Rich Internet (micro) TV portals with increasing interactivity are emerging. They include social as well as media immersion – more than just content, but a complete platform. The question is what telecoms can offer as a platform provider.
Most amateur database programmers will answer you that any kind of application “basically only needs one big table”. Well, Twitter has proved them wrong. Just throwing more resources at a problem isn’t necessarily the best idea if your design is already flawed. That is also true for cloud-based testing, or even cloud-based testing of your cloud-based applications.
Everyone is talking about console-less gaming or game streaming, but noone is talking about the Internet Service Provider’s business in it.
Germany is determined to have 75 per cent of all German households receive broadband speeds of at least 50 Mbps by 2014. Germany also heavily pushes DTT, 3G, 4G. Will 4G deliver 50 Mbps? And if not, what business model and usage scenarios under these circumstances will allow 50 Mbps fixed access for 75% of the population?
Some Silicon Valley research clarified the question why two tier 1 carrier’s advertisement department and content delivery network department were clashing with their revenues (from ads) and costs (from transport and content management).
Cable is everything but boring. While Web2.0 and Telco2.0 gets all the attention right now, a quiet revolution is taking place in the cable industry. And I’m talking big bucks product, service, and technology innovations.
Some paradox findings on one-trick ponies and one-hit wonders explained at the example of user-generated content at YouTube – A study by HP Laboratories.
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