Telecom Oddities of 2007: “Por que no te callas?”
1. “Why don’t you shut up?” – that’s what Spain’s king Juan Carlos told Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in a debate. The clip has become the ringtone of choice for 500,000 spaniards, having generated $2 million in sales.
2. China’s Huawei Networks shows amazing growth in the service provider router market ranking a few notches below Cisco and Juniper. Huawei continues it’s entry into North America by launching its M318 handset in Dallas yesterday. Can anyone properly pronounce “huawei” like AWAY? or HOOWEE?
3. Nexans Cable company and Penn State have demonstrated 100 gig ethernet over Cat7 copper. Only problem: you have to live within 70 meters of your service provider!
4. Google buys Sprint. In it’s bid to become an overnight wireless carrier, Google took advantage of Sprint’s undervalued share price… (oops wait – that’s for the 2008 predictions list…)
Tags: Juan-Carlos-ringtone, Huawei, M318, Nexans, 100gig-ethernet, Sprint, Google
One hundred GIG internet? Cool. I’m moving my trailer to the Rogers parking lot!
Don’t forget all the other economic opportunities created by “Por que no te callas?” like the great shirts at CafePress or Neighborhoodlems.com.