There are a very wide range of mature communications technologies covering three main areas: two-way 'wire-based' communication, including cable and fixed-wire telecommunications networks; a wide range of two-way 'wireless' communications technologies covering different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, and 'broadcast' technologies covering analogue and digital satellite and terrestrial one-way transmission.
Indian companies are becoming more active in international Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). The out-bound M&A activity has ranged from the occasional multi-billion dollar deal to a number of smaller deals. The activity has been across a number of sectors such as telecommunications, IT services, Oil & Gas industry, Healthcare and Biotechnology. The outbound M&A deals from India indicate that 2010 will see more action as Indian companies are looking to expand their global presence using M&A as a key component of their global strategy.
23 March 2010
WiMax and LTE (Long Term Evolution) are shaping up as competitors to dominate the next generation of high speed data services for mobile customers. Although their origins are both in OFDM, these two emerging technologies are being promoted by rival camps aiming to establish the next industry...
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13 April 2009
The Cloud has become the latest marketing bandwagon for the Computing, Media and Telecommunications industries. New initiatives covering a range of technologies, services and business models have been conflated under this heading, with forecasts for dramatic growth in Cloud Computing and...
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30 March 2009
The recent deal between Nokia and Skype to pre-install Skype VOIP software in Nokia Smartphones promises to fundamentally change the traditional mobile industry business model of call-based revenue generation.
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23 March 2009
Adobe is one of the companies battling for control of the mobile web agenda, but it has been hampered by the exclusion of its Flash technology from the iPhone and the Android-based G1. It is now trying to make it simpler for handset makers to incorporate fully blown Flash on to their devices, to...
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21 March 2009