Charles Golvin Quotes (23 Quotes)

Our research has shown that consumers will use technology to regain control over their entertainment, research, advertising choices, communication, and services, while multi-room DVR is a key revenue generator for the industry.

Consumers won't actually begin to see any real change in services for at least two to three years. Eventually, an integrated company could introduce new services more quickly. But there is a risk that a bigger ATT could move slower.

You don't have any legal recourse against people who are essentially interfering with your service.

Brands by themselves, and especially new brands, you can't really judge it on their own. It's how it's presented.

The most important thing is to make sure people have access to broadband.

The Internet provides a powerful way to get around these problems and artists are starting to learn how to use it to reach out to fans.

Carriers have invested a lot of money in their networks. And at this point it's a lot like throwing spaghetti on the wall to see which applications will stick. I doubt there will be any single killer application, but social networking on mobile phones cou

What are they going to do from a rights perspective ... Are they going to be more and more restrictive Or are they going to embrace new business models, new ways to use content that is going to allow this stuff to flow

The early adopter broadband market is saturating, ... There are fewer early-adopter customers out there that don't already have broadband. Companies need to make it more appealing to more people.

Customers in nearly a third of American households make at least half their long-distance calls at home from their cell phones rather than their more reliable and often cheaper land lines.

That doesn't sound like a big number, but it is up from zero a couple of years ago. That is rapid growth.

This is a capability you need to be competitive. We started with e-mail and instant messaging, and gradually instant messaging has evolved to include voice.

No question that Microsoft has made significant inroads compared to where they were just a couple of years ago which was no where.

Cell coverage in most people's homes is not all that good. If you have one of these phones and you have a broadband connection and a wireless home network, you can make that call over your IP network.

It's an entirely different operating model for Cisco.

Manufacturers make a lot of money selling these accessories.

The fewer clicks it takes to get you to the place that has the information you need, the more likely you are to use the mobile phone for that purpose.

I won't necessarily ascribe evil intent to this, ... but if they make it a little more difficult for you to get out of that service, even for a month or two, then that's better for their financials overall.

This is a fairly significant step ahead for Yahoo.

More people are getting used to getting their news, sports, weather, music and video on that device, and with that will be more demand for faster networks.

Demand is limited, and the use models are at odds with the business goals of device makers' biggest customers the mobile operators.

Rather than be eaten away from below, Cisco gets to protect its business a little longer.

By and large, consumers are going to opt for doing it on their PC, because that's the place where they want to manage their music, keep their library.