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WiFi's future brighter than ever - 26 May 2008
In 1999, the European countries initiated plans to auction the spectrum for 3G. A ballpark US$200 billion (about RM632 billion) was spent on the auction but 3G is still seeking validation. But the establishment (operators, vendors and consultants) is on 3G's side allowing the 3G bus to careen from country to country, leaving a trail of red ink.
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WiMAX's kiss of death - 18 February 2008
To learn why government regulators shouldn't bank on cellular operators to deploy WiMAX, look to what's going down in the US where Gary Forsee, the chairman CEO of Sprint-Nextel, resigned last November, allowing the cellular establishment to enjoy a big "I told you so" moment.
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The year that yearned for more - 28 January 2008
When T Ananda Krishnan bought Maxis Communications back from the public, it simply established that when the dust settled after the global wireless broadband slugfest, the ones still standing will be the cellular big boys.
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Idiot's guide to wireless broadband - 8 January 2007
A senior Perak minister recently fielded a question from the Opposition with aplomb. Why, the gentleman from the Opposition asked, was the state government hotly pursuing wireless broadband when it should be supporting 3G?
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Mobility and the games we play - 11 December 2006
To have Pudong sweep you off your feet, it takes 18 minutes from Shanghai International Airport and a little courage, if you are new to the concept of Maglev travel levitated six inches above the ground while hurtling towards the megalopolis.
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Elvis has left the building - 6 November 2006
The Internet gave me ringside seats to recent happenings in the US, including the 2006 FCC auction of wireless broadband spectrum. These are powerful events that are likely to resonate globally. Why?
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Who will bell the cat? - 16 October 2006
Economics may not be as exact a science as digital technology but in the end, it rules. It decides who gets what, where and how. It decides whether you own a handphone or wait in line before a public pay phone in your village.
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A tale of two wireless cities - 28 August 2006
As Ipoh surges, it’s better it becomes a Williamsburg than a typically dysfunctional, gritty mix of Asian old and new. Better a Williamsburg than a Pattaya.
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The coalition for a Change Agenda - 15 August 2006
I have used this column over the past few months to make a case for Malaysia as a hub for this region's flow of people, data packets and voice minutes. The location is such a natural that it's almost as if God decreed it.
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Land Grab For Mobile Real Estate - August 2006

We may continue to call it “cell phone” out of habit but cellular hegemony is under attack. When we look back at this decade to assess how the cellular companies lost ownership of the only telecom real estate that mattered, we’d arguably settle on WiFi as the Trojan horse. That all it took was a little chip to make short shrift of US150billion in 3G licenses should make the Telcos bolt for the door the next time governments & regulators conjure up schemes to peddle spectrum.

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Let Jaring out of its cage - 31 July 2006
On learning I was a Malaysian, an engineer approached me at the Global Telecommunications Meeting (GTM) in Washington DC last May and enquired about Jaring. Did I know the name, he asked. Of course I did.
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Magic of networking externalities - 26 June 2006
Empowered by a mobile technology that is IP based and that overcomes WiFi's range issues, the ISPs can only make it better fro the Asian handphone user.
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The Unholy Grail - 5 June 2006
These days, an ennui besets Malaysian telecommunications We go through the usual motions, the usual tirades abound and the usual suspects go about their business with the usual dismal growth prospects. All in all, we're trading water.
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3G dreaming - 15 May 2006
Either the cellular carriers muster themselves and co-opt WiFi today, or they wait as the advantage fritters. Within two years from now, I guarantee the situation shall reverse and cellular carriers will be leading the charge to interconnect with leading VoIP players or forking over large sums to make VoIP acquisitions.

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Deconstructing wireless access - 13 March 2006
So here is the Pepsi challenge to Malaysia. Let's do a long-range WiFi versus 3G cost/benefit study. Further, I shall install for free two WiFi access points to fire up any chosen location. If long-range WiFi passes the comparative test and also works in practice, Malaysia should draw up plans for a national deployment of WiFi using existing investments as enabling vehicles like PLUS highways, Tenaga Nasional, municipalities and cities like Ipoh.


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