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A recent Computerworld article opened up with the provocative statement that wireless bandwidth is like land in Manhattan — it’s extremely valuable because they’re not making more of it. No kidding. That probably explains why it has become such a premium commodity. Until new spectrum can be created (who knows what the future holds there) or existing spectrum can be better utilized, its value, like scarce metals, will continue to rise – some even say, skyrocket. Maybe that’s... -
The Insider attended the Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong this week. It is supposed to be the Asian version of the wildly successful annual pilgrimage to Barcelona, otherwise known as the Mobile World Congress, but it pales in comparison. Not because of the conference agenda, per se, but mainly because it does not attract anywhere near the number of attendees, exhibitors or industry celebrities critical for successful networking. It would be fair to say that the GSMA has struggled to establish MAC... -
Are we seeing the beginning of a fightback from ISPs tired of carrying heavy traffic loads from ‘over-the-top’ freeloaders, or is it just a case of ‘smoke and mirrors’. The first volley came from Comcast aimed at Level 3, one of the largest Internet backbones in the world, demanding a fee from them to deliver Internet video to Comcast subscribers. Now it appears France Telecom ISP, Orange, has caught on wanting to charge file-sharing site, Megaupload, for delivering bandwidth... -
Following hot on the heels of one of England’s greatest sporting triumphs, beating Australia on its home turf in cricket, is good old British Telecom thumbing its nose at those other ex-colonials, the Americans, and the net neutrality bunkum. In the best spirit of capitalism and free-trade, BT Wholesale has devised a specialized content delivery network that it will be offering to ISPs to enable uninterrupted delivery of bandwidth-hungry applications like video. Named Content Connect, the service... -
What happens if a mobile network cracks under the strain of a ‘data tsunami’? This was one of the most hotly debated topics at the recent ‘Monetizing Bandwidth’ roundtable held at MW Americas last month. Although most attendees thought it was some way off, for one operator it has happened way sooner than expected, and the PR damage resulting from it has reached the equivalent of ‘8’ on the Richter scale. I don’t wish to exacerbate the problems already facing... -
Please forgive me, I'm going to talk about Apple again. Yes, you've probably all heard about the iPhone 4 and how it's the thinnest, smartest, most beautiful, well-designed, remarkably constructed consumer device ever produced. And that's only what Steve Jobs had to say about it! If we can look past the hype for just a few moments, the release of the iPhone 4, whether we like it or not, is going to have a profound effect on the telecommunications industry that is potentially greater... -
A report released this week by Arbor Networks states that Google now boasts a network bigger than all but two of the world's ISPs. Don’t say you weren’t warned! The search giant looks like it’s just one step away from becoming an ISP itself. If it were, hypothetically speaking of course, it would now be the fastest growing one in the world and the third largest globally. The two leaders carry substantial volumes of Google transit themselves. More than half of its own traffic over its own network...
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