Monthly Archives: March 2005

Dealing with M&A’s

This is a great article, it looks at some of the issues I’ve been expecting such as low moral within the businesses that are going through M&A’s as job’s become uncertain as businesses rationalize head count after identifying the synergies.

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3 architectures for triple play

This is an interesting article on the architecture behind the triple plays that we will be seeing soon. We have seen monumental shifts in our field in the past two decades, but those might be just a tune-up for the … Continue reading

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France Telecom – leading the field

France Telecom appear to be leading the telco field right now. They have a substantial national business, and International business using the Equant brand and a mobile operation, Orange which is an excellent brand. They also own Wanadoo the UK’s … Continue reading

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Skype out

I’ve been using the Skype out service again recently and I wondered who the carriers where that we providing the termination for the VoIP traffic. Well it appears to be level3, Colt and Teleglobe and IBasis.

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Tumi

I’ve just purchased something made by TUMI..not going to say what or how much as the wife will go nuts.

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Stuttgart Airport..wiating!

I’m currently sat in Stuttgart airport waiting for my flight home. I forgot my travel charger when I got up at 5am this morning, so I managed to borrow one from the BA exec lounge desk which is lucky. But … Continue reading

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MCI part 13

It looks like the MCI takeover by bidders Virizon and Qwest has turned into a slanging match. The bid battle between Verizon Communications and Qwest Communications for control of MCI, the second-largest US long-distance carrier, has quickly become a slanging … Continue reading

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Homework

I’ve got some homework to do, there’s a new deal on the horizon and I need to understand the regulatory position of the vendors we could use. So I’ll be spending a considerable amount of time loitering around the OFCOM … Continue reading

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Stuttgart

I’m off to Stuttgart tomorrow morning, 6.50 flight out of Manchester. I’m off to see my Region Manager for Central region, Peter and his team. We’re going to be looking at a few things while we are there including some … Continue reading

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Tungsten T3 SOLD

It’s gone..horah..sold to my friend Matt at Psion Ex.

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PSP’s in the UK already

Sony’s PSP’s have made it to these shore’s already. One of the team in Portsmouth has one already!…lucky Greg!

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Espace

IMAGE_099 Originally uploaded by Rob Evans. The Evans household has got an Espace for a week and a bit. The BMW’s going back soon, so it’s time to check out some new cars. Lainey loves it, it’s got the full … Continue reading

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Flickr (sucks) doesn’t do delete

I upgraded to Flickr pro the other day as I, like most people have been impressed by it’s ease of use and general fun theme. However, my views of it been great have reduced to my views being it’s just … Continue reading

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RSS feed is moving..

I’m moving the RSS feed from here to here Please update your aggregators asap…Thanks!!!

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Arbitrage

Arbitrage means a way to lock in a certainly non-negative profit at zero cost. In the example above this would be done by selling (short) the direct link (a,b) and buying the indirect path (a,c,b) to provide  the required service … Continue reading

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