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July 1 2011 News Wrap-Up

In US, Smartphones Now Majority of New Cellphone Purchases – Since smartphones use several times more data than feature phones (because of better usability), this trend seems to support the…

George Ou July 1, 2011 1

Could VoLTE be a Knockout Punch for VoIP?

Raise the topic of 4G networks with anyone in the tech industry and you’ll often receive a flurry of smiles and wide-eyed dreaming. Ask the same audience what services they…

Gareth Spence June 28, 2011 5

DNS Filtering is Essential to the Internet

Executive Summary A group of Internet Engineers sent a letter to the US Senate opposing the DNS filtering aspect of the Protect IP Act on technical grounds. They argued that…

George Ou June 24, 2011 15

Free Tickets to eComm

The eComm conference is one of the most thought-provoking events of the year for people who care about the future of the mobile Internet. In the words of the the…

Richard Bennett June 23, 2011 0

Netflix is Good for Broadband Providers Under Free Market

The CEO of Comcast turned some heads today when he had some nice words to say about Netflix being good for his business. Conventional wisdom seems to be that Netflix…

George Ou June 23, 2011 2

A Year of High Tech Forum

We launched High Tech Forum on June 23 of last year to serve as a technical resource for people who care about tech policy, and our goal is the same…

Richard Bennett June 23, 2011 4

The Data Tsunami is Gathering Strength

A year ago in June 2010, I undertook the first endeavour to quantify the data tsunami that is challenging wireless operators. The Nielsen Company kindly provided again the data to…

Roger Entner June 21, 2011 2

Bitcoin prices plummet on hacked exchange – Bitcoins are the geek’s version of a pyramid/Ponzi scheme and we’re not seeing the instability first-hand. Just one compromised account on MTGOX trying to cash…

George Ou June 20, 2011 7