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December 7, 2006

In the first half of 2006, Huawei recorded contract sales of USD 5.2 billion, an increase of 29 per cent compared to the same period last year. The value of contract sales from international markets reached USD 3.4 billion, an increase of 36 per cent over the same period in 2005. The international market represented 65 per cent of total contract sales generated in the first half of this year.

 

Huawei sees its future in IMS and FMC and they believe their growth rate will continue. The company is proud to say they have been granted over 2,500 to date. Next year I expect the company to become more aggressive in the US and I am actually surprised they haven’t been more aggressive in this market to date.

December 7, 2006

I find recent YouTube news is a great way to see how countries look at technology and the internet. On the one hand a Japanese group feels YouTube must rein in copyright violations. The group goes on to say YouTube – now owned by Google – needs to have safeguards in place before videos are uploaded to the massive video database site.

 

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Iran, has decided to ban YouTube altogether. Yes, you can no longer access the site from Iran. What happens when you go to YouTube? You see the following: “On the basis of the Islamic Republic of Iran laws, access to this Web site is not authorized.”

 

This move should surprise few as recently the country has restricted access to broadband access. The reason for this move was to make it more difficult to download videos and music.

 

Although not too surprising, a country’s posture towards the Internet and YouTube provides tremendous insight into how the country feels about its citizens, copyrights and technology in general.

December 7, 2006

The AT&T/BellSouth merger has been deliberated by the FCC for quite some time. On October 13 of this year reports circulated about how the FCC vote was to be pushed back. It is now almost two months later and there may be an end to the deadlock.

 

As you may recall Commissioner Robert McDowell was not voting due to a conflict of interest. As you may recall Robert McDowell worked for COMPTEL an association who was publicly against the merger.

 

It seems now that McDowell will vote. One would imagine if he allows the merger to take place, significant net neutrality concessions will be required by AT&T. From AT&T’s perspective it must be nerve-wracking to have such an important vote in the hands of a single individual.