Apparently trying to steal the thunder of customer ire from Rogers Wireless’ ill-considered iPhone launch, Bell and Telus are trying to slip out the back door with an announcement that they’re going to be charging users extra for text messaging. To be...
Telecom has, generally speaking, become a zero-sum game. In fact it probably always was, despite numerous attempts by governments at deregulation. The fact of the matter is that even today, full-duplex voice conversations between two parties is almost entirely...
If, in a few weeks, it turns out that Apple’s iPhone is going to become another delicate rosebud in the AT&T Wireless walled garden, there are a number of candidates waiting in the wings for those of us who’ve seen this as the bazaar’s big...
The New York Times: Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa By G. PASCAL ZACHARY http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/05/business/worldbusiness/ 05VOIC.html?pagewanted=all CCRA, Ghana, July 3 — The Internet bubble has long since popped in the United States, Europe and Asia....
A running theme on FOIB: Wireless Carriers are arrogant, stupid thieves who are squandering unprecedented opportunity to deliver services people want to use which are deeply influential to society, and to reap the financial rewards therein. Instead, they’re...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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