Europe is in the vanguard of the digital revolution, particularly in mobile services where it remains ahead of the US, in terms of penetration and service availability. Europe also leads the world in the following areas: penetration of broadband internet; digital television, including terrestial and broadcast and IPTV; level of e-commerce, including music downloads; and online advertising.
The global economy seems to have survived the economic slowdown triggered by the collapse of the credit boom-driven asset price bubble. There are still some fundamental weaknesses in the global financial system, that could make any potential international expansion unattractive. What should Indian tech companies that want to break into global markets do? Expand internationally or concentrate on the still growing Indian market?
Arun Muthirulan, 14 September 2009
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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Reiko Uchida, 13 April 2009
Deal investment dropped to a 10-year low of $1.3 billion, but technology driven Digital Marketing and Online Media companies still managed to attract investors and dominated media deals in Q1 2009.
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Arun Muthirulan, 05 April 2009
Falling revenue growth and pricing pressures mean that ad-supported business models cannot compensate for declining music revenues.
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Sarita Jones, 31 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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Arun Muthirulan, 23 March 2009