Now that the broadband markets are moving in the right direction focus from access to the actual broadband services and applications is taking place.
It is important for infrastructure and service developments to proceed in tandem. To use the new and exciting services that we are hearing about, we need better broadband access, but if the services aren’t actually available broadband users will question why they need all that capacity – a typical chicken and egg problem.

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Around the world the telecoms industry is reaching new heights, this time it includes the developed markets as well. In these countries the latest boom has just surpassed the one of the late 1990s in both profits and new investments.
This time, of course, the boom is led by the Internet companies, but the telcos (Telephone Companies) who have embraced the structural changes that the telco bust generated are also in the lift again.

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Piribo.com just announced some interesting results about the types of searches that visitors to its site have been performing. Analysis of the search terms, all related to the pharmaceutical industry show which companies, countries and subjects have concerned the industry this year.

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Apple’s iPhone promises to be very spectacular indeed: it can free users from the mobile operators’ heavily guarded walled garden business models. It is a true smart phone, with features such as web browsing, camera, VoIP, music, etc. Add to this the ability for software developers to come up with a range of other applications for the iPhone and it becomes clear that, in theory at least, this disruptive product has great potential.

But to the practicalities …..

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