Posted on July 3, 2008 by Colin Brayton
A customer humorously complains that Speedy online service has misidentified him in a chat session, using a reference to the hit film Cidade de Deus
Pane na Telefonica derruba web e pára serviços pelo Estado: The Estado de S. Paulo seems to have the best coverage of this story I can find. Cidade Biz coverage catches [...]
Filed under: Brazil, Government, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Life in Sambodia, Telcommunications | Tagged: aDSL, broadband, crisis PR, e-government, network, outage, public relations, public relations disaster, são paulo, systems failure, telefónica, wan | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by Colin Brayton
Vigilante consumerdom: angry Argentines spank the Spaniards. Source: Iconoclastas
Due to this situation, the information systems of the state military police, the state transit department (DETRAN) and the fire brigade were down. It was not possible to report crimes at police precincts or use some services offered by the Poupatempo state services department.
Telefônica diz passar por [...]
Filed under: Banking and Brokerage, Convergence, Government Services, Outsourcing, Support Services, Technology, Telcommunications | Tagged: crash, crisis communications, data management, fire, government IT, network, police, rescue, são paulo, speedy, telefónica | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by Colin Brayton
BrOI. Source: Convergência Digital. Merger requires overhaul of federal regulation of broadcast concessions. Expect a human cockfight, with eye-gouging and ear-biting, over the issue.
DCI: Comércio, Indústria & Serviços (Brazil), a fine little business daily here, evaluates the strategic outlook for changes to the regulatory framework for “digital convergence” here in Brazil.
File this under “things I [...]
Filed under: Antitrust, Competition, Convergence, Telecom | Tagged: anatel, brasil telecom, Brazil, broi, Convergence, lobbying, oi, Regulation, telemar | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by Colin Brayton
It was put to us that because of the proliferation of ways to access the news, it is no longer necessary to be concerned about the regulation of media ownership. We do not accept that argument. Much of the news available on the internet and on the new television channels is not new. It is [...]
Filed under: Journalism, Media | Tagged: Antitrust, blighty, concentration, Democracy, house of lords, Journalism, Media, media concentration, media ownership, Regulation, united kingdom | Leave a Comment »
