Carmi Levy Quotes on Business & Commerce (3 Quotes)

the end of shrink-wrapped software in a box and the start of the Internet-based services era. It marks a turning point in the industry.

Twenty-five billion frankly doesn't surprise me. In the U.S. alone, right now there are about 3 million users who would potentially be affected. One million of those are government and law-enforcement workers who would presumably be exempt -- so, say, 2 million people who are essentially addicted to their Blackberries, and without them their business would basically evaporate.

While legacy telecom companies scramble to find a balance, some analysts believe they're employing their traditional economic clout to slow things down to their liking. Incumbents say that unregulated companies will drive them out of business, that it renders their model instantly obsolete and provides no protection for them, ... They claim that they need legislation to slow the process down and give them a chance to compete. It's kind of ironic since they've been so anticompetitive all of their lives.