Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

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  • Nokia: Don’t bet the house on content

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    At times you can feel sorry for Nokia. The company is damned when it dares to plan for the future, and it’s damned if it doesn’t. But that illustrates the depth of its dilemma. Today, Nokia is phenomenally successful in one business – handsets – which generates £27bn ($54bn) a year, with a margin of…

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  • Can Big Telco do Perestroika?

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    While the CTIA Wireless jamboree took place in Florida this week, European telcos were drawn in a huddle in London at one of the most intriguing events of the telecoms calendar. The theme at STL’s twice-yearly Telco 2.0 Brainstorm is familiar: “How to making money in an IP-based world”. But it has an added piquancy…

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  • A monkey hangers guide to Net Neutrality

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    My presentation to the Westminster eForum on Net Neutrality. I’ll turn this into an embeddable slide show eventually, honest. For now, see The Register for transcript and slides.… Read More

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  • Google snubs UK’s first Net Neutrality debate

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The first significant Net Neutrality debate to take place in the UK was held today at Westminster. Chaired by former trade minister Alun Michael and the Conservative shadow trade minister Charles Hendry, the event attracted the chief Telecoms regulator and ministry policy chief, a clutch of industry representatives, and a sprinkling of members of both…

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  • PacketExchange’s counterpoint to Neutrality hysteria

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Networks need to get smarter, says PacketExchange’s Kieron O’Brien, in a sharp counterpoint to the “Net Neutrality” hysteria. PacketExchange bypasses the congestion of the internet by offering its customers a private end-to-end network. Some of its customers, such as Nokia, Microsoft, and cable ISP Telewest (now owned by Virgin) aren’t so surprising. But last week…

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  • Spontaneous human combustion: Skype to blame

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend. The man, David Reed, held an executive position at Lotus in the early 1980s, and was a Fellow at HP Labs. He is said to be recovering from the spontaneous human combustion at MIT Media Lab,…

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