<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts by Simon Torrance</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/people/simon.torrance</link><description>Posts made by Simon Torrance on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:00:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2009 Convergence Conversation and contributing authors.  For full copyright info and terms of use visit http://www.convergenceconversation.com/</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>Convergence Conversation</title><url>http://www.convergenceconversation.com//lib/img/rssimg.png</url><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/people/simon.torrance</link></image>	<item><title>Ring! Ring! Hot News, 5th January 2008</title><description><![CDATA[In Today&#8217;s Issue: Carter the unstoppable spec machine; UK rocked by spectrum row; double dongle density; no more BT USO, a quid pro quo for fibre? oh no; Andy Burnham is king of the world, it says here; Indian 3G licences, prices doubled; Nokia goes into crisis vulture mode; new PyS60 comes with music, without Symbian security certificate; CCC demonstrates killer SMS; Android vs OpenMoko; changes at the OMTP; Samsung fabs own mobile chips, escapes the Qualcomm Borg; Telco 2.0 elsewhere; models for efficient message-passing protocols! Ministerial intervention;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-5th-january-2008</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-5th-january-2008</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:07:10 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Telco 2.0 is hiring, seeking your views, offering Xmas discount</title><description><![CDATA[1. Drive the Telco 2.0 Research Agenda - Please help direct our 2009 research agenda via a short survey here (5 mins max). We will donate to charity for every respondent (details here). 2. Last chance for Christmas discount on Telco 2.0 research - There are 3 days left on our festive 20% discount offer on groundbreaking Telco 2.0 strategy research reports - use code XMAS08 for online orders here or email us here. 3. Telco 2.0 is hiring world-class staff - Due to the tremendous interest in the Telco 2.0 Initiative and our approach to business model innovation we are hiring staff at all levels, senior and junior:]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/telco-2.0-is-hiring-seeking-your-views-offering-xmas-discount</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/telco-2.0-is-hiring-seeking-your-views-offering-xmas-discount</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:55:44 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Ring! Ring! Hot News, 22nd December 2008</title><description><![CDATA[In Today&#8217;s Issue: Virgin Media loves DPI, goes shaky on Phorm; do you really want to compete with iTunes?; Phorm declares victory, execs leap overboard; bizarre disinfo campaign over Google&#8217;s homebrew CDN; &#8220;Stellar Wind&#8221;, it&#8217;s like OpenSocial for spooks; Yahoo! makes nice with privacy advocates; Vodafone crunches CDRs, asks for more; Telstra left standing by SingTel, turns to Chinese spy stories; gloom descends on vendors, even iPhone vendors; traditional Christmas Cable Cut Crisis;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-22nd-december-2008</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-22nd-december-2008</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:16:36 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Guest Post: "Medianet" - Optimising the Network for Video and Rich Media</title><description><![CDATA[At the November Telco 2.0 Event Simon Aspinall, Managing Director of Cisco&#8217;s Internet Business Solutions Group, described how video creates a major threat to the cost assumptions and business models of fixed and mobile operators. Building on that and Telco 2.0&#8217;s ongoing analysis of Online Video Distribution, Sachin Sathaye, [Director of Video Solutions] at Cisco, describes below a new strategy called &#8216;MediaNet&#8217; - building a network that is optimized for video and rich media based on a new generation of media-aware technologies&#8230;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/guest-post-medianet---optimising-the-network-for-video-and-rich-media</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/guest-post-medianet---optimising-the-network-for-video-and-rich-media</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:53:11 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Telco 2.0 World event - 6-7 May, Nice, France</title><description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re delighted that the next Telco 2.0 event (our &#8216;world&#8217; event) will be co-located with the TMForum&#8217;s Management World event. As such Telco 2.0 will take place on 6-7 May in Nice (South of France). It will follow a similar format to the November event (with a few new features), but will share a morning plenary with TMForum (2500 people). Our research agenda for 2009 will inform the design and agenda of the event. In summary, we will be focusing on these areas:Services: • Digital Kids/Generation Y - how to retail to the next generation of consumers • Online Video Distribution - how to re-incentivise