You can tell a lot by the way a company behaves in the media. Cisco, is one of those companies which knows how to sing a tune. It’s no coincidence that Cisco has two very interesting stories appear in different parts of the media today. It was planned. What’s more if you look closely at … Read more
Randall Stross of the New York Times has an excellent analysis and shows some very good reporting around the SMS industry and to what lengths the carriers will go to preserve what they have. In many ways this makes me think of Twitter and the value it would bring to a mobile operator, much the … Read more
Network World questions if the AT&T break up 25 years ago had any real impact on innovation saying that other countries didn’t force divestiture and are in the same place. I would contend that other than Russia and China, no country covers the kind of geography that the USA does, and as such comparison’s are … Read more
I spent more days on the road this past year than I care to count. New clients. New events. New places. The reason. My house was undergoing renovation, and so was my life. As a type A, Cell A performer, one who give no, and asks no quarter, my philosophy has been go to where … Read more
Emerick Woods, the recently named CEO of client Global IP Solutions (GIPS) has taken a stab at what the year ahead looks like. I suspect we’ll see many more of these from others.
As we all know the slowdown in the economy means telcos won’t be spending as much on “new” and “shiny” so that means the suppliers get the brunt first. Last Friday Sonus laid off 50 people.
It’s not a surprise that Cisco is seeing growth in the enterprise market with telephony gear. No company is better poised to do well in the on-premise PBX market than Cisco as a result of their market swarm and dominate approach. While Avaya is number two, the pressure from others will consume them while Cisco … Read more
Garrett Smith, who pens, Smith on VoIP has started a series of postings where he’s interviewing the top movers and shakers in VoIP on the topic of Mobile VoIP. So far I’ve reviewed the postings about clients Junction Networks, ifByPhone, Mobivox CEO Peter Diedrich and pal Ari Rabban of Phone.com. Garrett conducts these “interviews” the … Read more
Dean Bubley points to a story in the UK about mobile contract defaults and the likelihood of it becoming a bigger problem in 2009. I can draw a comparison to the VoIP industry as well. Here’s why. For the companies that provide a free ATA (Vonage, Packet8, Earthlink, etc.) in exchange for a contract commitment, … Read more
I admit, I like cool apps. This one is interesting and is from friends at PhoneFusion. They recently debuted it at UnderTheRadar this month, but I was busy checking out client iotum’s Alec Saunders introducing another cool app, Calliflower for the iPhone. What’s good about this? For starters, it’s the only visual voicemail application available … Read more
