Monthly Archives: July 2006

Hello, this Is Wildfire… how can I help you… It was a bubble ago, when I was first introduced to Wildfire, a follow-me, find-me telephone service, that tracked me down by serial dialing all my phone numbers: office, home or … Continue reading →

KPN is suing the Dutch state, an 8% shareholder, for unequal treatment. KPN is regulated, whereas cablecos have no open access obligation and are allowed to cross-subsidize. KPN is obviously not happy with the regulations that the Dutch state puts … Continue reading →

In my view this is a pure money play by the dark side, who, if they succeed politically, will catapult us back to a time when they controlled connectivity and information flow. And if it happens in the US, which … Continue reading →

Under the managed services agreement, Nortel will become the preferred provider of enterprise telephony for the engine giant’s new global voice network, which will serve 26,500 users in Canada, France, Germany, Norway, the UK and the US. [via] A nice … Continue reading →

The “new economy” isn’t so new anymore, but companies still struggle to adapt their business models to the Internet age. Belgacom’s traditional cash cow has become an endangered species. “Clearly, the per-minute voice traffic revenue model will disappear over time,” … Continue reading →

EasyMobile, the discount mobile operator, said on Tuesday it would shut its Dutch operations on August 6 due to a disappointing number of subscribers since its launch in October 2005 [via] I’ll allways thought Easy<blank> was most successful in the … Continue reading →

San Francisco based social network Bebo, which recently raised $15 million from Benchmark Capital, rejected a £300 million ($552 million) acquisition offer from British Telecom Group “a few weeks ago”, according to an insider on the transaction [via] Just picked … Continue reading →