Technology, Media & Telecom News by GLG Council Members

Iphone’s Popularity Helped Apple To Achieve Record Setting Figures in Q4

November 2, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Apple increases iPhone sales 7% to 7.4 mln in Q3 | www.telecompaper.com

With the release of Apple’s Q4 financial figures, market dominance of Iphone is made clear. The report produced shows record setting quarter for Iphone sales.  Apple has increased Iphone sales by 7% to 7.4 million in Q4 surpassing analysts’ estimates which was much below the achieved figures.

Peter Curnow-FordChairmanEisar Ltd.

Samsung handset shipments up 15pc and aims to take 20pc market share

November 2, 2009

Analysis of:Samsung shipments up 16pc | www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk

Samsung continues to dominate in sales growth in the key low to mid-end markets and in developing markets where it shows how to build channel strength.Samsung is also a leader in fashion touch handsets, ie devices in the mid-sector that sell on looks and touch screens to a mainly younger audience.Growing qtr on qtr sales by 15pc, means it is bucking the annual trend which will see an 8pc drop inworldwide...

WWW to be truly global ?

November 1, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:web to be truly worldwide at last | news.bbc.co.uk

As per a recent meeting in Seoul,S.Korea and ICANN's (Internet Corp. for Assigned Numbers and Names ) decision to allow users to choose full web and e-mail addresses using non-Latin character sets means the end of a TRULY world wide web and not the beginning!!It will most certainly lead to further defragmentation of the WWW and all that implies in terms of globally accepted standards and policies...

10 Habits of Incompetent Managers & The People They Hire

October 30, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:10 Habits of Incompetent Managers | www.fastcompany.com

After 25+ plus years in the corporate world, this is the bane of my existence and as an addendum to the FAST COMPANY list, I added the types of incoherent wheel spinners the incompetant managers typically surround themselves with:

Semiconductor & Solar Manufacturing Trends

October 30, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Arizona Loses More Manufacturing & Clean Energy Opportunity | www.examiner.com

As noted in this core article, many companies such as Microsemi, who decided to close semiconductor plants, were not insightful enough to capitalize on green stimulus funding in the development of new product lines to support the emerging green revolution of energy-efficient and cleaner energy components and devices including: lighting-emitting diodes, advanced batteries, smart grid elements, low-power...

No iPhone On Verizon

October 30, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Have Apple-Verizon Talks Broken Down? | www.businessweek.com

It's not likely that Apple will push to have the iPhone on the Verizon network. The Droid ads are just one of the reasons. Here's why.

Incumbent Carriers Find Many Ways To Inhibit Entrants

October 30, 2009

Analysis by:GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Globalive phone battle headed to cabinet - The Globe and Mail | www.theglobeandmail.com

There are good reasons why the Government and regulator in Canada want to introduce more effective competition into the country's mobile market.  But Canadian incumbents, like all incumbents, are determined and innovative in finding arguments and ways and means to inhibit and delay entrants who may disturb their existing profitable arrangements.

P.J. LouisPresidentPJ Louis LLC

Tata Consultancy – A Force To Be Reckoned With

October 30, 2009

Analysis of:Software Exporter to Expand Footprint in Emerging Markets | online.wsj.com

Tata Consultancy Services has been making its presence known in North America for years. It has been operating under the radar.

Peter Curnow-FordChairmanEisar Ltd.

Orange UK sees strength while revenues suffer interim slide

October 29, 2009

Analysis of:Orange UK revenues down 15pc | www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk

The competitive UK mobile (cellular) market shows signs that it can weather the current financial strains.Orange (part of France Telecom group) has seen its revenues shrink 15% yet underlying margins are holding and customers, especially contract customers have increased in Q3.Orange is also in the throws of merging with T-Mobile UK, to create the UK's largest mobile operator with reach from MVNO's,...

Samuel GreenholtzPrincipalTelecom Pragmatics

Hardball 10/29/09: At Last, AT&T’s U-verse As We Know It Will Start Going Away

October 29, 2009

Analysis of:U-Verse Growth Is Slowing | www.lightreading.com

We expect dramatic cutbacks in U-verse CAPEX over the next two years. The service has pretty much been a bust.   For AT&T, 3Q09 will probably “be identified as the quarter in which the U-verse star started to fade.”

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