<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>Posts in Internet</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/categories/internet</link><description>Posts in the Internet category on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:26:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2012 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/categories/internet</link></image>	<item><title>IPTV Subscriber Growth in Europe will Treble by 2020</title><description><![CDATA[As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the European Union (EU) countries, Point Topic has forecast that related pay-TV adoption is set to treble by 2020.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re projecting just over 160 million broadband subscribers in the EU27 by 2020 -- and just over one in three will take an IPTV subscription,&rdquo; says Oliver Johnson, CEO at Point Topic.According to their latest market assessment, IPTV adoption in Europe has been very different in countries where it is deployed. The success of IPTV depends primarily on two factors.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/iptv-subscriber-growth-in-europe-will-treble-by-2020</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/iptv-subscriber-growth-in-europe-will-treble-by-2020</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:12:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Only 48 hours left to complete smart pipes survey</title><description><![CDATA[So far 110 people have completed our smart pipes survey. We are getting some fascinating results through so a big thank-you to all participants. The survey forms part of a wider analysis of operator strategies regarding &#39;smart pipes&#39; - what the term means, what value (if any) can be derived from being smart and what the key challenges are to becoming so. We are examining operator activities in Europe, North America and Asia and are evaluating specific operator actions.The final report, published in September, will be made available to all participants.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/only-48-hours-left-to-complete-smart-pipes-survey</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/only-48-hours-left-to-complete-smart-pipes-survey</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:34:31 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Customer Experience: Using Facebook as your Telco Portal</title><description><![CDATA[Here&#39;s a 5 minute video on Russian operator MTS&#39;s and Roox&#39;s &#39;world-first&#39; innovation - a personalised portal on Facebook that allows customers to interrogate their balance and change tariff plan for example. In this concise interview, Pavel Roytberg, Internet Services Director MTS, and Andrei Beletsev, CEO Roox, explain how the innovation works and helps telcos &#39;go to where the customers are&#39; - Facebook. See also our recent analysis Facebook: really &#39;worth&#39; $30 billion max - $100 billion is hype and Facing up to Facebook.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/customer-experience-using-facebook-as-your-telco-portal</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/customer-experience-using-facebook-as-your-telco-portal</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:02:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Infographic of 'The Internet of Things'</title><description><![CDATA[Just found this really interesting infographic of &#39;The Internet of Things&#39; on visual.ly. Should we run another convergence conversation on the subject?&nbsp;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/colin.batten.2/infographic-of-the-internet-of-things</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/colin.batten.2/infographic-of-the-internet-of-things</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:55:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Cost of Adding Network Capacity: More Spectrum or New Sites? Could There Be Other Alternatives?</title><description><![CDATA[There is an ongoing debate in the wireless industry with respect to where the capacity is going to come from. Historically, capacity was added in three dimensions: Improvements in spectrum efficiency Increasing available spectrum Increasing the number of cell sites Martin Cooper has often been credited as one of the pioneer&rsquo;s of cellular communication. He [...]]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/murat.bilgic.2/cost-of-adding-network-capacity-more-spectrum-or-new-sites-could-there-be-other-alternatives-2</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/murat.bilgic.2/cost-of-adding-network-capacity-more-spectrum-or-new-sites-could-there-be-other-alternatives-2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 12:15:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Broadband Prime’s Top 10 Articles of All Times</title><description><![CDATA[I was doing a little houskeeping on the blog the other day and decided to check up on the stats. It&rsquo;s been quite a while since the last time I did that and found many interesting facts.Here&rsquo;s something nice: the top 10 articles in Broadband Prime, ordered by popularity. Only one is in &ldquo;My Favorites&rdquo; list ( in the right hand column of this page). I&rsquo;d like to know why! Greek IX traffic slashed down to 30% &ndash; torrents closedThe Definition of BroadbandOTE announces VDSL rollout and upsets Greece&rsquo;s FTTH PlansFTTH in India (again)Will That Be Google&rsquo;s FTTH Business Model?New NGA Recommendation &amp;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/costas.troulos/broadband-primes-top-10-articles-of-all-times</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/costas.troulos/broadband-primes-top-10-articles-of-all-times</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 17:44:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Web Accessibility - addressing digital inclusion with standards</title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been estimated that 11m people in Britain are disabled, with around 7m of those being of working age. What&rsquo;s more, there&rsquo;s a significant (and rising) number of older people who may not think of themselves as disabled but who might have difficulty with their sight or hearing. So, at a time when an increasing number of contact points are being moved online, it&rsquo;s clear that unless accessibility is embedded into communication strategies, organisations may&nbsp;be unwittingly&nbsp;creating a digital divide.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.fatscher/web-accessibility---addressing-digital-inclusion-with-standards</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.fatscher/web-accessibility---addressing-digital-inclusion-with-standards</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 10:52:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Commission maintains its softly, softly approach on net neutrality (whilst carrying big stick)</title><description><![CDATA[Net neutrality. A topic that stirs strong emotion and strident commentary that sometimes bears little resemblance to the underlying issues. The European Commission today published a remarkably thoughtful, balanced and considered Communication on the open internet and net neutrality in &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/commission-maintains-its-softly-softly-approach-on-net-neutrality-whilst-carrying-big-stick</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/commission-maintains-its-softly-softly-approach-on-net-neutrality-whilst-carrying-big-stick</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:30:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Europe to review data retention rules</title><description><![CDATA[Readers will recall from the curious case of Mr Spitz&nbsp;that European telecoms operators already retain very large amounts of information about their customers. In an evaluation report&nbsp;adopted today by the European Commission, the Commission proposes to review the existing rules. &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/europe-to-review-data-retention-rules</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/europe-to-review-data-retention-rules</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:19:21 +0100</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Online Game Virtual Goods Sales to Double by 2014</title><description><![CDATA[Video games had been the domain of teen males in the past, but this is no longer the case. Two distinct developments have changed the player demographic of online games. First, the development of social networking sites, such as Facebook. Second, the increasing prevalence of mobile smartphones.In the past, within the U.S. market you had to pay $30 to $50 for a game -- or $20 per month for a subscription -- but now you can play them for free, thanks to the rise of the virtual goods revenue model.This]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/online-game-virtual-goods-sales-to-double-by-2014</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/online-game-virtual-goods-sales-to-double-by-2014</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:32:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
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