Its main backer, New York finance house Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, is to stump up an immediate $150m to tide the company over its reorganisation and basically 'forget' another $400m in debt.
Also, European telcos are refusing to guarantee small content providers a revenue stream by sharing call revenues with them or providing easy billing platforms. Many surviving software developers have linked up with equipment vendors to stay in...
Mobile developers have been struggling to generate a revenue stream, as cash-starved mobile operators have been reluctant to establish a revenue model that gives content providers significant funds. Mobile application developers have welcomed the...
As a general long-term trend, [open source] is definitely accelerating the move away from software as a revenue stream, and toward services as a revenue stream. Ten to 15 years ago, 80 to 90 per cent of big software companies' revenues came from...
At around $400 per room per night, the Four Seasons probably realises the 'cost' of charging $10 for internet access would far outweigh the profits from doing so. This isn't like the in-room pornography which should remain ring-fenced on a pay-per...
Other than charging - and then you're losing your USP of course. As one silicon.com reader put it: "I use Skype, only because the calls are free and I'm online - if they are going to start charging for calls - then I'm not interested in using the...
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