Telcos look at open source
Telcos are apparently working harder to make their APIs suitable for a broader range of web developers, providing more Web 2.0-like or “RESTfull” interfaces (an acronym for the normal interaction...
View ArticleCisco’s new broad, vague Web 2.0 program
Cisco announced a broad if somewhat vague program to bind the Elements of Web 2.0 applications into a cohesive whole. The details on this vision were extremely difficult to extract, and we could find...
View ArticleAlcatel-Lucent position could be game-changer
Alcatel-Lucent has posted a press release with more color on its new strategy, one that makes it clear just how dramatic its new position is. The company is now committed to a program of facilitation...
View ArticleCisco and blade server plans
Cisco has not been shy in pushing the envelope of what a networking company does, and one extension that’s been rumored for quite a while has now appeared in public—though still as a rumor. Cisco is...
View ArticleOver-the-top players: A race to the bottom
One of the forgotten truths of the current economic crisis is that while telcos worldwide will certainly be deferring some projects and obsessing even more about monetization, their competitors are...
View ArticleSkype IPO could be worst-case for telcos
eBay will be spinning Skype off in an IPO in 2010 instead of selling it to its founders. As we had suggested, the founders could not meet the price eBay hoped for, due we’re told to the reluctance of...
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