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Industry 'incensed' over Surftime
News However, Ovum analyst Tim Johnson has some sympathy for BT's unmetered dilemma. Johnson believes it is time for a sea change in BT's attitude to the Internet. BT's Surftime has "incensed the entire ISP industry", Tim Pearson, chairman of ISPA...
[February 16, 2000, 15:05]
DSL will threaten telcos, driven by porn - Ovum
News The emergence of DSL technology , driven in the consumer arena by a lust for porn, will have a "drastic effect" on the revenues and tariffs of telcos and service providers according to Tim Johnson, the founder of research firm Ovum.
[November 3, 1999, 16:58]
Prices may not fall after unbundling - experts
News According to Ovum analyst Tim Johnson, this is a standard price but represents just a fraction of the total cost of taking over the local loop. The real issue is the co-location costs," says Johnson. Johnson believes that with these additional...
[May 26, 2000, 10:11]
Broadband growth outpaces mobile take-up
News Maintaining the same percentage growth in the fourth quarter of 2003 will have taken the worldwide number past 100 million," said Tim Johnson, publisher of Point Topic. In fact, growth in the fourth quarter is usually faster than in the third...
[January 5, 2004, 16:25]
Experts question price of unbundling
News The promise of unbundling is out of kilter with reality, says Tim Johnson, analyst with research firm Ovum. The current slump in telecoms shares will not help, Johnson adds, and anyone expecting unbundling to herald a new age of cheap broadband...
[January 2, 2001, 15:54]
ADSL prices stop falling
News There is every reason for suppliers of broadband to hold their prices," said Point Topic principal analyst Tim Johnson. They cut their prices and went for volume," Johnson said. A year or so ago, the market was in a phase where competition was...
[February 5, 2004, 12:30]
SDSL: UK companies ambivalent despite prices cuts
News Probably for the first time ever, some business broadband services are cheaper in Europe than they are in America," said Tim Johnson, publisher, Point Topic. Many small and medium-sized firms aren't convinced about the benefits of SDSL for...
[May 27, 2004, 18:00]
Wireless 'piggybacking' threatens remote workers
News Clearly you do need to secure your wireless network," Point Topic chief executive Tim Johnson told ZDNet UK on Tuesday. However, Johnson also suggested that people working from home tended to be "more concerned about security, more knowledgeable...
[August 29, 2006, 12:50]
Analysis: Unbundling gets unbundled
News Analyst with research firm Ovum Tim Johnson agrees. The previous climate allowed companies to get funding even when profitability was a long way down the line," points out Johnson. Johnson predicts that no more than ten players will end up offering...
[January 31, 2001, 9:45]
Wireless broadband auctions: Round 2
News If the telecommunications industry wasn't in such a bad way then I think the licences would be bought very quickly," said Tim Johnson, principal analyst at research group Ovum. According to Johnson, technical challenges mean that the infrastructure...
[October 5, 2001, 16:39]
Britain still playing broadband catch-up
News We believe this is due to the low level of competition in the Germany broadband market, including the lack of cable modem availability," said Tim Johnson, Point Topic principal analyst. The time when the market was led by relatively small early...
[March 25, 2004, 14:55]
UK still languishing down DSL league
News According to Tim Johnson, founder of Point Topic -- the analyst firm that carried out the DSL Forum's research -- the UK should soon break into the top 20. I think BT will manage that," Johnson told ZDNet UK.
[September 10, 2003, 13:10]
BT's ADSL service goes pear-shaped
News Analyst with research firm Ovum Tim Johnson believes BT is not offering service guarantees because "it is not sure it can guarantee it". It is a case of never mind the quality, feel the width," says Johnson.
[October 25, 2000, 16:10]
Convergence can be a marriage of inconvenience
News This is the traditional problem for businesses using data communications," says Tim Johnson, analyst with Ovum. Any company reselling BT's ADSL would face similar difficulties, Johnson points out. Bringing together the regulation of areas as...
[December 15, 2000, 5:30]
Update: Oftel's ruling to bring 'second wave' of price cuts
News Ovum analyst Tim Johnson says the decision will pave the way for a second wave of Alta Vista-style deals. Johnson suggests that ISPs will have around 10 users per circuit and predicts average monthly charges to the consumer will be around £10 per...
[May 30, 2000, 12:15]
Small ISPs being forced into niche services
News According to Point Topic founder Tim Johnson, whose company conducted the ISP survey, it is relatively easy to set up a small ISP through a "pretty decent off-the-shelf offer" from BT. However, Johnson told ZDNet UK that, while some ISPs have been...
[June 30, 2006, 16:05]
Broadband prices tumble worldwide
News If the price cuts are successful, there will be rapid growth in DSL numbers in the USA in the current half year," predicted Tim Johnson, publisher of Point Topic in the new report, the DSL Worldwide Directory (Edition 8).
[October 20, 2003, 16:40]
Broadband take-up set to double
News Point Topic chief executive Tim Johnson said the number of new broadband lines is going to fall from about 3.7 million this year to 2.2 million in 2008, as broadband increases its reach and the rate of growth slows.
[October 10, 2006, 9:55]
Ntl trials cheaper broadband
News Ovum analyst Tim Johnson likens the current broadband market to that of unmetered access. Johnson is concerned that now might not be the best time to consider cutting margins largely because of the slump in the dot-com goldrush.
[October 18, 2000, 11:35]
BT blames ISPs for ADSL delay
News Ovum analyst Tim Johnson is not impressed. Johnson believes the only comfort BT can take is that it is not alone in experiencing problems launching the high-speed Net technology. BT (quote: BT) has delayed ADSL roll out for a fourth time -- this...
[June 27, 2000, 16:42]
