At a time when broadband is quickly reaching saturation point in most developed markets, less developed markets across the globe continue to exhibit extremely high levels of growth. Within these markets there are a number of common factors, but there are also some unique market characteristics that are shaping the way broadband and future services are adopted.
The top ten markets:
• Greece
• Indonesia
• India
• Ireland
• Russia
• Thailand
• The Philippines
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Vietnam
The top ten fastest-growing markets in 2006 include countries from Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and the Middle East & Africa (MEA), but they also include those from Western Europe.
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MTube微網機 全球最小
MTube微網機 全球最小
【經濟日報╱記者李立達／台北報導】 2007.10.09 02:30 am
行政院科技顧問組昨（8）日發表新世代手持產品「MTube微網機」，大小僅8.5公分見方，厚度僅2公分，號稱全球體積最小，具備筆記型電腦、WiMAX無線寬頻通訊功能的手持式產品。
研究計畫主持人、行政院科技顧問組召集人林逢慶指出，此產品將於六個月內完成，2009年授權廠商量產。
由於產品具備輕薄短小及強大的行動通訊功能，昨天發表會中，包括廣達、華碩、大同等電腦廠商，均到場展現濃厚興趣。
行政院科技顧問組表示，此產品由科技顧問孔祥重主持，2006年9月開始，委由工研院、資策會開始研發，並結合包括威盛電子、鈺程及韓系廠商GCT等技術支援，並提供相關零組件。其中威盛提供CPU、鈺程負責WiMAX模組、GCT負責WiMAX晶片、統寶負責LCD面板等。
孔祥重表示，MTube具備六項功能，堪稱全球第一，包括採用x86，1GHz的處理器；具備2.8吋觸控螢幕，在移動中可進行全速率（30fps）及高解析度顯示；可支援電腦等級的全功能瀏覽器；支援所有主要媒體格式；可利用WiMAX進行移動式個人寬頻廣播。
MTube重量僅150公克，擁有8G硬碟，並可持續擴充，當現場媒體詢問孔祥重對UMPC的看法，他說，「UMPC像塊石頭」，他並不看好其市場性。市售的UMPC重量約700公克到1,000公克間。
科顧組表示，MTube不但支援多媒體格式，並可預先下載及採離線模式使用。目前智慧型手機並無法操作全功能瀏覽器，包括iPhone也僅支援部分網站，但MTube系統，可瀏覽2,000多個營運網站，並且可採用離線操作，待連線恢復後將自動與伺服器同步，完成工作。
科顧組指出，MTube採用最重工作量情況下，電力可支持四小時，未來將朝高功率低耗能等方向持續改善。
昨天展示為原形機，預定半年後推出最終版本，屆時上市售價預定在1萬元以內。
【經濟日報╱記者李立達／台北報導】 2007.10.09 02:30 am
行政院科技顧問組昨（8）日發表新世代手持產品「MTube微網機」，大小僅8.5公分見方，厚度僅2公分，號稱全球體積最小，具備筆記型電腦、WiMAX無線寬頻通訊功能的手持式產品。
研究計畫主持人、行政院科技顧問組召集人林逢慶指出，此產品將於六個月內完成，2009年授權廠商量產。
由於產品具備輕薄短小及強大的行動通訊功能，昨天發表會中，包括廣達、華碩、大同等電腦廠商，均到場展現濃厚興趣。
行政院科技顧問組表示，此產品由科技顧問孔祥重主持，2006年9月開始，委由工研院、資策會開始研發，並結合包括威盛電子、鈺程及韓系廠商GCT等技術支援，並提供相關零組件。其中威盛提供CPU、鈺程負責WiMAX模組、GCT負責WiMAX晶片、統寶負責LCD面板等。
孔祥重表示，MTube具備六項功能，堪稱全球第一，包括採用x86，1GHz的處理器；具備2.8吋觸控螢幕，在移動中可進行全速率（30fps）及高解析度顯示；可支援電腦等級的全功能瀏覽器；支援所有主要媒體格式；可利用WiMAX進行移動式個人寬頻廣播。
MTube重量僅150公克，擁有8G硬碟，並可持續擴充，當現場媒體詢問孔祥重對UMPC的看法，他說，「UMPC像塊石頭」，他並不看好其市場性。市售的UMPC重量約700公克到1,000公克間。
科顧組表示，MTube不但支援多媒體格式，並可預先下載及採離線模式使用。目前智慧型手機並無法操作全功能瀏覽器，包括iPhone也僅支援部分網站，但MTube系統，可瀏覽2,000多個營運網站，並且可採用離線操作，待連線恢復後將自動與伺服器同步，完成工作。
科顧組指出，MTube採用最重工作量情況下，電力可支持四小時，未來將朝高功率低耗能等方向持續改善。
昨天展示為原形機，預定半年後推出最終版本，屆時上市售價預定在1萬元以內。
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Microsoft Unveils Pricing for Small Biz VoIP System
By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett, CMP Channel
9:00 Oct 02, 2007
While solution providers anxiously await the release of Microsoft's unified communications product portfolio later this month, the company in the meantime is making strides to bring its small business VoIP wares to market.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has released its Response Point phone system to manufacturing, meaning that OEM partners D-Link and Quanta Computer will soon have general availability for products based on the software. Microsoft also said both partners will be pricing their products below $3,000.
Microsoft joins vendors such as 3Com, Cisco Systems and Digium in recently targeting VoIP systems at small businesses.
The systems, which include VoIP call processing and features such as voicemail, call forwarding and integration with Microsoft Outlook, are targeted at small-business customers with up to 50 users, though they will scale higher, said Jeff Smith, senior product manager at Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft's small business VoIP move comes two weeks ahead of the planned launch of Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and other communications products at a launch event in San Francisco on October 16. Smith noted that Response Point systems were built from the ground up as small business solutions and are not designed to work as branch office systems off of larger OCS deployments.
