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You can’t be the arrogant, all powerful, do it our way type of company. I learned that lesson working at the Upper Deck Company 15 years ago. Now it seems that same type of arrogance is catching up with Qualcomm.

Just after a long battle that the telcos gave their customers a gift in the elimination of a federal taxt that the carriers had lobbied hard to get the USA to drop, and found a way to keep the money. This is clearly a case of “bad timing.” Had they waited a few months then … Read more

Covad, which already has a consumer VoIP deal with Earthlink for Line Powered Voice service, is finally putting their GoBeam acquisition into play in bigger ways. This week they made a move to expand their reach with a reseller deal for the business market. Covad, even with their direct model really is trying hard to … Read more

Tom Keating has a very well written and almost a rebuttal to a lame press release put out by a VoIP company. Tom’s reasoning is not only sound, the case he builds up about why and how to choose a VoIP company almost mirrors my thinking. The key to choosing a VoIP supplier should not … Read more

Years ago when I was working in sports and arena management I first heard of the city of Milton Keynes in the UK when the parent company I was working for received the management contract for the new venue. It was the first major arena to be built in the UK in many years. Now … Read more

I call it Craze Jumping. You know, when a concept becomes hot, jump in. That’s what Logitech is up to as the are (re) introducing a line of VoIP products according to Let’s Go Digital, a UK based online mag for digital lifestyle folks like moi. I’ve always found Logitech products to be well designed, … Read more

I’m on a semi-vacation so blogging until Tuesday will only be if a story needs attention.

Boingo, one of the larger hot spot aggregators in the USA has raised a whopping Series C round of $65 million dollars. Clearly on a growth spurt, Boingo will be a crucial part of the Fixed Mobile Convergence world in my mind as their footprint and roaming ability will make it easy for users to … Read more

Boingo, one of the larger hot spot aggregators in the USA has raised a whopping Series C round of $65 million dollars. Clearly on a growth spurt, Boingo will be a crucial part of the Fixed Mobile Convergence world in my mind as their footprint and roaming ability will make it easy for users to … Read more

8×8, the company behind Packet 8 has of late been on a roll when it comes to patents, and today announced they have been awarded a patent for what appears to cover what an ATA does. If this is indeed what the patent covers, then the folks at Cisco, who first licensed, then had Linksys … Read more