mobile broadband in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment It might sound like something from the seedier side of the internet - but naked DSL might just be the next big thing in broadband. It's basically a DSL broadband service - but without a standard phone line and the expensive line rental that goes... [03 Jul 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment Overall, prices for mobile broadband services are going down. Software that makes mobile broadband easy to use and easy to manage could crack the conundrum of there being bandwidth everywhere but never a meg to use. [12 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up Now, there's no denying we love our broadband in the UK. The problem is that broadband services aren't great. It particularly irks rural folk when our London-based communications regulator goes to great lengths to tell rural broadband customers... [06 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment Giving what was presumably his final keynote at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) tradeshow in Barcelona in February, Sarin's words certainly had the air of a swan-song - laying out his hopes and dreams for the mobile industry, which... [29 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment All this reduces the quality of speech calls but is disastrous for dial-up or for broadband. So, many people have signed up for broadband with ISPs offering "up to 8Mbps", but many are very disappointed with the actual service. [29 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Here's how I understand it: I install the femtocell and use my broadband connection to improve my provider's 3G/HSDPA coverage, and they want me to pay them for it. Windows XP was getting a lot of attention this week, with silicon.com readers... [01 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges. It's a veritable cornucopia of mobile and wireless... [28 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment My oldest children can remember black-and-white TV but there were no colour services, nor were videos, PCs, mobile phones or broadband available. Written on JetBlue 0038 flying from JFK to Rochester NY, and dispatched via a free hotel wi-fi service. [26 Mar 2008]
Retail leaders will open up in tough times
Comment His free broadband offer fiasco has taught him that it's better to come clean when you are in trouble. Carphone now has a website that shows customers a warts-and-all view of his broadband business, a step-child that his customer services team didn... [13 Mar 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Locked in at the bank
Comment Fast-forward to today and we have multiple fixed and mobile networks with twisted pair, coax, optical fibre, wi-fi, and WiMax providing telephone, TV and broadband connectivity, VoIP, quadruple service plays and number portability. [07 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment As with web 2.0, some countries will be frozen out of the thinner mobile revolution by the lack of broadband capacity. So it looks like it is a very viable proposition and an obvious manifestation of the broadband wireless world. [28 Jan 2008]
Editor's Blog: Digital cold turkey, Himalayan style
Comment I've often talked about going digital cold-turkey, dumping the gadgets, the laptop and the broadband, and finding out how long I could cope before being reduced to a shivering wreck, pleading for a little bit of high-tech fun. [10 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Apple vs Vista, jail for mobile users and the broadband swindle…
Comment Broadband speeds under scrutiny Threat of jail for mobile phone drivers Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Resolutions for 2008 ¦ The best of 2007 ¦ Leader... [03 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The last CD
Comment Secondly, a key element in their demise will be the deployment of real broadband at speeds greater than 100Mbps, which will see a hybrid world of thick and thin clients operating in fixed and mobile modes. [25 Oct 2007]
Ben Verwaayen
AS Profile Following the advent of increased broadband use and mobile phone penetration, BT's heartland revenues were being eroded. As a result, BT had to take up both broadband and mobile services, which it managed with an alacrity that would have been... [12 Oct 2007]
Keep updated for stories matching mobile broadband in comment and analysis via RSS
