telecom

How Is A Telco Like A Gas Station?

July 31, 2006

A few weeks agoÂ on a slow day atÂ Hawkins Ultramar (the local gas station), I quizzed owner Janice about her business.Â How, I wondered, was it possible for gas prices to vary so wildly in a day?Â Some days, her gas will change by as much as 10 cents a litre (that’s a little less than [...]

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NDP Alarmists Oppose Telecom Reforms

March 28, 2006

In the "Please Remove Your Head From Your Posterior" department, New Democrat MP’s Charlie Angus and Brian Masse have raised the spectre of job losses, higher phone bills and increased foreign ownership if Canada liberalizes telecommunications laws. According to today’s Globe and Mail, the NDP says it is alarmed by the willingness of Canadian trade [...]

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Telecom R&D Spending Drops, Software Industry Up

December 1, 2005

IEEE Spectrum has just published their R&D 100 list. They’re measuring the intensity of R&D spending in various sectors of the economy. As they note, the telecoms sector continues to gut their R&D budgets, while the software sector continues to ramp. It’s been common knowledge for some time that carriers aren’t spending money to develop [...]

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Telephia: VoIP Households Disconnect PSTN Permanently

October 14, 2005

According to Telephia, fifty-three percent of high-tech households subscribing to Internet telephony have completely replaced and disconnected their landline phones. Fifty-nine percent said savings on calls within the United States was the top factor in making the switch. The move is on. Read the press release here.

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FCC to Overhaul Telecom / Media Rules

October 3, 2003

FCC Preparing to Overhaul Telecom, Media Rules. A major development in the US telecom space. If all of these changes are enacted as proposed, the face of the telecommunications and media industries in the US will change dramatically as regulation is reduced.

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