TM demerges, get ready for its spin off mobile unit IPO

http://www.tm.com.my/about_TM/newsroom/2007/070928.htm

Telekom Malaysia the biggest telco and one of the top 10 blue chip company in Malaysia will be demerge into two operation unit namely RegionCo adn FixedCo. Current TM listing status will be retained under Fixed Co, which looking after the Fixed line, broadband and other ventures. Recently Malaysia government has given a US$4B broadband project to Telekom over the next 10 years.

RegionCo - the mobile operation spin off of the giant will be listed in later date, which probably be one of the biggest IPO in Malaysia to come. Get ready for the lottery!

Maxim’s quad PSE controller support both high power PoE+ and standard PoE applications.

http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX5952.pdf

Current PoE (IEEE 802.3.af) standard support up to ~12W (15W in theory) which is good for lower power IP cam, IP Phone and wireless AP, however many power hungry device such as high speed optical PTZ IP camera, IP cam + out door housing and Video IP phone would restricted by the current PoE power limitation. It is good to see the introduction of quad PSE controller that could support up to 45W per port based on PoE+ standrd (IEEE 802.3.at) and is backward compatible with the standard PoE. Hope to see some PoE+ ready IP surveillacen equipment soon.

The IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) wouldn’t be finalised till 2008, though it might just be in time to power the mass deployment of WiMAX point, as many predicted 2008 is the year for WiMAX.

Ofcom to consider FTTH

BT ignorance on FTTH stalls UK broadband, now only Ofcom started to consider it! http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/nga/future_broadband_nga.pdf

HD contents (HD video streaming, HD IPTV, HD IP surveillance) is the way forwards, but BT’s copper line is where stopping the services to be feasible. BT rejected the FTTH in its 21CN next generation network few years ago. Whilst the rest of the world is building the FTTH and get ready for high bandwidth intensity usage, UK has none FTTH in place. Luckily, now the government is asking for public consultation on the next generation broadband, I guess there might be some funding available for BT, Virginmedia or new fibre service provider in FTTH rolls out. Could be a big U-Turn for BT.

The magic word TCP/IP is what driving the dotcom boom (and burst) – “networking” (intranet, internet, wireless LAN and WAN, Mobile) is where consumers continuously spending on, ie: PC, router, mobilephone, IPCCTV, networkable DVR, ipod, PDA, broadband, mobile services, cable satellite services, etc. Better hardware and infrastructure would allow higher quality contents, thus justify consumers spending on those services they chosen.

Hopefully more broadband services will be available in the near future, so as the networking boom to continue.

PS: I am ok on the 20Mb cable service for now, but the cable contention is very poor!