Return of the Anywhere Worker

A few years ago, Dialpad launched a very timely and on the money campaign all about the "Anywhere Worker." That was something I could identify with easily for a lot of reasons. When I launched Comunicano in 1993 the goal was to never have a physical office. This was well before the idea of remote … Read more

Mitel and MLB is a Home Run

I caught up with Mitel's SVP of Global Technical Operations, Peter Polizzi,  last week to talk about Mitel's efforts with pro sports teams around the world. Their efforts include a league-wide effort with Major League Baseball, a handful of UK soccer teams and a recently announced goal scored with the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. What … Read more

Is The DoJ Going to Look At Amazon Next?

Distract. Defame. Destroy. ..that's the game that's being played out against Amazon and Jeff Bezos. And it's wrong!!! All one needs to do is look at the Medium post by the founder of Amazon as he artfully set the stage to bring to light an attempt by to silence him and his newspaper, the Washington … Read more

Ready To Be Our Next Success Story

Comunicano is the premier value creation communications agency serving the telecom, collaboration and mobile industries for over 27 years.  Over the past 22 years Comunicano has led the communications for startups and companies in transition, leading to 56 successful exits via M&A or IPO, generating more than $6 billion dollars for investors, founders and employees. … Read more

Playing With The Podcast

I am starting to play around with the idea of a VoIPWatch Podcast. I'm using the agile development model. Try and see what works and what doesn't. Here's the first attempt.

New Google Live Transcribe Will Help The Deaf

Google has started to release Live Transcribe, an app that will be helpful to many, but especially the deaf. The timing may be a bit late, but perhaps Delta and other airlines may want to quickly deploy it to their customer service agents around the globe. Last week a story broke how a Delta gate … Read more

SIM Swap Thief Gets Ten Years

The SIM Swap thief was convicted in Santa Clara County court and received a ten year sentence for the crime. Clearly, the tech centric community is sending a message. Commit a crime in our backyards and they'll prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. This is likely encouraging news to others like industry colleague … Read more

The 2016 Fondreche Ventoux Rouge

I'll admit, I'm enamoured with the wine of the Ventoux region and have been for many years. A few years back I suggested to  Los Angeles' Emporium Thai restaurant owner John Sungkamee that he add Even Bakke's 2012 Clos de Trias Rouge to his small wine list that I helped him assemble. One night, at … Read more

Google Voice Goes International

Back in July Google Voice started a beta program to roll out the legendary service on a global basis. A few days ago they made the service available in more countries. One of their big additions was VoIP calling as this meant that calls no longer had to be forwarded to a mobile phone's number. … Read more