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Skype's 0207 snafu - more analysis
Blog As analyst Ian Fogg told us yesterday, Skype has a battle on its hands to regain the trust of business users, after it withdrew almost 10,000 0207-prefixed SkypeIn numbers from its user base. I contacted a few analysts for their opinions, and one...
[November 27, 2007, 11:35]
Vista not with the times?
Blog Some thought-provoking comment here from Ian Fogg over at Jupiter Research, on the subject of Vista and the prevailing "zeitgeist" about climate change etc. His theory is that people are so anti-Vista not because of the user experience, which he...
[March 14, 2007, 9:25]
Lack of 'killer app' stalling fibre rollout
News That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband in Britain. Without investment to improve broadband infrastructure — such as fibre to the...
[November 22, 2007, 14:04]
Analysts question the Orange way
News It's generally advised that combatants should fight a war on a single front," Jupiter Research analyst Ian Fogg told ZDNet UK following Orange's announcements on Wednesday. Fogg also suggested that the raft of products might prove tricky to sell...
[June 1, 2006, 11:30]
Hotel Wi-Fi rates slammed
News Wi-Fi access has increasingly become free in US hotels, the guide notes, but analyst Ian Fogg, of Jupiter Research, believes the comparison is not necessarily accurate. When you're rolling out Wi-Fi, it depends on the construction of the hotel and...
[October 2, 2006, 14:00]
Vodafone 360 to debut on first LiMo handset
News While the move fits the open-platform strategy Vodafone announced at Mobile World Congress this year, it may also be about control, suggested Ian Fogg, principal analyst at Forrester Research. The Google-led Android mobile operating system is an...
[September 24, 2009, 17:50]
ntl:Telewest planning four-in-one package
News But Ian Fogg, an analyst with Jupiter Research, told ZDNet UK that the offer "feels like a kneejerk reaction" to Sky's recent announcements. Fogg pointed to Sky's dominance in the pay-TV market, suggesting it was "not enough to bundle [the elements...
[July 25, 2006, 12:55]
For sale: Bulldog's customers
News If they're looking to sell on the customer base, it obviously makes sense for them to have as many customers as possible," Jupiter Research's Ian Fogg told ZDNet UK on Monday. It's fairly unusual for the existing customers to even have the...
[July 3, 2006, 15:50]
Cheap broadband to prevent BT fibre 'monopoly'
News Forrester Research analyst Ian Fogg, however, questioned the ability of mobile broadband to provide viable competition to fibre rollouts. According to Fogg, the advent of super-fast broadband could see some existing telcos struggle while new market...
[March 4, 2009, 7:29]
Lampposts to provide location-based services?
News According to Ian Fogg, broadband and personal technology analyst at Jupiter Research Europe, Last Mile will need the support of the public sector if it is to succeed. The idea of a local wireless network that emergency services, local utility...
[March 23, 2005, 16:55]
Small ISPs being forced into niche services
News What we’re tending to see is the big independent ISPs in a market being purchased by an overseas incumbent," explained Jupiter Research’s Ian Fogg, "and this is accelerating consolidation in the market.
[June 30, 2006, 16:05]
Virgin launches 50Mbps broadband service
News Broadband analyst Ian Fogg, of Forrester, told ZDNet UK on Monday that the launch of Virgin Media's 50Mbps service is significant not only because it makes Virgin's the fastest consumer broadband service in the UK, but also because it will spur...
[December 15, 2008, 13:57]
Analyst: Beware the telecoms mini-bubble
News Jupiter Research’s Ian Fogg told ZDNet UK that telcos felt they had little choice but to diversify, saying: "Companies that are focused on a single play strategy have competitive pressure that drives them to diversify their revenue.
[June 9, 2006, 14:35]
Streamed HD content could drive up broadband bills
News The analysis is not applicable to the UK market today or in 2007," Jupiter Research's Ian Fogg said on Monday. Fogg said it is likely that traditional broadcast technology would continue to provide the bulk of HD content, while "the IP element...
[July 10, 2006, 13:00]
TalkTalk attacks BT local-loop price hikes
News Broadband analyst Ian Fogg, of Forrester Research, told ZDNet UK on Monday that the LLU pricing issue was closely tied in with BT's proposed investment in rolling out high-speed, fibre-based, next-generation broadband.
[March 9, 2009, 16:11]
Gov't urged to consider 'spectrum for speed' swap
News Forrester analyst Ian Fogg said on Tuesday that the main economic benefits of a fibre rollout today would come from physically rolling out the fibre-access networks, rather than from small businesses having faster internet connections.
[January 20, 2009, 13:29]
BT to roll out fibre to 10m UK homes
News JupiterResearch's Ian Fogg also noted the "suspiciously small sum" of £1.5bn. This is a game changer for the UK broadband market," wrote Fogg. BT is to roll out fibre connectivity to millions of UK homes, the communications and IT giant announced...
[July 15, 2008, 11:09]
BT fibre-rollout on track despite financial crisis
News Forrester Research analyst, Ian Fogg, said BT would do well to stick with its plans as it will reap the rewards as competitors lag behind. It was reported last week that some shareholders had expressed concern about the plans to BT chief executive...
[November 18, 2008, 14:33]
Carphone Warehouse takes wraps off 'free' broadband
News According to Ian Fogg, analyst at JupiterResearch, 'free' broadband as part of service bundles could mark the start of a change in the UK broadband market. Once one ISP starts to lower prices, it puts tremendous pressure on the others," Fogg said.
[April 11, 2006, 18:10]
BT to run fast fibre to 2.5m homes
News Telecoms analyst Ian Fogg, from Forrester, described the news as an extremely important announcement. Full FTTP is as different to FTTC as FTTC is to today's broadband, as to what speeds it can offer businesses and consumers in the UK," Fogg said.
[October 9, 2009, 16:57]
