Schneier takes the BT shilling in million-dollar deal
BT has bought Counterpane Internet Security, turning its high-profile founder and CTO Bruce Schneier into one of its employees.
BT has bought Counterpane Internet Security, turning its high-profile founder and CTO Bruce Schneier into one of its employees.
One of the less obvious advantages of broadband is it relieves companies’ bookshelves of weighty tomes on trends in the telco industry, says Ovum telco strategy practice leader Mike Cansfield. Industry monitor Ovum now provides most of its detailed content online, with only short summary reports delivered in print, he says.
TUANZ chief executive Ernie Newman, returning from a European trip, reports encouraging signs that the reformed telecommunications environment, particularly as implemented by BT, appears to be helping to introduce new services and bring down prices.
InternetNZ is backing full operational separation of Telecom in its submission on the Telecommunications Bill.
I met Telecom’s new general manager of wholesale, Matt Crockett, the other day and I must say I’m quite heartened by our conversation.
Telecom has just announced the voluntary separation of its wholesale and retail businesses, but how does this compare to what’s happening in the UK, where BT underwent a similar transformation less than a year ago?