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Financial Crisis hit hard on Major Greek Privatizations
Written on 29 Dec, 2008 at 11:20 in Blog | viewed 1 times | 0 Comments
Hutchinson’s 425ml euros offer to assume operation of Thessaloniki’s port for 35 years was withdrawn recently. Qatar Air has also withdrawn interest for Olympic Airways acquisition. According to informed sources, both deals were cancelled due to the international financial system... (Continue reading)
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Instead of sending out a greeting card check this nice little piece set up by Norad offering you and your kids the excitement of tracking Santa Claus’ trip for this Christmas! Santa is starting his journey usually at GMT+11 (in... (Continue reading)
Internet Alters Brain Function – Tapscott’s Argument for FTTH’s Welfare Case
Written on 22 Dec, 2008 at 6:31 in Blog | viewed 1 times | 0 Comments
Some months back, the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published a study on how internet affects brain functions stimulating comparative skills and helping individuals digest diverse information. Reuters reported on the matter with a brief article. The study surveyed elderly... (Continue reading)
A Piece of Greek Internet History
Written on 12 Dec, 2008 at 7:13 in Blog | viewed 1 times | 0 Comments
Date: 11 December 1990 – Greece on NSFNET (Goddard Flight Center NASA) via 512Kbps from ULCC over 9.6 IXI line to Athens – At the time the killer app was telnet. Via always resourceful adamo. ... (Continue reading)
‘ never left the scene!
Written on 12 Dec, 2008 at 6:54 in Blog | viewed 2 times | 0 Comments
I haven’t been very active on Broadband Prime lately. This is mostly due to job issues, some having to do with the unprecedent recent events in Greece, that you probably are aware of (ie, my office is in the university... (Continue reading)
An Interview with Frans-Anton Vermast, iNEC
Written on 5 Dec, 2008 at 8:14 in Blog, Expert Insight, Municipal Broadband | viewed 1 times | 0 Comments
In an effort to bring you the most up-to-date information on broadband developments around the world, I’ve decided to enrich the content of this blog with insight and opinions from key broadband experts. The first topic I plan to cover... (Continue reading)
Municipal Fiber Excitements
In Broadband Cities 2008, one of the things that didn’t attract significant publicity and international attention like e.g. the signature of the iNEC declaration on Open Access by the Hellenic Central Union of Municipalities and Communitites was the creation of... (Continue reading)
Greece’s Telecom Market: A Reality Check (Part III)
This is the third and last part of the brief market review I started a couple of weeks ago. The first part presented the case of the operators that didn’t handle the heat and were eventually thrown out of the... (Continue reading)
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