We get asked the “i” word by clients a lot these days. No, its not the i-phone, but inflation. With inflation rates in North America and Europe hovering in the 3% - 5% range, there is a general concern that higher prices will need to be passed on to the consumer, and will likely result [...]

“There is no other option but to succeed”, was the public comment made by the new MII minister, Mr. Yizhong Li, supporting TD-SCDMA in Beijing. China Mobile seems to have made the hard choice for social obligation to fulfill the Chinese government’s commitments to TD-SCDMA. This, combined with increased competition for high-end urban users has led [...]

The news out of New Zealand is that TCNZ’s fixed line business is following the same international trends faced by other incumbent telcos. Most analysts believe that with fixed-to-mobile substitution currently at relatively low levels in New Zealand (6% - 7% of homes are mobile only) and take up of VoIP continuing at a relatively [...]