Category Archives: telecom

What’s cool and what’s uncool

Posted on February 28, 2008 by

IRD Cool Vodaphone uncool when did it go so very very wrong?

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iPhone – passe already in Australia?

Posted on December 16, 2007 by

I hear from Sydney that the iPhone is becoming a bit, well, common in the tech community. This before a release date has even been announced in Australia. Personally I’m a fan of only buying Apple goodies within days of … Continue reading →

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The advance of VOIP

Posted on December 14, 2007 by

Via the economist this chart and shows VOIP taking about 20% of all international call minutes for 2006. Amazingly though regular international phone calls grew 10% between 2005 and 2006. I wonder how much was driven by falling prices, in … Continue reading →

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The mobile web is irrelevant

Posted on December 5, 2007 by

Deserving of a separate post I think – those mobile browser stats show one important thing: Nobody cares about the web on mobile phones. The top 3 mobile browsers added up to a paltry 0.16% of web traffic, which for … Continue reading →

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Why the iPhone matters: Mobile internet that works

Posted on December 4, 2007 by

It’s simple – just look at the stats. After just 5 months on the US market, the iPhone browser is showing a 0.09% browser traffic share.  (and that’s with 2.5G not 2G) Compare that with Windows Mobile devices – rating … Continue reading →

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Goodbye payphones…

Posted on December 4, 2007 by

At least in chunks of the USA. AT&T is getting rid of them by the end of next year. The USA had 2.6m payphones in 1998 and about 1m now. Apparently, the story goes, AT&T (or someone else) commissioned McKinsey … Continue reading →

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Telecom – believing marketing trumps reality

Posted on November 5, 2007 by

It may not actually be an iPhone, but Telecom is inviting comparison between its latest handset, the Okta Touch, and the much-hyped Apple handset. We don’t have to see the Okta to know the answer to this one. I watched … Continue reading →

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Telecom’s $1.4 billion investment

Posted on October 29, 2007 by

It’s great news. Score plus one for Paul Reynolds, who is making all the right moves as he embarks on the Telecom turnaround. I’m running on the promised ADSL2+ here in Perth, and it is fast enough for most purposes, … Continue reading →

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Legal unlocked iPhones

Posted on October 17, 2007 by

Perhaps available only in French, but it seems iPhones will have to be sold in unlocked form in France, to comply with an excellent French law. Unlocked: tick 3G: not yet. Still time to kill until next year then.

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Fast Broadband is here – in Perth that is

Posted on October 10, 2007 by

Finally I have broadband again. It took Perth based iiNet about a week to arm-twist Australian monopolist Telstra into connecting me. Their communications and service (24/7 help desk) has been faultless – which is stunning in this industry. iiNet uses … Continue reading →

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NZInstitute BB report: Telepresence growth benefits are limited

Posted on September 26, 2007 by

That’s the second part of the tree on page 7 of the NZ Institute report. It shows total annual benefits of $165-$335m in increased exports from decent broadband allowing better telepresence. Telepresence I guess is defined by the authors as … Continue reading →

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The NZ Institute report – the benefits of broadband

Posted on September 26, 2007 by

If you are frustrated as hell at the ponderous pace of broadband adoption and speeds in New Zealand, then the New Zealand Institute report: DEFINING A BROADBAND ASPIRATION: HOW MUCH DOES BROADBAND MATTER AND WHAT DOES NEW ZEALAND NEED? is … Continue reading →

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How to buy Apple iPhones in NZ

Posted on September 24, 2007 by

{update – From July 11th2008  you can now just go to a Vodafone store and get an iPhone 3G. And a contract.} Want to buy an iPhone in NZ? Well – the quickest way to get your hands on one … Continue reading →

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N90 and iPhone…

Posted on September 21, 2007 by

If you are looking for news on the Apple 4th generation “N90 iPhone” then try: A Chinese employee committed suicide after one of 16 prototypes dissappeared: mystateline.com China Stakes has the best article.  Sun graduated from university just last year, … Continue reading →

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UK iPhone – what to do in NZ?

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

So the iPhone is in the UK – with O2. The interesting thing is that, like the USA, the iPhone is not coming with any 3G high speed mobile internet. Instead Apple and O2 have signed a deal with The … Continue reading →

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