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Openness, where is it going to take us? (5)

2008-12-06T16:47:38Z

Your social network relationships have become a kind of data which can be carried and peeped. [+] social networks will become personal profile centers So far we have seen social network sites' plans to open up their users' profiles, such as ...

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Openness, where is it going to take us? (4)

2008-11-29T16:38:46Z

Users become more dependent on them for their central data storage. [+] An ignored project of opening user profiles A few days before the 512 earthquake in Sichuang, China, MySpace announced its plan of MySpace Data Availability, which was to...

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Openness, where is it going to take us? (3)

2008-11-22T16:30:23Z

After open platform comes the matter of profit share. It is predictable that the open platform would change the existing dynamics of the industry. For example, we have seen many third parties developing applications for the social network webs...

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Openness, where is it going to take us? (2)

2008-11-15T18:57:55Z

Why open platform? The root cause is to address the problem of inactive users. [+] open platforms for big brothers only The idea of open platform is about a big website releasing its API and allowing others (individual users, small groups or ...

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Openness, where is it going to take us? (1)

2008-11-08T18:55:52Z

"To grow bigger" is an inevitable pressure rising from within. [+] The Internet was born to be open. The Internet was born to be open and free. Since the time when people established the underlying architecture of communications network, the ...

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New Landscape in China's Telecom Market (8) WAP Sector Is Slowing Down

2008-08-10T08:13:23Z

It is more possible to become a stable, low-growth market. Therefore, it's no use being hasty. [+] Will the advent of 3G lead to a reshuffle of WAP market? Despite continuous setbacks since 2000, telecom operators have never stopped efforts i...

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New Landscape in China's Telecom Market (7) The Pricing of 3G Value-added Services

2008-07-27T08:11:18Z

3G value-added services will be cheap, but not so cheap as you have expected. [+] The pricing of video phone service As a result of the fierce battle for subscribers between operators, 3G value-added services eventually become a secondary rol...

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New Landscape in China's Telecom Market (6) Insight into 3G Price War in Taiwan

2008-07-20T03:52:56Z

Operators always seek to avoid direct discount. [+] The 3G war in Taiwan started 5 years ago. In the previous sessions, I envisioned the post-restructuring 3G fee rate war in mainland China, and provided suggestions on the offensive and defen...

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New Landscape in China's Telecom Market (5) Fee Rates of 3G Services

2008-07-13T03:51:53Z

The key of the attack and defense between operators is the fee rate. [+] Fee rates reflect the mindsets of operators Telecom services are basic services. The prime goods involved are "fee rates" (and "terminals" too). Selling communication se...

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New Landscape in China's Telecom Market (4) Dealing with Existing Subscribers is Key

2008-07-06T03:50:20Z

As a matter of fact, each of these operators has more than 100 million subscribers to deal with. [+] Are there bystanders in the 3G market? One interesting question: is it possible that, having obtained their 3G licenses, the 3 new operators,...

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