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• Dilbert breaks my radio silence...
  First I want to apologise for the week's radio silence. Ever since Lafayette's FiberFete I haven't really had a minute to stop and blog. There's a lot of things I'd like to talk/wr...
  /posts/benoit.felten/dilbert-breaks-my-radio-silence - Benoît FELTEN - 4 May 2010
• UK MNOs moan about MTR reductions, apart from 3
  As expected the big 4 UK mobile network operators are complaining about Ofcom's plans to reduce mobile termination rates to 0.5p per minute by March 2015.The only operator who is welcoming the cuts is...
  /posts/steve.kennedy/uk-mnos-moan-about-mtr-reductions-apart-from-3 - Steve Kennedy - 5 Apr 2010
• T-Morange to build new network?
  The new company that is the merged T-Mobile and Orange is thinking about building a brand new network in the UK. This will use equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei and will support the fre...
  /posts/steve.kennedy/t-morange-to-build-new-network - Steve Kennedy - 29 Mar 2010
• When should wireless operators share network resources?
  Ed: In some circumstances, and to support evolving and new business models, it may be in everyone’s interest to allow customers to access certain resources across all available wireless networks...
  /posts/simon.torrance/when-should-wireless-operators-share-network-resources - Simon Torrance - 8 Sep 2009
• Vodafone - Ever More Two-Sided Strategy!
  Here’s a fascinating slide from Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao’s presentation to a Goldman Sachs investors’ conference in New York this week. Note that Vodafone’s future strategy ...
  /posts/simon.torrance/vodafone---ever-more-two-sided-strategy - Simon Torrance - 21 Sep 2009
• Twitt-o-nomics: How will Twitter make money?
  Twitter’s business model seems to be the familiar - “Web 2.0 Flip” - build an audience and sell to someone who thinks they can monetize it. There are key lessons to be learnt from Tw...
  /posts/simon.torrance/twitt-o-nomics-how-will-twitter-make-money - Simon Torrance - 28 Jul 2009
• Obama and the growth of broadband
  Much has been made of Barack Obama’s successful use of the Internet in organising and coordinating his campaign, and in engaging (and soliciting donations from) his supporters, with many referin...
  /posts/peter.shearman/obama-and-the-growth-of-broadband - Peter Shearman - 2 Dec 2008
• Australia dumps FTTN proposal - and starts again with FTTH
  In an extraordinary announcement this morning, the Australian government have announced that they will spend up to A$43bn ($31bn, £21bn) on a new National Broadband Network, providing FTTH to 90...
  /posts/peter.shearman/australia-dumps-fttn-proposal---and-starts-again-with-ftth - Peter Shearman - 20 Apr 2009
• Network Sharing and 2010 Digital Britain auction heist!
  In March 6th, 2000, 13 telecom companies deposited £50m each to take part in an auction for 5 3G spectrum licences. The auction was based on game theory, which was engineered to force the 13 com...
  /posts/mike.kiely/network-sharing-and-2010-digital-britain-auction-heist - mike kiely - 26 Oct 2009
• FTTH to the newly unemployed
  Mid 2009 - Unemployment benefits to be paid in FTTH credits to stimulate new business starts ups from the latest round of redundancies and publicly fund the FTTH network. 3 million unemployed expected...
  /posts/lindsey.annison/ftth-to-the-newly-unemployed - Lindsey Annison - 28 Nov 2008