Notebook

A more optimistic tone at this year's Mobile World Congress
Staff

Frost & Sullivan summarizes some of the key themes from this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

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Industry Focus, Notebook
Netbooks eat into every notebook PC category, and Samsung Telecom wins the mobile screen
David Anderson

Netbook shipments grew 103% in 2009, with revenues up 72%, and Samsung Telecom leads the fast-growing organic light-emitting diode (OLED) market in the midst of consolidation, with Eastman Kodak Co. selling its OLED display business to LG Electronics, and InnoLux acquiring CMO and TPO.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus, Notebook
Carrier IP telephony market eases into recovery: Dell'Oro Group
David Anderson

According to Dell'Oro Group, the carrier IP telephony market grew close to 10% sequentially during the third quarter of 2009, to $782 million, reports Telemanagement, with Acme Packet and Huawei each posting double-digit revenue gains.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus, Notebook
Mobile video gains traction: Open Mobile Video Coalition
David Anderson

A coalition represented by the likes of Fox Television, NBC Universal, and PBS, has released a new study suggesting that the appeal of mobile video is increasing with faster networks and feature-rich devices.

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Industry Focus, Notebook, (TM)
Comment: CRTC a lame duck after Clement over-rules Globalive decision
Tim Wilson

With the predictable decision by Industry Minister Tony Clement to overturn the CRTC, the federal government has admitted in deed, if not in words, that the Telecommunications Act is dead. As we wrote at the end of October: "this may turn into a political football, with the Conservatives seizing on the opportunity to weaken the CRTC".

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Company Spotlight, Notebook, Regulation & Policy
Security round up: Vendors defend themselves, and crime pays
Anthony Gabryluk

The US government issues a security warning for Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, SonicWall and SafeNet, while admitting to not testing other vendors; spam loves the swine flu; victims of toll fraud get no sympathy from Telus Corp; and Microsoft Corp slaps down Prevx for inaccuracy.

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Company Spotlight, Notebook, Security
Portability killed the desktop: big vendors moving fast to adapt to mobile demands
David Anderson


Dell creates communications division as iSuppli ranks Acer ahead of Dell in PC market, Mac sales outpace the PC, and HP stumbles with its iPAQ Glisten smartphone.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets, Green, Industry Focus, Notebook
Contract delays bring cuts to WebTech Wireless
Tim Wilson

Vancouver headquartered WebTech Wireless Inc., a provider of vehicle location-based and fleet telematics services, has announced that it has reduced its full-time workforce by more than 10% due to delays in customer projects in the US and Mexico.

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Company Spotlight, Geographic Markets, Industry Focus, Notebook
Aircell signs up Air Canada for inflight Wi-Fi trials, closes in on two million users
Anthony Gabryluk

Air Canada  has begun trials to offer its customers Aircell's Gogo Inflight Internet service on board select flights on the carrier's Toronto-Los Angeles and Montreal-Los Angeles routes.

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Company Spotlight, Industry Focus, Notebook
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) buys into Skype
Anthony Gabyluk


Skype has closed its deal with new investors led by Silver Lake and including Andreessen Horowitz, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Joltid Limited and founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis.

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Company Spotlight, Notebook
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