Two OEM partners, D-Link and Quanta, are preparing to ship product bundles within the next few months that package Microsoft software with their base hardware units, gateways and phones.
Systems based on Response Point software will be available to solution providers via the distributors working with D-Link and Quanta, including D&H Distributing, Ingram Micro, Synnex, Tech Data and several others.
"I've looked into Response Point, and it looks like a compelling solution for small businesses who just want basic PBX features like dial tone and voice mail," said Travis Fisher, executive vice president at Inacom Information Systems, Salisbury, Md., via e-mail. "They say that it will support up to 100 extensions, but my guess is that businesses with 40-plus users will be looking for a more sophisticated solution [with] things like toll bypass, screen pops, SIP compatibility, custom apps on the phone, etc."
D-Link, Fountain Valley, Calif., plans to make its VoiceCenter phone system available during the fourth quarter. A starter pack, which includes a base unit, analog telephone adapter (ATA) and five phones, will be priced at $2,999. Additional phones will cost $149.
Taiwan-based Quanta will begin taking pre-orders for its Syspine system on Oct. 5. A package that includes a base unit with built-in ATA and secure gateway as well as four phones will cost approximately $2,500. Additional phones will cost $159 each.
Microsoft had also named Uniden America, Ft. Worth, Texas, as an OEM partner in March when it first introduced the product line, but Uniden has decided not to ship product this year, Smith said.
Smith stopped short of saying that Uniden America had pulled out as an OEM partner. "We continue to work with them and are positive about our relationship overall," Smith said.
Meanwhile, communications networking vendor Aastra Technologies, Ontario, Canada, has signed on as Microsoft's newest hardware partner with plans to ship Response Point-based phone systems with wireless handsets next year, Smith said.
In addition, Microsoft Financing will be available for all Response Point systems, enabling customers to pay for all associated software, hardware and installation fees over a three-year period, Smith said.
Microsoft expects to have about 1,000 solution providers trained on Response Point by the time products begin shipping. D-Link and Quanta are also training channel partners, Smith said.
Response Point is comprised of three software pieces: the call processing software that runs on the base unit; Response Point Administrator, a management console for monitoring system health and making moves, adds and changes; and Response Point Assistant software, a client application for Windows PCs that enables on-screen call notification.
Kevin McLaughlin contributed to this story.
9:00 Oct 02, 2007
While solution providers anxiously await the release of Microsoft's unified communications product portfolio later this month, the company in the meantime is making strides to bring its small business VoIP wares to market.
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has released its Response Point phone system to manufacturing, meaning that OEM partners D-Link and Quanta Computer will soon have general availability for products based on the software. Microsoft also said both partners will be pricing their products below $3,000.
Microsoft joins vendors such as 3Com, Cisco Systems and Digium in recently targeting VoIP systems at small businesses.
The systems, which include VoIP call processing and features such as voicemail, call forwarding and integration with Microsoft Outlook, are targeted at small-business customers with up to 50 users, though they will scale higher, said Jeff Smith, senior product manager at Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.
Microsoft's small business VoIP move comes two weeks ahead of the planned launch of Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007 and other communications products at a launch event in San Francisco on October 16. Smith noted that Response Point systems were built from the ground up as small business solutions and are not designed to work as branch office systems off of larger OCS deployments.
Two OEM partners, D-Link and Quanta, are preparing to ship product bundles within the next few months that package Microsoft software with their base hardware units, gateways and phones.
Systems based on Response Point software will be available to solution providers via the distributors working with D-Link and Quanta, including D&H Distributing, Ingram Micro, Synnex, Tech Data and several others.
"I've looked into Response Point, and it looks like a compelling solution for small businesses who just want basic PBX features like dial tone and voice mail," said Travis Fisher, executive vice president at Inacom Information Systems, Salisbury, Md., via e-mail. "They say that it will support up to 100 extensions, but my guess is that businesses with 40-plus users will be looking for a more sophisticated solution [with] things like toll bypass, screen pops, SIP compatibility, custom apps on the phone, etc."
D-Link, Fountain Valley, Calif., plans to make its VoiceCenter phone system available during the fourth quarter. A starter pack, which includes a base unit, analog telephone adapter (ATA) and five phones, will be priced at $2,999. Additional phones will cost $149.
Taiwan-based Quanta will begin taking pre-orders for its Syspine system on Oct. 5. A package that includes a base unit with built-in ATA and secure gateway as well as four phones will cost approximately $2,500. Additional phones will cost $159 each.
Microsoft had also named Uniden America, Ft. Worth, Texas, as an OEM partner in March when it first introduced the product line, but Uniden has decided not to ship product this year, Smith said.
Smith stopped short of saying that Uniden America had pulled out as an OEM partner. "We continue to work with them and are positive about our relationship overall," Smith said.
Meanwhile, communications networking vendor Aastra Technologies, Ontario, Canada, has signed on as Microsoft's newest hardware partner with plans to ship Response Point-based phone systems with wireless handsets next year, Smith said.
In addition, Microsoft Financing will be available for all Response Point systems, enabling customers to pay for all associated software, hardware and installation fees over a three-year period, Smith said.
Microsoft expects to have about 1,000 solution providers trained on Response Point by the time products begin shipping. D-Link and Quanta are also training channel partners, Smith said.
Response Point is comprised of three software pieces: the call processing software that runs on the base unit; Response Point Administrator, a management console for monitoring system health and making moves, adds and changes; and Response Point Assistant software, a client application for Windows PCs that enables on-screen call notification.
Kevin McLaughlin contributed to this story.
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