I’ve always been very skeptical about the success of femtocells with mobile operators as I just couldn’t see how MNOs will convince customer s to put up an “antenna” at home and maybe even pay for it. Basically all of this just just to “help” the operator to improve its coverage, which customer take for [...]
Interesting case for femtocells – create your private mobile network at home
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Mobile
Is fixed & wifi dead and the future is mobile broadband? OR how much bandwidth can we possibly use?
December 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Internet, Mobile
Recently I had several discussions with telco operators and experts about the future of fixed broadband, the importance of wireless spectrum and the future of mobile broadband.
Let’s start with a consumer question instead of having the telco engineers doing their pitch: “How much bandwidth do I possibly need?” 3Mbs? 10Mbs? 50Mbs? 100Mbs? or more? for [...]
Ebay sells majority in skype for amazing price – a win-win-win deal?!
September 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Internet, Mobile
I was quite surprised today to read the headline of the deal between ebay and a private equity about the sale of the majority of skype. But I was even more surprised about the price they achieved, which values skype at $2.75billion. ebay paid including payouts to founders about $3.1bn, but had written down later [...]
