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German Government on Broadband: Disconnected or Visionary?

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?

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Adobe Unveils New Framework for Media Player Development

The new Strobe framework builds on the vision of the Open Screen Project, a broad industry initiative to deliver a consistent runtime environment across desktops, televisions, mobile phones, and consumer electronics. While this might be a game changer for over-the-top video, I wonder how DRM and existing IPTV platforms will react on this.

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The Year Open Mobile OSses Mature – Not!

Many articles are touting 2009 as the year where open source mobile and open mobile (yes, there is a difference!) operating systems will mature. I seriously doubt that: the hype is far from over, there have been no failures yet, and I have not seen any merger and acquisitions yet.

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Should The Government Start Twittering?

Why do you want a Porsche, a Marc Jacobs handbag, or a Bugaboo stroller? It’s not the price, I would guess. Even with no-name plastic wrap, flour, or electronics: It’s not just the price you’re looking at. So what’s wrong with the current “US deflation” debate, and with the broadband access price wars?

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WiMax vs. IEEE 802.11n – In A Nutshell

Ten main differences between WiMax and 802.11n – in a nutshell.

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WiMax Femto and WiMax Mobile Opportunities

Out of my head I can think of three big opportunities for mobile WiMax and WiMax Femto cells: avoiding wholesale charges, upselling Internet access without PCs, power-efficient and simplified in-home communication

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“What is IPTV” — The First Generation

First generation IPTV service offerings and deployments had many different views on IPTV, just like in any technology and service offering hype cycle during the hype phase.

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Over-The-Top Video And Telecom’s Dumb Pipe

There is no such thing as “Dumb Broadband Pipe”. The worst thing video service providers can do is petitioning a Network Neutrality.

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Web2.0 vs. Consumer Electronics and New Media

A recent article was about open mobile device platforms such as Android, but you see similar trends in the fixed world: eHomeUpgrade has a nice series of reports on Online Home Video Delivery that includes Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Netflix.

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Death Of The Long Tail?

Social networking and media consolidates niches, forms new brands; long tail concept as we knew it dies and becomes a specialized thick tail.

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