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Showing posts with label take. Show all posts
Sunday, April 30, 2017
Cyanogen Wants to take Android Away From Google!!!!!
Cyanogen Wants to take Android Away From Google!!!!!
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Cyanogen, the company behind the popular open source operating system and the OS of choice for last years OnePlus One, wants to be even more independent from the Google-based software that lies at its foundation. According to Cyanogens CEO, Kirt McMaster "Were attempting to take Android away from Google."
Bold move, Kirt. Bold move.
McMaster made this brave declaration during The Informations "Next Phase of Android" event in San Francisco. Essentially, McMaster wants to live in a world where Android is a completely open platform, all the way down to its core, so that more developers can create highly integrated services and platforms on the OS. As Android Authority points out, Google Now would be one such example of an application that no third-party developer could even dream of creating on the Android platform.
McMaster and Cyanogen wants to solve that, by building a Android-based platform that anyone can develop on no matter however deeply they want go. Of course, this means losing Google services, like Gmail and Google Maps, which often prove tough to replicate, but Cyanogen also took the opportunity to announce plans to build its own app store within the next 18 months.
The idea behind Cyanogens revolt against its software overlord is a well-documented one. Back in August, McMaster spoke about "Googles tyranny" with Android in a comment to Re/Code, after putting out fires concerning OnePlus misfired "Ladies First" promotion. But the unfortunate mishandling of hardware partnerships didnt stop there. Cyanogen made an exclusive deal with Indian smartphone maker Micromax, which in turn outlawed the OnePlus One in the country for a short time in December. OnePlus is now building its own custom ROMto avoid future issues.
So yeah, talks of complete openness with no restrictions seem a little skeptical considering the companys sluggish batting average, but the idea is intriguing one. In the short run, Cyanogen will continue to dance to Googles tune, but as McMaster says "Today, Cyanogen has some dependence on Google. Tomorrow, it will not. We will not be based on some derivative of Google in three to five years." [The Information via Android Authority]
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Sunday, March 26, 2017
Theres a Reason You Dont Hear Specifics About Gigabit Take Rates
Theres a Reason You Dont Hear Specifics About Gigabit Take Rates
Back in the days when cable TV operators first were rolling out consumer Internet access at speeds of 100 Mbps, it was virtually impossible to get subscriber numbers from any of the providers, largely because http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2010/06/how-much-speed-is-enough.html" style="text-decoration: none;">take rates were low.
In the United Kingdom, then planning on upgrading consumer Internet access speeds to “superfast” 30 Mbps, officials complained about http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2011/11/ofcom-warns-of-low-interest-in-super.html" style="text-decoration: none;">low demand. In fact, demand for 40 Mbps was http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2011/03/bt-uk-frustrated-by-lack-of-fttc-demand.html" style="text-decoration: none;">less than expected.
In 2010, for example, about 40 percent of U.S. consumers were buying Internet access at about http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2013/02/100-mbps-access-will-be-common-by-2020.html" style="text-decoration: none;">6 Mbps.
It is possible the same remains true for gigabit access services. No Internet service provider of any size actually releases the number of accounts, though most are happy to cite cities and neighborhoods served, or homes able to buy the service (passings).
Those are significant indicators, but still do not address the question of how many customers actually buy.
Early in 2016, Paul de Sa, Bernstein Research equity analyst, predicted Google Fiber would reach roughly 2.4 million homes by the end of 2017.
MoffettNathanson at roughly the same time predicted that AT&T would reach 5 million "customer locations" by the end of 2017. CenturyLink estimated in late 2015 that it would have 700,000 households passed by gigabit access networks in operation by the end of 2015.
Comcast, for its part, plans to upgrade 100 percent of its consumer base to gigabit access over the next few years.
The issue will still remain the take rates.
CenturyLink executives, for example, have said that http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2015/03/sometimes-gigabit-access-primarily.html" style="text-decoration: none;">gigabit marketing primarily drives new sales of accounts buying 20 Mbps or 40 Mbps service.
It is clear that price matters. When Internet service providers http://tylercaldwellphotography.blogspot.com /2014/11/nextlight-municipal-gigabit-network.html" style="text-decoration: none;">drop the price enough to create a really-compelling value-price offer, consumers respond.
If ISPs do not readily announce the number of gigabit accounts they have in service, it likely is because relatively few consumers are buying those services.
Municipal gigabit access provider NextLIght expects a take rate of about 37 percent after five years, selling gigabit service at a charter rate of $50 a month ($100 a month is the standard rate).
Based on experience from other markets, NextLight will have the best chance to reach those adoption goals if it sells at the $50 price, not the the $100 price.
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