http://www.allaboutnortel.com/2007/02/08/nortels-ip-tv-targets/ All the News about Nortel Networks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.allaboutnortel.com/2007/02/08/nortels-ip-tv-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-754 JB Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:25:59 +0000 http://allaboutnortel.com/?p=456#comment-754 We are in the first inning of the IP-TV game. Nortel got to the ballpark late and didn't get a chance to hit. Who wins the game? Whoever has the most staying power - read cash - to win the long battle of attrition that will occur as the network effect takes time to kick in and we head towards a single dominant OS for IP-TV by inning nine. Microsoft is an even bet to win this type of game. But 90% certainty they won't be partnered with Alcatel by inning three. We are in the first inning of the IP-TV game. Nortel got to the ballpark late and didn’t get a chance to hit. Who wins the game? Whoever has the most staying power – read cash – to win the long battle of attrition that will occur as the network effect takes time to kick in and we head towards a single dominant OS for IP-TV by inning nine. Microsoft is an even bet to win this type of game. But 90% certainty they won’t be partnered with Alcatel by inning three.

]]> http://www.allaboutnortel.com/2007/02/08/nortels-ip-tv-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-753 JB Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:15:54 +0000 http://allaboutnortel.com/?p=456#comment-753 Alcatel and Microsoft are each others throats in court, over IPTV patents. Do you know when the Microsoft / Alcatel joint venture for IPTV expires ? Who do you think Microsoft would rather work with as a partner, big group of French thugs that do business in a different way, or a smallish struggling/recovering but still competent company like Nortel that cannot dictate terms of the partnership in ways that Alacatel is trying to. Alcatel and Microsoft are each others throats in court, over IPTV patents. Do you know when the Microsoft / Alcatel joint venture for IPTV expires ? Who do you think Microsoft would rather work with as a partner, big group of French thugs that do business in a different way, or a smallish struggling/recovering but still competent company like Nortel that cannot dictate terms of the partnership in ways that Alacatel is trying to.

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