Archives : November 2008

Fixed mobile substitution to continue apace through economic downturn

published on 2008/11/27 by Anthony Plewes

UK-based market watcher Analysys Mason says that fixed mobile substitution will continue to grow throughout the economic downturn, and predicts that enterprise spending on fixed voice services will shrink by 15% next year. The economic turmoil will only contribute around 1-2% of the decline of enterprise fixed voice, with the remainder being a direct consequence of fixed mobile substitution. The report author, Margaret Hopkins, says that the economic downturn will focus enterprises on maximising cashflow and they will look to audit voice networks to find any wastage. This will result in reduced revenues for fixed line voice operators through the......

Does Google's flu-tracker raise privacy issues?

published on 2008/11/23 by Anthony Plewes

Earlier this month Web company Google demonstrated how it could mine its own search tracking database to track the spread of influenza across the US. By analysing certain key search terms such as 'flu symptoms', or 'flu medicine' made within a certain geography, Google is able to track the incidence and spread of flu within a region. Although a search for flu-related symptoms doesn't necessarily mean that the searcher has influenza, there is a remarkable correlation to real illness data. Google compared its historical search data over five years with actual data on flu incidence collected by the US Centers......

"Video is the medium of the future" Cisco Social Media Expert Announces

published on 2008/11/21 by Yann Gourvennec

In this article we'll describe the take aways from John Earnhardt's presentation at BlogWell (http://www.gaspedal.com/blogwell) about the development of Corporate WebTVs and Vlogging and I will also establish a comparison - in part two of this post - with our own experience on the launch of our own WebTV at http://orange-business.tv...

"Video is the medium of the future" Cisco Social Media Expert Announces

Putting the smartness into Smart Cities

published on 2008/11/17 by Dorne Lovegrove

There has been much talk of Smart Cities recently. Orange has been pioneering this concept for some time now, helping property developers throughout the region to enter the profitable world of broadband and telecoms services. If you are interested in how smart homes, intelligent buildings and e-government services are helping to transform life in the Middle East, check out our Briefing Paper. Download smart_cities_business_brief_from_orange_business_services.pdf.pdf In the Gulf alone, there is an estimated $2 trillion of investment committed to new cities, hotels, towers, airports and ports. Increasingly, each development needs something special to differentiate it. Competition for tenants and the need......

Putting the smartness into Smart Cities

published on 2008/11/17 by Dorne Lovegrove

There has been much talk of Smart Cities recently. Orange has been pioneering this concept for some time now, helping property developers throughout the region to enter the profitable world of broadband and telecoms services. If you are interested in how smart homes, intelligent buildings and e-government services are helping to transform life in the Middle East, check out our Briefing Paper. Download smart_cities_business_brief_from_orange_business_services.pdf.pdf In the Gulf alone, there is an estimated $2 trillion of investment committed to new cities, hotels, towers, airports and ports. Increasingly, each development needs something special to differentiate it. Competition for tenants and the need......