MuniWireless

Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China, has completed the first phase of a citywide wireless broadband network. Wi-Fi access is now available along the main traffic routes and popular tourist areas. The local government expects the network to be finished by 2010. Wasu Digital TV Co., the service provider, claims they will be able to provide digital TV even to users in moving vehicles (up to speeds of 40 kph). I am very skeptical of any claims…

Last week, three European incumbents - Orange, British Telecom and Telefonica - released their mid-year results, delivering some news to reassure investors already reeling from the economic downturn.  The numbers show that the telecom market is moving at its usual steady pace, as if nothing adverse were happening in the financial markets. In addition to releasing quarterly results, the carriers made interesting remarks on the dynamic of the European telecom market. Europe is a market which started its transition from…