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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?

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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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.

Worldwide IPTV Market Snapshot

By Patrick Pfeffer and Susan Tucker I noticed that the subscriber number for IPTV differ greatly from research company to research company. When I dug a little deeper, I realized that the definitions of what IPTV actually is differs quite a lot: Some include Video-On-Demand (VoD) offerings because they are bundled with IPTV offerings; others [...]

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The Rise Of The Digital Entertainment Market

Gutenberg aligns content, market, demographics, and creates basis for digital entertainment; BTX fails, Minitel success; Tivo fails

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