Apple said it sold over a million devices in the first weekend of the launch of iPhone 3GS, so 1.6 million is pretty close to the mark.
Topics: Motorola, Google, [...]
BlackBerry To Remain Market Leader Through 2014
Google’s Android OS-based phones and Apple’s iPhone maybe get all the media love, but one analyst firm believes that it will be RIM’s BlackBerry that will be the smartphone king of the U.S. market in five years.
Topics: iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Google, smartphone, Apple, handset
With Video Conferencing Deals, Polycom in Sharp Focus
The simultaneous growth of pervasive broadband, improved compression codecs, distributed workforces and shrinking travel budgets are brewing a perfect storm for the video conferencing market.
Topics: Microsoft, video conferencing, Polycom, Avaya, broadband, IBM, Texas, stock market
“We May Block Google”, Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, founder and head honcho of News Corp., the largest media company in the world, wants to block access to his content and set up pay walls around it. News Corp. already does it at The Wall Street Journal.
Topics: Google, Australia, Microsoft
New Nimbuzz Calling Service Takes on Skype
Nimbuzz, a Netherlands based VoIP & Messaging start-up is introducing a premium calling service called NimbuzzOut. This premium calling service is available via an upgrade of their mobile client, which is currently available from the iPhone’s iTunes Apps Store, the Ovi store and GetJar.
Topics: iPhone, Nimbuzz, VoIP, Skype, 3G
My Thoughts on the Skype Settlement: Winners & Losers Scorecard
The final results are in: eBay and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners have struck a deal with Skype founders and JoltID, the technology company controlled by Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.
Topics: USA, Canada, California, Skype
Predictably, Google Exec Smacks Apple with Android Talk
Mario Queiroz, VP Production Management for Google Android, talked about Android and its competition, the iPhone, in an interview with FOX Business Network’s Liz Claman.
Topics: carrier, Apple, Android, handset, iPhone
Skype Founders Fight Their Way Into the New Skype
The great Skype legal mess is about to come to an end, thanks to a settlement between eBay — and private investors led by Silver Lake Partners — and Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis.
Topics: Skype
The New New Carrier Deck
Carrier decks also were a way to sell premium applications and services. So how are T-Mobile channel and T-Mobile App Pack any different than the carrier deck? My inner skeptic says: not much!
Topics: carrier, T-Mobile
Further Details Emerge As Skype & Its Founders Close to Settlement
There is a good likelihood that Skype; its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis; and a group of private equity investors led by Silver Lake Partners are close to settling their legal disputes, allowing eBay to sell 65 percent of Skype for about $2 billion.
Topics: ISP, Skype
