by Phillip Redman | August 15, 2011 | 5 Comments
They say war makes strange bedfellows, and so does business. Google announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility Inc. (MMI), the recently spun-off cellular handset and set-top box maker. MMI primarily sells its products to telcos–cable and wireless/wireline service providers, customers that Google has had a tenuous relationship with at best. Google has been a force [...]
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by Phillip Redman | December 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
“Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?” It’s one of my favorite moments in Dickens’, “A Christmas Carol” from one of my favorite stories. It is a moment of sheer terror in the dread of what can come, but also one of [...]
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by Phillip Redman | September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
Looks like the FCC, in the next month, is going to mandate net neutrality to all types of Internet access, including cellular networks. In his first major policy speech, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed new rules including that, “the Internet remains an unfettered platform. . . ” meaning service providers will soon be restricted in [...]
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