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FCC takes on Apple. Cause for celebration? Maybe not.

I see that the FCC reads our blogs! A couple of weeks ago I bemoaned the naked commercial tactics of Apple blocking Google Voice from its App store ( What’s good for the goose is good for the gander ) and hey presto, the FCC pops up and calls in the case ( read more ). Perhaps this issue has opened the FCC’s eyes to that fact if we’re going to have a debate about an open mobile web; it’s not just the mobile service providers who need to be bound up with net neutrality legislation...

Published 08-17-2009 8:45 AM by Keith Willetts

Filed under: regulation, new services, apple, 4G, net neutrality
Living in a 4G World

3G promised us the mobile Internet but, as ever, the hype got ahead of reality. To be fair, by the time that 3G was finally agreed upon and rolled out, the speeds it offered seemed rather pedestrian, and most industry watchers are now waiting on a 4G world for a truly global, mobile Internet with access speeds capable of supporting the kinds of applications and services that the iPhone is letting us glimpse. And that might happen faster than we think. The 1.5 billion app downloads on iPhone –...

Published 08-11-2009 7:30 AM by Keith Willetts

Filed under: 4G, net neutrality, 3G
What’s good for the Goose is good for the Gander

The news that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has resigned from the board of Apple Inc is generating a lot of headlines. Maybe Apple’s action in blocking access to Google Voice on its app store last week was the straw that broke the camel’s back. But then Apple has form in this area – last month the Palm Pre also got ‘disconnected’ from Apple’s iTunes store. We also heard this week that Skype, now the world’s largest international phone company with 40+ million...

Published 08-04-2009 8:07 AM by Keith Willetts

Filed under: regulation, apple, 4G, net neutrality