“It is evident that internet search engines use our networks without paying us anything, which is good for them and a disgrace for us” …. “this can not continue, we set up the networks (….) we do everything. This will change, I am sure.” These statements were made by Telefonica’s president Mr. César Alierta this past Feb 5, 2010 […]
The battle for the smart phone
Last Friday Sony-Ericsson announced its 2009 results: losses of $1.24 billion with a drop of sales of 40% from the previous year. This made me look at other phone manufacturers, like Nokia, Motorola or HTC. The latest data reported by the Finish company are for the quarter ending in September 09: 20% drop in sales form the same quarter […]
Android anyone?
I believe it is time to discuss the effect of the Operating Systems in the mobile space. To date, for the majority of users the operating system in the mobile device has been an indistinguishable part of the device; in fact, for many people, it is hardly noticeable that the usual stack we are accustomed […]
Got some change? I have to buy a service company!
Xerox announced last September 27th that it will buy ACS (Affiliated Computer Services) for $6.4 billion dollars. ACS is according to Forrester Research one of the leading global IT infrastructure providers. This leading pack of providers, according to Forrester Research, includes among a few others the aforementioned ACS, IBM, EDS and Perot Systems. Mergers and […]
