Telecom Conferences To Know About

Two interesting conferences are coming up. One in Washington D.C. and the second in San Francisco.  On Thursday November 15 in D.C. is the Voice Innovation Summit organized by longtime VoIP insider Dan Berninger. What I like about it is the cross section of traditional, regulatory and cutting edge new thinkers that Dan has assembled. … Read more

More Good Deeds-This Time Twilio

On the subject of good deeds from telco related companies, it was nice to see Twilio, the developer focused startup backed by 500 Startups and others, offer to lend some companies a helping hand in light of the Hurricane Sandy natural disaster that is impacting many businesses along the eastern seaboard. What’s great is unlike … Read more

LTE Get Wider Deployments

Two stories in WirelessWeek on the subject of LTE that have been covered in a few places caught my eye and demanded amplification. The first is about Verizon's Rural Program and a rural mobile operator in Tennessee, Blugrass Cellular joining the Verizon LTE enablement program. This is very smart business for both parties as it quickly … Read more

Skype Goes Pre-Paid In the UK

Engadget reports that Skype is adding Pre-Paid as a way to top off, making them look more and more like a mobile operator. They're retailing Pre-Paid cards at a slew of technology and consumer shops across the UK, much like they are already doing in Mexico. What this means is those without credit cards, or … Read more

A Welcome Site-Airports Lost and Found

If you ever lost anything while traveling, you know how frustrating the whole process of filing a claim, and ever hoping you'll receive your lost property back. In an era where we travel with smartphones, tablets, laptops, headphones and USB drives, losing any of those can be emotionally catastrophic unless you work for Apple or … Read more

Hanging Up on In Flight Calls

According to most recent surveys, passengers don't want in flight calling on airliners flying around the globe. That's interesting because for many years GTE (now a part of Verizon) had an in flight calling service where phones were one every row, and each first class seat had a phone. I was one of those people … Read more

Reflections From An Overcast Morning

I’m sitting where it should be sunny. And, it’s not. This afternoon will mean visiting with good friends from Finland, who I know from Los Angeles, who live here as my friend is the Deputy Counsel General, and his wife an international business attorney. I’m in a hotel which is by all means a resort, … Read more