Broadband / Network Services
Analyst sees VoIP substituting for multiple wireline services
Ericsson wins big Chinese contracts, $1.7B for 2G and 3G framework agreements and Sprint is outsourcing their entire network management to them in a 7year, $4.5-$5B deal involvibng 6000 staff.
Phorm, the technology that people don't want, is losing steam. BT has abandoned them, and now TalkTalk has also said that without market acceptance, there's no point to continue, Virgin is still evaluating but the UK market looks like it has turned away from DPI ad targeting for now.
Apparently people prefer mobile video applications to MobileTV. Something to do with choice perhaps?
France Telecom upgrades sub-sea cables between Europe and ME
Indian SMS use surges
Public WiFi
Meraki selected by schools and colleges
WiMAX
Nokia-Siemens & Alverion on WiMAX collaboration
Clear launches in Vegas on 21st July
McWiLL: China's nearly forgotten WiMAX competitor
Mobile / FMC / VoIP
India raises revenue prediction for 3G licenses to $7.2B
iPhone: rumour of progress towards a Chinese iPhone. The new 3GS only supports HSDPA, not HSUPA so uplink is limited to 384kbps. The practical effect of the 3GS's doubled-up RAM. Craig Hockenberry's review of 1year of the AppStore. Mashable's 14 apps with Push Notification for productivity. Daily Wireless on the coming video tsunami as Apple adds cameras, and more importantly the easy-to-use software to iPhones and, rumoured, iPods.
Android: leaked info on Sony-Ericsson phone but Nokia denies they are about to release one
TechCrunch: Cherry, the MVNO that provides converged cellular/WiFI calling, even if you don't have a SIM card.
Palm Pre: in Europe before Christmas
