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		<title>Paul Budde &#45; CircleID</title>
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		<description>Postings from Paul Budde on CircleID</description>
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		<dc:date>2011-11-30T11:33:00-08:00</dc:date>
		

		
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			<title> Broadband in Emerging Markets (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Today, over half the world's population now has access to a mobile phone, with 5.37 billion mobile subscriptions and over two billion internet users worldwide by the end of 2010. However, these are more than just bald statistics -- today, modern ICTs are genuinely changing people's lives for the better. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111130_broadband_in_emerging_markets">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-30T11:33:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Spotlight on TD-LTE Technology and Spectrum (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111116_spotlight_on_td_lte_technology_and_spectrum</link>
			<description><![CDATA[As handheld devices grow ever more sophisticated and demand for content-rich services such as mobile video increases, mobile data traffic is likely to continue growing at an explosive rate. This represents good news for the industry, but next-generation wireless technologies will need to be ready to meet the challenge and able to cope with these increased demands on bandwidth. A recent TD-LTE spectrum workshop looked at the potential of TD-LTE technology to take us on to the next stage of wireless communication. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111116_spotlight_on_td_lte_technology_and_spectrum">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-16T11:07:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Impressive Growth in Global Internet Stats (2011) (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The ITU launched its latest statistics report, the World in 2011: ICT Facts and figures, which revealed impressive growth in a number of areas such as global internet use, particularly in developing countries. The report included further key details such as: "One third of the world's population are forecast to be online by the end of 2011..." <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/2011118_the_impressive_growth_in_global_internet_stats_2011">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-08T09:56:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Governance of the Internet (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111102_the_governance_of_the_internet</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Among the hottest topics at the Broadband Leadership Summit, which was held during the ITU Telecom World 2011 in Geneva, were the issues in relation to the security of the various aspects of the digital economy. The key issue in relation to the governance of the internet relates to the many political, social and cultural differences between countries. This is one of the most contentious issues. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20111102_the_governance_of_the_internet">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-11-02T15:20:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Internet of Things and User-Generated Internet Energy (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_internet_of_things_and_user_generated_internet_energy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the key factors in the transformation of the telecommunications industry was the fact that, thanks to the internet, end-users were suddenly able to become active participants in generating content for both private and public use. Companies such as Google, Amazon, eBay, Skype and Apple, followed by a number of national and international social media companies, all became involved in these new developments, and they became the great game-changers of the industry. Telecoms companies were caught off guard... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_internet_of_things_and_user_generated_internet_energy">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-10-10T08:22:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> No Broadband - Lower Real Estate Sales (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110903_no_broadband_lower_real_estate_sales</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A survey conducted by US company Comcast Business Class found 90% of building owners and property managers felt that broadband is the most important selling point in the commercial real estate market behind price, parking and location. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110903_no_broadband_lower_real_estate_sales">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-10-03T08:00:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Analysis of Wireless Broadband Plan in 2nd Stimulus Package (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/analysis_of_wireless_broadband_plan_in_2nd_stimulus_package</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While it was good to see that the Administration included telecoms in its new stimulus package - which was launched in September 2011 - the concerns expressed when the project was announced last year still persist. Wireless is not a solution to the significant broadband problems the USA is facing. ... The new plan seems to be driven more by the failed attempts in previous initiatives to roll out more broadband infrastructure. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/analysis_of_wireless_broadband_plan_in_2nd_stimulus_package">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-15T08:19:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Mobile: The Major Battleground (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110902_mobile_the_major_battleground</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Interesting developments in the USA, Australia and New Zealand are giving some insight into the future direction of the mobile industry. In May BuddeComm reported proposed merger between AT&amp;T and T-Mobile as a major threat to competition in the USA. This was viewed as a very obvious issue, and that under normal circumstances such a deal would be rejected by the FCC. But circumstances are no longer normal... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110902_mobile_the_major_battleground">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-09-02T16:29:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Google Is NOT Moving Into the Mobile Phone Business (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110817_google_is_not_moving_into_the_mobile_phone_business</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It might appear paradoxical for Google to buy a company for $12 billion and to then not move into that business, but I believe this is the strategy supporting that company's purchase of Motorola Mobility. As many have already pointed out, the value of Motorola resides in its patents. For more than a decade this company has been a fading star... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110817_google_is_not_moving_into_the_mobile_phone_business">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-17T20:32:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> The Need for Major Structural Changes (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_need_for_major_structural_changes</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In keeping with the discussion that I have been involved in over the last decade, 'structural changes' should be today's key phrase - not just for the telecoms sector but for every sector in our economies. It has been clear for a long time that structural change is well overdue. It doesn't really matter which sector you pick, you will see that some of these reform debates go back at least a decade - and often longer -- in healthcare, education, environment, energy, finance and banking and media. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_need_for_major_structural_changes">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-17T17:59:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Is FttH Future-Proof Infrastructure? (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110816_is_ftth_future_proof_infrastructure</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Telecoms engineers from all of the major telecoms services and equipment companies around the world agree that FttH is the only future-proof telecommunications technology. So who should we trust - the technology experts or politicians with different agendas? If there had been a division of opinion among these experts it would have been necessary to investigate it; but if they are all in agreement it is safe to follow their advice. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110816_is_ftth_future_proof_infrastructure">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-16T12:04:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> FttH Is Not About High-Speed Internet Access - It Is About the Internet of Things (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/ftth_is_not_about_high_speed_internet_access_it_is_about_internet_of_things</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The future of our communications infrastructure will to a very large extent be based on the Internet of Things (IoT). What this means is that hundreds of millions of devices will be connected to the national broadband networks (NBN), gathering massive amounts of information and providing feedback in real time. In any single country, the electricity grid alone will have tens of millions of sensors and devices connected to deliver the energy efficiencies that we all so desperately need. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/ftth_is_not_about_high_speed_internet_access_it_is_about_internet_of_things">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-11T08:20:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Cloud Brokerage and Other Business Opportunities (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/cloud_brokerage_and_other_business_opportunities</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The market for cloud computing is getting more interesting every day. There is still a long way to go, as the success of cloud computing depends not only on high-speed networks, but also on capacity, robustness, affordability, low latency, ubiquity, security, privacy and reliability. Of course, the ideal infrastructure would be nationwide FttH networks, but obviously we can't wait for that... <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/cloud_brokerage_and_other_business_opportunities">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-08-02T10:34:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> Desperate Attempts to Drag the USA Into the Digital Economy (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<link>http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110801_desperate_attempts_to_drag_the_usa_into_the_digital_economy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the USA an interesting initiative has been taken by a number of leaders in the telco industry who are frustrated with the inability of the country to start building the high-speed broadband infrastructure that is needed for the development of its digital economy. While the Obama Administration has the right vision to make this happen - and the American National Broadband Plan is a good example of this - the dysfunctional political state of the country makes it impossible to establish the industry transformation needed to make this happen. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110801_desperate_attempts_to_drag_the_usa_into_the_digital_economy">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-07-31T21:34:00-08:00</dc:date>
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			<title> America Planning for the Closure of Its Copper Network (Featured Blog)</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[In an interesting move the FCC's Technical Advisory Council has outlined the need for setting a 'sunset' date for the closure of the circuit switched network. This is a first step that eventually could lead to the replacement of the PSTN in the USA, rather than letting the network slowly fade into oblivion the FCC proposes the bring the issue in the open so that it can be properly evaluated and discussed. <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110711_america_planning_for_the_closure_of_its_copper_network">More...</a>]]></description>
			<dc:date>2011-07-11T17:57:00-08:00</dc:date>
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