Managing Global Telecom Contracts
Telco providers have seen a marked growth in orders and revenues for delivering global networks to global businesses, but winning and delivering these multi-million dollar contracts is not without risk. Joe Gallagher, Head of Telecommunications at KPMG comments on what providers need to consider, to ensure they obtain appropriate value from securing these contracts.
http://www.kpmg.co.uk/communications
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News Update: Verizon makes statement on FCC vote on broadband inquiry
The Federal Communications Commission approved a Notice of Inquiry by a 3-2 vote to begin public consideration of possible legal frameworks for commission action on broadband Internet services. The following is a statement by Tom Tauke, Verizon executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications: “Reclassifying high-speed broadband Internet service as a telecom service is a terrible idea. The negative consequences for online users and the Internet ecosystem would be severe and have ramifications for decades. It is difficult to understand why the FCC continues to consider this option. Rather than attempting to make the new world of broadband fit into the regulatory scheme of the old telephone world, the FCC should acknowledge that this is an issue Congress should address. Nearly 300 members of Congress have signed letters to the FCC, warning against reclassification and expressing support for congressional action. We will continue to work with the Congress, the FCC and other interested parties to resolve these issues in a manner that encourages investment, innovation, jobs and the best possible online experience for users.”
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Regulating telecoms
http://www.ntv.co.ke
The row over new regulations to regulate competition in the telecommunications industry appears to be coming to an end. This is following the admission by the government that the newly gazetted regulations have a number of grey areas that need to be reviewed. But Information Minister, Samuel Poghisio maintains that the new rules will not be withdrawn. NTVs Kaara Wainaina reports.
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Future Consumers, Lifestyles and Online Communities – impact of new technology, communications, wireless networking on business and personal life. Patrick Dixon – Futurist / Futurologist conference keynote speaker
Future of Telecom and Consumers. Belgacom client event – 700 CEOs and CIOs by conference keynote speaker Dr Patrick Dixon. Future of communications, marketing, management, leadership, virtual teams and virtual organisations. Virtual meetings and distance learning. Future bandwidth, video streaming demand, convergence and divergence of technology. Future innovations in communication. Strategy for emerging markets and developed markets.Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans.All innovation is divergent – doing things different and better. But most companies focus on convergence on price, quality, features.image, branding, winning customers, online marketing and building trust. Consumer changes, preferences and lifestyles. Videoconferencing and virtual teams. Winning the war for talent – motivation and leadership styles.
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FCC: Toothless Regulator or Cop on the Beat?
Does the FCC have the authority to enforce its Network Neutrality principles? Or to refashion the Universal Service Fund to promote broadband adoption? Or to protect consumer privacy and promote competition?
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals threw a huge legal roadblock in the path of the FCCs National Broadband Plan and President Obamas promise to preserve a non-discriminatory, open Internet with its ruling this month that the Commission lacks the authority to prevent cable giant Comcast from blocking certain peer-to-peer applications.
Consumer groups and many companies argue that the FCC should reclassify Internet access as a common carrier telecom service and regulate it lightly but as needed. Internet Service Providers and free market advocates argue the FCC cannot and should not justify regulation under traditional common carrier principles and authority.
http://www.newamerica.net/events/2010/fcc_debate
Duration : 1:47:49
Tata Comm eyeing slice of China’s telecom market
Tata Communications International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd, will be acquiring 50 per cent equity interest in the Beijing headquartered IT solutions provider, China Enterprise Communications Ltd (CEC). Announcing this in a regulatory intimation on Wednesday, the company said it has signed an equity joint venture agreement (EJV) with the shareholders of CEC to this effect and was awaiting approval from relevant bodies and government.
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Revolutionary New Telecoms Network for Ireland
At Government Buildings in Dublin today, Minister Ryan announced details of the Exemplar Test-bed initiative. The test-bed, which is the first phase of Ireland’s Exemplar Network, will position Ireland as a world-leader in fast, clean communications technologies. Using a unique technology, invented and developed in Ireland, the test-bed will allow international companies to trial and test their products here. It will result in high-speed, low-energy, secure communications, that far exceed existing technologies. Ireland is the first country in the world to launch such a project, in association with InTune Networks.
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Glass User Interface
Cloud Telecomputers, (www.cloudtc.com) a San Francisco-based software innovator in business applications and IP telephony, enables powerful business communication products under the brands of partners. We have built a platform called Glass for creating Android-based media phones for business. We license this platform—which includes next-generation hardware, software and cloud-based applications—to phone and PBX manufacturers and telecom service providers, so they can deliver devices and web services in a fraction of the time and cost required by in-house development. We focus on platform design, software and cloud applications, while customers concentrate on branding, channel development, customer acquisition and operational scale. Glasss Android-based environment and open API enable each partner to establish a unique presence in the market, and third parties such as VARs and integrators can tailor application-based solutions to the needs of particular customers or verticals.
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TechnoVision in the Telecom, Media & Entertainment Industry
TechnoVision is Capgeminis strategic framework to help clients develop the most relevant innovations for their organizations, mapping technology trends to determine which ones meet the needs of a particular business or industry.
TechnoVision shows how information technologies and their evolution will impact business. Through this process Capgemini is able to help telecom, media and entertainment customers innovate and define new services for their own business and for their clients, and to bring those services to market faster.
http://www.capgemini.com/technovision
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Some basics about the telecoms site.