| February 2010 - The Insider -
After a round of binge drinking it is normal procedure to go through a recovery phase of teetotaling, lots of rest and lots of vitamin supplements.The same process can be applied to attendees of the annual cellular bingefest held in Barcelona, otherwise known as the Mobile World Congress. But for many the overdose of hospitality, tapas, iPhone wannabes, bold keynotes, hype, self-adulation and inclement weather was followed by a week of stark reality and introspection. If the GSMA’s premier event... -
Heard the one about Britain’s Prime minister, Gordon Brown, beating up his staff? (allegedly!). Apparently he flew into a rage and grabbed some hapless official by the lapels when told that one of his equally hapless departments had lost a disc containing the personal information of 20 million British subjects. Poor Gordon – it’s very frustrating being responsible for something but having little actual visibility or control over it. So spare a though for the Telecom New Zealand CEO, Paul Reynolds... -
I’m really going to try not to be cynical about goings on at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but it’s going to be hard. The GSMA's premier event seems to break some record or other every year. Last year it was the number of PC thefts and pick-pocketings, which appear to have been kept in check this year. The one notable exception was Google boss, Eric Schmidt, who was reportedly ‘mugged’ by hostile questions after his keynote presentation. This year’s record, confirmed by almost... -
Big drop in fixed-line revenues Australians are dumping their fixed-lines at an alarming rate, 10% in the last six months to be exact. Local call volumes are down 13% for the same period and total PSTN revenues dropped by 6.9%. The decline was far greater than that forecast by CEO, David Thodey, only six months ago and could be indicative of what is certainly becoming a trend in most developed markets. Pure fixed-line service providers are likely to be hardest hit as customers consolidate on mobile... -
Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with classmates around the world while watching live 3-D video of a university lecture. Sounds like an advertisement for a fibre-based ISP, NBN or existing infrastructure operator, doesn’t it? Well, if that’s what you thought, you’d be... -
Mondays are usually quiet news days but this week it’s definitely ‘bad news day’ with a number of stories highlighting security issues. You can never be sure that it’s because there are more security glitches happening these days or because we are being more open about them. The first was an announcement by European Commission (EC) following a phishing attack which allowed cyber criminals to steal account data, and perform a number of fraudulent transactions. Individual emails were sent to users... -
In a story that almost mirrors the biblical tale a puny (in terms of size and muscle) Australian ISP has battled with, and beaten, the burly media and content rights holders of Hollywood and beyond. And the battle, played out in the Australian Supreme Court, could have massive repercussions worldwide. Presiding judge Justice Cowdroy cleared the ISP , iiNet of allegations that it had authorised subscribers to violate copyright laws and ordered the applicants, 34 rights owners represented by the Australian... -
What would you do if your nearly new, state of the art GSM HSPA nationwide network stopped running? And what would you do if a week after you still had no idea what caused it? When officials of Telecom New Zealand’s XT network find out they may be in serious demand worldwide as disaster management consultants. That is if they work out what actually happened. This is not a scenario you hear about very often these days. Of course, networks fail during time of national disaster as we saw in Haiti recently...
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