September 2007

Converged billing from your bank

Sun, 2007-09-02 09:19 — Anonymous

We have been looking for ONE BILL for over two decades now, but we still put up with multiple bills. If there really has to be just one bill, why limit it to just telecom services? While we are at...

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Trends in outsourcing chip manufacturing (part 1)

Fri, 2007-09-07 12:12 — Anonymous

If you believe that startups in chip are able to get in only through outsourcing you may think again. It has become inevitable to outsource chip manufacturing irrespective of how long the vendor has been in the business, or how...

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Level 3 2Q07 VoIP update

Fri, 2007-09-07 12:52 — JR

â€¢ Voice revenues of $292 million during 2Q07 â€¢ VoIP revenues in the range of $100 million to $120 million. VoIP revenue generated from domestic and international voice termination services, and VoIP local inbound, enhanced local and toll free services...

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Japanese VoIP 2Q07 update

Sun, 2007-09-09 09:47 — JR

â€¢ NTT VoBB customers: 3.8 million. NTT East 2.1m, NTT West 1.7m â€¢ NTT VoIP/VoBB ARPU: 4800 yen â€¢ Softbank BB: VoIP subscribers around 5m...

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Stretching the voicemail a bit more

Sun, 2007-09-09 10:21 — JR

Voicemail as an application has been mostly passive. I would like to see it becoming an intelligent agent analyzing a customerâ€™s usage patterns, for instance. For instance, when I call someone and he does not answer, I get anxious as...

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How to improve audio citizen journalism

Sun, 2007-09-09 12:26 — JR

There must be several YouTube equivalents of audio. But they require you to be Internet users. How about those overwhelmingly huge non-Net users who want their views, and content in general, to get across? There is a simple way to...

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VoIP clocked 302.7 billion minutes in 2Q07

Mon, 2007-09-10 14:18 — JR

I am going to post the TOC of the report tomorrow. But here are the main findings: â€¢ Service providers worldwide recorded an estimated traffic volume of 302.7 billion VoIP minutes during 2Q07 â€¢ Split: 64.6 billion local, 214 billion...

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Trends in outsourcing chip manufacturing (part 2)

Tue, 2007-09-11 06:51 — Faisal Kawoosa

The chart above lists the factors that are driving outsourcing in communication chips industry. Out of the 14 that outsource, 7 of them ranked 'Focus' as the main factor. One would have thought that cost saving is the main...

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55.4 million Voice over Broadband customers as of June 2007

Tue, 2007-09-11 10:06 — JR

There were estimated 55.4 million Voice over Broadband subscribers worldwide as of end June 2007. Japan had the most subscribers (14.9m) followed by the US (12.1m). France was at number three with 8.7m subscribers. Chart above lists top 10...

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802.11x and Bluetooth Chip market 2Q07 update

Tue, 2007-09-11 11:54 — Faisal Kawoosa

802.11x and Bluetooth chip market worldwide revenues during 2Q 2007 touched over a billion at $1,073 million. Nearly 39.75 million chips were shipped during the period. These chips were used for both core and CPE devices in various wireless technologies...

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