the value chain • Enterprise 2.0 - reinventing Customer Contact and Management Enablers:]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/telco-2.0-world-event---6-7-may-nice-france</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/telco-2.0-world-event---6-7-may-nice-france</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:29:58 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Credit Crunch (Part 5): Escaping the Ghost of Telco Past</title><description><![CDATA[This post is the fifth in our series on telcos and the credit crunch. The audience at our November event seemed comforted by the appeal which the capital markets currently find in telecom as a defensive sector. However, we also stressed that this is likely to be a fleeting phase, as underlying concerns about the industry&#8217;s ability to generate sustainable value will return. The key challenge is to invest now in the sort of transformation which will allow the industry to emerge from the current crisis with a different story, the &#8220;Ghost of Telco Future&#8221;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/credit-crunch-part-5-escaping-the-ghost-of-telco-past</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/credit-crunch-part-5-escaping-the-ghost-of-telco-past</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:36:13 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Marketing Services: Adverts are just the start</title><description><![CDATA[Whilst many telcos focus on creating inventory for adverts (e.g. via IPTV), or optimizing advert insertion (e.g. BT&#8217;s trial with Phorm), there is a potentially much bigger opportunity lurking in the background. Here we look beyond advertising towards the bright future of telco-powered marketing services. Sitting on the London Underground a few weeks ago, your analyst correspondent was struck by one of the adverts opposite. Travelling on the tube is never the most pleasant of experiences. A claustrophobic train crammed with sickly commuters is a potential hazard to both your physical and mental well being.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/marketing-services-adverts-are-just-the-start</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/marketing-services-adverts-are-just-the-start</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Akamai: Blueprint for Building a Platform Business</title><description><![CDATA[Akamai operates a classic two-sided business model and has moved well beyond its roots as a pure content delivery network (CDN). The recent product development and acquisitions activity provide a great lesson to all how to leverage a platform and build barriers to entry. Even before the credit crunch, the plethora of new entrants into the CDN space would find competing with Akamai difficult. Below we explain the roots of Akamai&#8217;s success and how it stays one or more steps ahead of the competition.Akamai&#8217;s 2-sided business model Akamai has a compelling proposition for downstream players:]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/akamai-blueprint-for-building-a-platform-business</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/akamai-blueprint-for-building-a-platform-business</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:52:37 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>How Does YouTube Make Money?</title><description><![CDATA[As part of our forthcoming Online Video Distribution report, we asked Alan Patrick, the report&#8217;s co-author, to model the internal economics of some major video distributors on the Web. We looked at Hulu and most of all, at YouTube&#8230;The models use public domain information and make some of our own assumptions as to underlying economics. Before you read this, you should probably read this post.The dynamics of the 2 businesses are different in that YouTube serves an enormous volume (reportedly 1 billion plus downloads a day) of small files (around 2.75 minutes on average) at a low ad-inventory fill ratio - only 3-4% of videos carry advertising at all - and low CPMs (around $10, if that).]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/how-does-youtube-make-money</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/how-does-youtube-make-money</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:37:19 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Ring! Ring! Hot News, 15th December 2008</title><description><![CDATA[In Today&#8217;s Issue: Chinese 3G is go; China Mobile wants to get on to 4G ASAP; Lenovo&#8217;s mystery iClone; Orascom unwiring North Korea; access line growth stalls, dongles boom; ChinaTel implants CDMA phones in employees&#8217; cranium; doom! rush to flog stock; doom! ALU managers slaughtered; doom! US R&amp;D shuttered; Amazon: still investing; government hydroelectricity - it&#8217;s the secret sauce of cloud computing; EC2 comes to Europe; Mobile Windows Live out; Gphone hits data roamers in the wallet;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-15th-december-2008</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/ring-ring-hot-news-15th-december-2008</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:13:50 +0000</pubDate></item>
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