Kako je Jobs metnuo operatorima :-)
by Zombix on stu.12, 2008 - 02:04, under Uncategorized
SingTel’s Profit Drops 12% on IPhone, Currency Swings (Update1)
By Andrea Tan
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest telephone company, posted its smallest profit in three years as subsidies for buyers of Apple Inc.’s iPhone and a stronger currency eroded earnings.
Net income fell 12 percent to S$868 million ($577 million), or 5.43 Singapore cents per share, in the second quarter ended Sept. 30, from S$988 million, or 6.18 cents, a year earlier, the company said today. Sales rose 5.3 percent to S$3.89 billion.
The Singapore dollar has jumped this year against the currencies of all markets where SingTel operates, undermining earnings from overseas operations that account for 60 percent of profit. The Singapore-based operator said costs to subsidize 170,000 customer purchases of the iPhone, which it began offering in July, also damped profit.
Sva sreća pa imam "subsidized" iPhone i na njemu Bloomberg aplikaciju za praćenje vijeti iz Apple svijeta. Da nemam ova interesantna i znakovita vijest bi mi promakla… :-)
Jedan od uvjeta da bi neki operator mogao uopće prodavati iPhone je i skidanje cijena u posebnim tarifama samo uz iPhone tako da operatori ne samo da plaćaju samu spravicu nego i nešto nižim cijenama potiču prodaju te spravice čime si dodatno gule prihode. Pa sad… hehe… bit će tu još veselja oko iPhonea i Aplea i Jobsa… samo malo strpljenja… ;-)
A zašto tethering? Pa zato što će u (ne baš) skorije vrijeme mobitel biti jedino što će vam u stvari trebati za pristup internetu i to iz vrlo jednostavnog razloga, operatori će morati isplatiti uvođenje 4G tehnologije koju će počet uvoditi taman negdje u sred svjetske krize. Zašto im se žuri? Pa mreža im se polako pretrpava…
The timing could hardly be worse. Mobile phone operators have spent billions of pounds rolling out 3G services for comparatively little return; now, amid a financial downturn and at the onset of a global recession, they are gearing up to do it all again.
Until recently so-called 4G, which promises mobile broadband speeds that far outstrip even fixed-line broadband levels, seemed a comfortable four or even five years down the line. But not any more: Ofcom, the telecoms regulator, plans to auction 4G spectrum next year, forcing operators to commit to the new technology; worse, T-Mobile, the German group owned by Deutsche Telekom, has upped the ante and become the first operator to run trials of 4G LTE (long-term evolution), one of two competing technologies.
A recent trial, together with Nortel, the telecoms equipment maker, carried out under everyday conditions near T-Mobile’s headquarters in Bonn, produced download speeds of 30 megabits per second – more than three times the speeds of most existing fixed-line broadband connections.
At full capacity LTE promises eventual download speeds of 170 mbps. T-Mobile says that it could start to roll out 4G as early as 2010. Its rivals can hardly afford to stand by and allow it to steam ahead, unchallenged.
The success of devices such as the iPhone and 3G-connected laptops, and of web video services such as YouTube and BBC iPlayer, has led to growth in data traffic. Moreover, mobile broadband use is expected to increase, threatening to overload the networks.
Netko će reći da je to sve super jer je to napredak. Ja ću reći da je to sve bacanje love u vjetar i deflacija tehnologije ali … ma koga uopće briga. Glavno da se troši.
iPlayer, BBC stvarno ima što za ponuditi i to globalno…
BBC iPlayer plans global reach, multi-platform coverage
by Macworld UK staff, Macworld UK
Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK. Visit Macworld U.K.’s blog page for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic.
The BBC has announced plans to offer iPlayer both on a global basis and on as many platforms as possible.
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studeni 12th, 2008 on 13:52
e ovaj naslov je već bolji :D
studeni 13th, 2008 on 00:41
Programi sa AppStorea su papilova, ali bez njih je iPhone gola kost