Andy Abramson Dean Bubley has some insightful commentary about HSUPA and what it means to VoIP over 3G in his latest posting. I’ve used HSUPA on my Novatel Data Card via AT&T’s 3G network and clearly see the difference, especially with mobile video conferencing. There’s a major quality advantage with HSUPA over HSDPA as the upload seems … Read more
In his weekly Michael’s Minute, my down the beach neighbor and friend Michael Robertson chides Skype for being implicit in the China snooping matter caused by Skype partner TOM. The concept Michael points out as being so wrong is called “implied consent” and it basically means that by not taking steps to prevent something from … Read more
Over the past few months my agency has had the good fortune of working with Irv Shapiro and his team at ifByPhone. Based in the northern suburbs of Chicago the company has customers, lots of customers, and is quietly rolling out app after app that solves real world problems. They have a whopper of an … Read more
I’ve had the good fortune to use WiFi on the Heathrow Express when I’m in London. The experience, which is made possible by T-Mobile connects train mounted access points to 3G radios that are mounted in each car on the train. The experience has been good enough to hold video calls using SightSpeed and Skype … Read more
Pal Tom Keating tipped me off to the news that Electronista broke about the MSI Wind Netbook being sold soon at Best Buy. Joanna Stern at Laptop Magazine has been a very big fan of the MSI Wind for sometime, so it’s on my hit list of NetBooks to acquire. I’m already very pleased with … Read more
Pal Tom Keating tipped me off to the news that Electronista broke about the MSI Wind Netbook being sold soon at Best Buy. Joanna Stern at Laptop Magazine has been a very big fan of the MSI Wind for sometime, so it’s on my hit list of NetBooks to acquire. I’m already very pleased with … Read more
I’ve had the good fortune to use WiFi on the Heathrow Express when I’m in London. The experience, which is made possible by T-Mobile connects train mounted access points to 3G radios that are mounted in each car on the train. The experience has been good enough to hold video calls using SightSpeed and Skype … Read more
Mobile operator 3 has rolled out VoIP calling in Indonesia. This is a forward moving step and clearly shows that mobile operators are ideally poised to be in the VoIP business. We’ve seen this via Orange in France with UNYK and from T-Mobile with T-Mobile @ HOME here in the USA. In this case 3 … Read more
EQO made a big move to cut burn rate, slashing staff at a time when their next round prospects need to be focused upon. Om has insight.
One of my favorite telecom bloggers, Ike Ellott made a bad move. He’s backing away from blogging, and that in turn will actually hurt, not help Level3. Ike’s insight, understanding and ability to make sense out of things both related to Level3 and to the industry in general brought clarity to a very obfuscated story. … Read more
