Google is expanding the adwords product to websites designed for mobile phones. web page providers can simply choose wether to accept the ads, much like adwords does so now. With the limited screen real estate on mobile, Google recommends 2 ads per page. It’s tough though, on mobile devices where you pay so much for …
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Free wifi – part of the iPhone success
a telling comment from Rod Drury: I also noticed that iPhone behavior changes once you move from the carrier network to wifi. Almost everywhere we stopped there was free wifi. As soon as the iPhone user had free wifi then the iPhone was out and being used in conversation. When I travel in the USA …
Telecom is a trade barrier
Rather amusingly, the US Foreign Trade Barriers document referred to below also has some tasty things to say about Telecomms in NZ: U.S. industry has expressed concern about the fees charged for completing calls using mobile networks in New Zealand, which are among the highest in the world. That’s a clear statement that Telecom’s under-investment …
yet another iPhone unlock…
…but this time it is free. We are very close to a free bulletproof simple graphical way to unlock iPhones. Thank goodness – as Apple seems to be ignoring the most basic of rules – give the people what they want.
Air NZ and Telecom
I can’t help comparing Air NZ and Telecom. They face very similar circumstances, and yet are reacting very differently. Both are ex Government owned, now private. Air NZ is quasi-private of course. Both have a public-good role – to provide a network to the population.Both have a profit motive, and both benefit from quasi-monopoly position …
When a Razr2 is not a Razr2
Wired has a nice little demonstration of what is wrong with the market structure for mobile telephony in the USA. The four major carriers have each somehow crippled the Razr2. AT&T has high speed data with HSPDA, and the Opera web browser but does not play video on the outside screen. It, along with most …
Apple transforms an industry
Apple really is transforming an industry – Nokia has unashamedly pre-announced an iPhone clone. That link is complete with video goodness. The more important thing to me is Apple’s ability to change the market structure. Currently there is far too much power with the telcos, and by launching the iPhone Apple has managed to grab …
Bogoievski & Moutter were anti conciliation
via Stuff “In April, Telecom responded to the Government’s proposal to split the company into three businesses operating at arm’s length with a counter-proposal to sell off its copper phone network to a third party or Telecom shareholders taking a stake in the proposed new network company. A Telecom press release described the Government’s proposal …
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AwayPhone: One soluton to mobile roaming costs..
AwayPhone has what seems like a good solution if you are going to travel to a bunch of different countries. It only works for home phones from the USA, UK/Ireland and Canada at the moment, but from there you can roam pretty much anywhere, including Australia and NZ. The Register has a good review. It …
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After xtra: Which email should you use?
It may seem surprising, but it seems a few Xtra Mail customers are unsure of what to do, now they have been stung with the transition. Perhaps Telecom will spring for some cash, but I’d not be surprised if many xtra!mail customers want to leave, but do not know where to go. Surprising because you’d …
Evergreen: Why Telecom is a poor company
That Telecom Strategy post below isn’t just some mindless rant. (well no more than normal) The Evergreen Project, which I led for a while at McKinsey (and which turned into a book) may give some context for those comments. The Evergreen work was an enormous quantitative and qualitative effort, which took millions of dollars and …
Telecom’s Strategy is too advanced for its ability
From NZHerald.com Telecom will seek a new chief financial officer with experience in mergers and acquisition so it can take advantage of consolidation in the telecommunications market, says chairman Wayne Boyd. People at Telecom: Please do us all a favour. FOCUS ON THE CORE BUSINESS! Once you get that right, then worry about other opportunities. …
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Chrome Pages. Whatever that is.
Welly start-up Chrome Pages got some publicity today. CP Guys – I’m glad you have the gumption to get this going, but I am really sorry – I’m going to have to be pretty negative here. There is a somewhat lame and soundless you tube video showing the product. I cannot for the life of …
xtra mail to Yahoo! mail change over sucks.
How predictable. Telecom shoots itself in the fot again and again. Shame I didn’t actually predict that the Yahoo!xtra to Yahoo! Mail changeover itself would be screwed up. Situation: Telecom internet customers are furious after being left without email over the weekend during a major upgrade of the service. Reasons: Change over communications sucked The …
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Google Office and xtraYahoo! Bubble
Google is adding Star Office to the Google pack, available now. Google Pack is quite a collection that includes Google Earth, Norton Security Scan, Google Desktop, Firefox with Google Toolbar, Adobe Reader, Skype, RealPlayer and other Google products Sadly the Google Pack is for XP, not the mac, but you can still get a …
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