Analyst Blog
Google jockeys for space in US’s increasingly crowded music-streaming sector
What’s happened? Google has launched a music-subscription service to complement the sale of music downloads from Google Play. The strangely titled Google Play Music All Access will go up against the likes of Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody and Xbox Music in the US, with overseas rollouts expected soon. There is no advertising-supported tier, and a monthly… Read more
NSN/Ericsson/Huawei MoU raises serious questions over the need for OSS standardization
The announcement that OSS rivals NSN, Ericsson and Huawei have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to cross-license their respective OSS interfaces to one another raised a few questions as well as a few eyebrows in Nice this week.
Bleak budgetary outlook will show how much Australian government values the NBN
With a budget deficit of $19 billion now announced – and forecast budget revenues slumping by tens of billions of dollars – Australia’s politicians have some tough spending decisions to make – not least over the funding of the controversial $37.4 billion National Broadband Network (NBN). The real question now is whether politicians – Labor… Read more
