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In FCC's Report on Wireless Competition, an Agenda?

Harvard Business Review

Every year since 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a report on the state of competition in the wireless market. In fact, direct evidence regarding the state of competition in the wireless ecosystem is easy to obtain and clear in its implications. It's just about to release its fifteenth one.

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Cisco's Flip Flop and (Mis)Managing the Obvious

Harvard Business Review

The company promised back in 2009 to bring out a Wi-Fi Flip in early 2010. How a blue chip technology innovator invests well over $700 million acquiring, developing, distributing and marketing a consumer digicam without a clear path connecting it to the most popular wireless medium around escapes me. What happened?

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

Further, we'll see a roll-out of 4G wireless services across the country in 2012. As unit economics enable ever cheaper smart phones (the lowest price in the market is now $65), their penetration will rise. There's the question of how to develop robust legal, regulatory, and financial infrastructure (including payment systems).

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Why Google Fiber Is High-Speed Internet’s Most Successful Failure

Harvard Business Review

In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. PM Images/Getty Images. continuing to rely almost entirely on private investment.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

But the conditions seemed to be ripe for one to develop. If you had asked Singaporeans in 2010 to identify a successful local start-up, they might have paused for a few minutes before mentioning Creative Labs. With the cautionary notes in mind, I arrived in Singapore in March 2010. ” Sure, I would respond.