Telecom News

• State Governments get involved in Broadband: A number of State Governments are "taking action where the Howard Government is not."
  
• Sceptical telco applies for $600m broadband fund: Telcos vie for a piece of the Government's Broadband Connect fund.
  
• Google/Orange phone is 'nothing new' - analyst: Rumours abound that Orange and Google are in talks to launch co-branded device.


• Sky and Google Alliance: Wide-ranging alliance covering advertising revenue share, a Sky-branded version of Gmail and UGC video.
  
• Orange Content: Orange UK has jumped aboard the user-generated content train.


• Telstra steals 3G show with Next G: Telstra’s blitzkrieg national rollout of a high-speed 3G network has undercut the chances of any competing network.
  
• Microsoft tests new VoIP server: Microsoft has started testing new server software that allows corporate customers to make phone calls through its Office suite of business software.
  
• Telstra's structural separation debate: The debate around a separation between the infrastructure and services arms is back on the table.

Telecom Trends

• Mobile VoIP: Example of a Mobile VoIP value proposition where the value proposition is built around group context and presence.
  
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• Telco 2.0 ‘Disruptors’: “PhoneGnome is to fixed lines what WiFi handsets are to mobile.”
  
• True Pioneers: Congratulations to the 47 technology pioneers for 2007, (Truephone, SlingMedia, Bridgeport Networks among others.)
  
• FMC is go, says survey: Over 65% of Operators Will Have Implemented FMC Into Their Service Platform Within the Next Three Years.
  
• Telcos fear Web 2.0 : 75% of telco insiders lack confidence in Telcos' ability to create long-term sustainable growth in new environment.