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Singapore’s DAB Troubles Explained
Digital radio via DAB will cease to exist in Singapore from December 1, 2011 it was reported today. That must be a major blow to those of...
Gunnar Garfors
Nov 2, 20112 min read


Denmark Also to Switch Off FM
On May 19, 2011 the Norwegian government passed a bill that states that FM will be switched off in June 2017. Both myself and others...
Gunnar Garfors
Oct 4, 20111 min read


Like Selling Flowers to Unfaithful Husbands
Do you have an Iphone, Ipod or Ipad? Do you miss radio or TV on the device? A lot of I-owners seem to be very pleased with their devices,...
Gunnar Garfors
Sep 7, 20112 min read


Voting, Chatting, Twittering.On Your TV, On Your Radio.
It has been over five months since I wrote about the first combination tablet being produced. The device in question is the Identity...
Gunnar Garfors
Sep 1, 20112 min read


Looking Outside the Box
Broadcasting has traditionally been seen as a way to distribute radio and television. Some has seen it as the only way to do so. But the...
Gunnar Garfors
Aug 30, 20111 min read


Another Case Against T2
Whenever you have a problem, there will always be someone claiming that a solution will solve the problem in the near future. For digital...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 28, 20112 min read


The Egyptian Switch
Taking a long distance taxi in Egypt can be very cheap. At least if you are Egyptian or you can haggle reasonably well. I recently took a...
Gunnar Garfors
Jul 10, 20114 min read


The Bias of the Internet
If you are looking for a certain place, i.e. a park, in a new town, likelihood is that you wil ask someone you meet on the street where...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 26, 20113 min read


Who Did NOT Watch This?
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s Hurtigruten project which shows the voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes, an almost 6 day long live TV...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 22, 20112 min read


Those Left Behind
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK reported that 176 countries visited their web site to follow Hurtigruten. My big question was,...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 22, 20112 min read


Half of Norway and a Voyage of Two Screens
Norway’s five and a half day long Coastal Voyage is broadcast live minute by minute on Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK’s national...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 20, 20113 min read


Why Telecom Networks Need a Little Help
Telenor, Norway’s biggest telecom operator is struggling to deliver the capacity needed by their share of the 5 million people in the...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 17, 20113 min read


The Internet is as Dirty as Planes
I travel a lot. Often by airplanes. That puts me at the receiving end of a fair amount of jokes regarding pollution. Planes pollute a...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 6, 20111 min read


Intel and Cisco Look To Broadcasting
The BBC writes that the number of internet connected devices will explode to over 15 billion, twice the worlds population, by 2015. They...
Gunnar Garfors
Jun 2, 20113 min read


Double Distribution, Just Don’t Do It
How can we best utilize frequencies or bandwidth? The top trick is to get rid of double distribution. Why distribute the same signals...
Gunnar Garfors
May 23, 20113 min read


Digitalized Tunnels are Safer
The government in Norway has decided that FM will be switched off in 2017. But what does that mean for the radio coverage in road...
Gunnar Garfors
May 10, 20112 min read


Why FM Must Go
The Internet cannot substitute broadcasting as a distribution method for radio. I have covered this before: A Collapse of the Internet...
Gunnar Garfors
May 2, 20113 min read


Nauru – The Run Around Country
I hate having to get visas in advance. Of course not to do so, may cause problems. Visitors to Nauru are required to get the visa in...
Gunnar Garfors
Apr 24, 20115 min read


40 Hours on Maryvana
I am here writing about the possibility to go by boat from Libreville to Sao Tome. But before you read on. Are you impatient, restless or...
Gunnar Garfors
Apr 23, 20118 min read


The Problem of New
We hear about it everyday. A new phone, a new social network, a new pattern or a new invention. There is nothing wrong with this,...
Gunnar Garfors
Apr 12, 20113 min read
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