The Mobile Consolidation Begins

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Sony And BMG To Merge - Record Label
Consolidation Begins

Sony And BMG To Merge - Record Label
Consolidation Begins 11/06/2003 04:10 AM
As the big five established record labels have continued to struggle with the new digital world and all of the potential business models they prefer to ignore, it's been no surprise that they've felt lost. Thus, the rumors of mergers among the labels have been heating up over the past few months. It looks like the race to merge has begun as the NY Post is reporting that Sony Music and BMG will merge. This follows a recent failed attempt to sell BMG to Warner Music and continued talks to merge EMI with Warner. Of course, big music label mergers in the past (EMI with BMG and Warner with EMI) have been stopped by regulators, but this time people think regulators are more open to the idea. Now, here's the tricky part: chances are only one such merger will go through. So, if BMG/Sony makes it out the door first, then it may kill off the plans of Warner and EMI. Meanwhile, they'll all continue to miss any opportunity to actually embrace new business models, but that's a story for another post.

Mobile email consolidation kicks off

Mobile email consolidation kicks off 04/18/2005 10:51 AM
RIM faces squeeze

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Tavros Mobile Announces the availability of European Soccer News, direct to your Mobile Phone Handset! The latest soccer scores, goal updates as they occur, and news, on an ongoing basis. All of this for one low monthly fee. This new service is in addition to the latest java games, ringtones, and other original mobile content for users to download to their mobile phones. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

T-Mobile begins the great 3G switch-on

T-Mobile begins the great 3G switch-on 02/17/2004 08:05 AM
Netimperative Feb 17 2004 11:40AM GMT

T-Mobile begins selling Sidekick II

T-Mobile begins selling Sidekick II 09/22/2004 06:29 PM
CNET News.com Sep 22 2004 10:30PM GMT

FTC Begins Probe on Mobile Operators

FTC Begins Probe on Mobile Operators 07/21/2004 10:59 AM
Hankooki Jul 21 2004 3:16PM GMT

AMD begins shipments of Oakville mobile
chips

AMD begins shipments of Oakville mobile
chips 08/17/2004 07:38 AM
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun shipping commercial versions of its Athlon 64 processors made using a 90-nanometer process, marking another step forward in the company's transition to the more advanced manufacturing technology.

T-Mobile begins offering Microsoft
smartphone

T-Mobile begins offering Microsoft
smartphone 09/09/2004 07:05 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 9 2004 11:14AM GMT

LG Electronics Begins Shipping 3G Mobile
Phones to Hutchison

LG Electronics Begins Shipping 3G Mobile
Phones to Hutchison 06/08/2004 04:27 AM
Yonhap News Jun 8 2004 8:08AM GMT

China begins policing of mobile text
messages (AFP)

China begins policing of mobile text
messages (AFP) 07/02/2004 12:12 AM
AFP - China has issued new regulations on the filtering of mobile phone short text messages in a move that expands its censorship controls over wireless technologies and the Internet, state press said.

Constructions begins on 25 mln dlr
mobile phone factory in Vietnam (AFP)

Constructions begins on 25 mln dlr
mobile phone factory in Vietnam (AFP) 05/28/2004 07:48 AM
AFP - Construction has begun on a 25 million-dollar factory in the Vietnamese city of Danang that will manufacture Singaporean-designed mobile phones using Japanese technology.

Wireless consolidation

Wireless consolidation 04/07/2005 05:52 PM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 9:48PM GMT

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape 08/02/2004 06:47 AM
The takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is only one indication of a shifting industry that has companies seeking to provide a complete IT stack.

Is Consolidation A Myth?

Is Consolidation A Myth? 12/23/2003 02:45 AM
Thought provoking piece over at Always-On suggesting that al l this fear about consolidation killing off competition is a big myth. While there are plenty of examples of companies buying up each other (and even areas where there are fewer companies within a specific space than before) consumers have more choice than ever before, leading to better products and lower prices. Sure, it may seem like there are big media conglomerates, but there are also plenty of independent websites that give people choice. Sure, there may be fewer small local banks, but there are plenty more banks that have expanded from other areas to serve a large population. Basically, what appears to be happening is that the regional companies are being eaten up, but there's plenty of competition on a global basis. Of course, there are still some exceptions (I'm still limited in my broadband connection choice, for instance), but these might be temporary monopolies, rather than a permanent state of affairs. I'm not sure it's completely true, but I do think some fears about consolidation everywhere are overblown.

Dot Consolidation Is Back

Dot Consolidation Is Back 04/19/2004 03:01 AM
In case you hadn't noticed, while the dot com IPO market looks to be heating up again, the busiest activity is actually over in the mergers and acquisitions area where internet companies are looking for consolidation opportunities before the prices of smaller companies get too out of hand again. Of course, there's no guarantee that acquiring companies will do much better than they've done in the past integrating a bunch of disparate companies into a single compelling entity, but people tend to ignore that in the heat of a merger opportunity.

Consolidation solutions

Consolidation solutions 02/16/2004 10:38 PM
Computer Weekly Feb 17 2004 2:16AM GMT

"debt consolidation"

"debt consolidation" 05/30/2004 02:58 AM

debt consolidation

debt consolidation 05/30/2004 11:36 PM

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There Is No Media Consolidation :: AO

There Is No Media Consolidation :: AO 12/29/2003 04:20 PM
"The truth is that the average American has access to more news sources today than at any time since the beginning of civilization."

IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen

IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen 04/23/2004 09:20 AM
SINGAPORE - Microsoft Corp.'s domination of the client operating systems market will fade over the next few years, according to Avneesh Saxena, vice-president for Asia-Pacific computing systems research at IDC.

Here we go - the consolidation (next
phase) has commenced

Here we go - the consolidation (next
phase) has commenced 03/06/2004 01:49 AM
Af ter the Web's Nuclear Winter, Diller Acquires ZeroDegrees?

Is the Web’s ‘Nuclear Winter’ over? And is the warmth of all of the emerging interest in Social Networking Services helping to melt the ice? BusinessWeek’s Timothy Mullaney posits that we might be in a thaw, in an article today about Barry Diller’s [CEO of InterActiveCorp] acquisition of ZeroDegrees — Diller’s Latest Little Bet on the Net — [some other InterActiveCorp companies — Expedia, Hotels.com, Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, Evite, Match.com, uDate, Citysearch, LendingTree, and Hotwire.com.]

Diller could make other forays into the social-networking area, says Dan Marriott, an IAC senior vice-president and head of the new-business unit. He says IAC is looking at other dating and social-connection sites, and might make an acquisition if the business can be tied to a classified advertising model, as San Francisco-based Tribe Networks is attempting. “The classified-ad approach Tribe has identified is a valid approach,” said Marriott. “There will be a market there. But we felt the business side is the right place to start.”

[The Social Software Weblog]

 

February 29, 2004

Inkra preaches consolidation to UK

Inkra preaches consolidation to UK 05/19/2004 12:00 PM
Virtualise security and ye shall save

Karmic Debt Consolidation

Karmic Debt Consolidation 11/02/2003 07:35 AM

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Consolidation in Enterprise Software

Consolidation in Enterprise Software 02/10/2004 02:51 AM
From my handwritten notes (attributions lost), some highlights of the session on ERP sector consolidation at the Enterprise Software Summit. M&A was flat in 2003, except in the self-service category, which surged in the second half with 16 deals representing...

You call this consolidation?
(TheDeal.com)

You call this consolidation?
(TheDeal.com) 02/19/2004 06:16 AM
TheDeal.com - A lack of clear matches should leave the wireless market with five players after the Cingular-AT&T Wireless deal.

Wireless Consolidation Looming?

Wireless Consolidation Looming? 01/26/2004 04:13 PM
As wireless users and industry experts voice mixed reactions to reports of a possible merger between Cingular Wireless LLC and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., most agree that carrier consolidation is inevitable.

Media Consolidation, Continuing

Media Consolidation, Continuing 02/11/2004 09:30 AM
Comcast wants to buy Disney (Washington Post). I look forward to Michael Powell's dismissal of media-consolidation worries on this one.

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
CNET News.com Sep 22 2004 3:28PM GMT

Consolidation runs amok

Consolidation runs amok 02/10/2004 02:59 AM
The impending acquisition of Confluent Software by Oblix has thrown a spanner in the works of analysts' neat ...

Ted Turner on media consolidation

Ted Turner on media consolidation 07/22/2004 09:56 PM
The current issue of the Washington Monthly has a great article by Ted Turner on the evils of media consolidation.

McData offers SAN consolidation

McData offers SAN consolidation 09/27/2004 08:49 AM
McData plans to introduce a new SAN router this week designed to connect the growing number of isolated SAN networks in corporations.

Let media consolidation fight itself

Let media consolidation fight itself 02/16/2004 01:29 PM
Dan Gillmor finds himself reluctantly supporting a Comcast-Disney merger:


Whether Comcast or someone else buys Disney, it will provoke a debate about the implications of media consolidation and the marriage of content and conduit.  If the merger partners say (as they surely will) that they won't discriminate against unaffiliated content and applications, they should have no objection to a public commitment to that effect.  

Cellular Consolidation Continues

Cellular Consolidation Continues 01/06/2005 07:43 PM
Alltel is acquiring Western Wireless.

Consolidation set to cut number of
datacentres from nine to two

Consolidation set to cut number of
datacentres from nine to two 05/17/2004 09:09 PM
Computer Weekly May 18 2004 1:45AM GMT

PlateSpin introduces server
consolidation

PlateSpin introduces server
consolidation 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
globetechnology.com Apr 13 2005 5:56AM GMT

Systems management consolidation
continues

Systems management consolidation
continues 03/24/2005 08:26 AM
Computer Business Review Mar 24 2005 12:51PM GMT

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape
(Ziff Davis)

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape
(Ziff Davis) 08/02/2004 06:49 AM
Ziff Davis - The takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is only one indication of a shifting industry that has companies seeking to provide a complete IT stack.

Consolidation Is the New Focus Of IT
Contracts (washingtonpost.com)

Consolidation Is the New Focus Of IT
Contracts (washingtonpost.com) 04/04/2005 02:08 AM
washingtonpost.com - With a couple clicks of a mouse, you can file your taxes, join the Army, reserve a cabin at a national park or apply online for a student loan. In the past decade the federal government has been wired to the hilt, automating its operations and putting many services for taxpayers on the Web. The feds, it seems, have successfully gone online.

Server Consolidation: Five Vendor Myths

Server Consolidation: Five Vendor Myths 07/02/2004 09:36 PM
ZDNet Jul 3 2004 1:33AM GMT
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