Today client iotum joined an elite circle for me, placing two clients in back to back years into the Product of the Year category with Internet Telephony. While a slew of companies get there each year, it’s still rewarding to know that our business practice is being sought out by companies with different ideas and … Read more
Light Reading’s Mark Sullivan has done an extensive overview about client David Beckemeyer’s PhoneGnome in LightReading Today. He also quotes analyst turned blogger Jon Arnold in the story.
Dean’s zeroing in on what is happening with dual mode handsets.
It’s about selling through. Skype is banking on their distribution partner BrightPoint to make that happen. My advice to companies is to hire a killer sales manager with retail relationships and work direct with the retailers on shelf promotions, advertising and pricing strategy. My second comment is don’t trust the distributor. Beyond Skype they also … Read more
Rich has a good story about the current and near term efforts of Covad, but he missed one area where they are moving big into. WIMAX. WIMAX will let Covad bypass the incumbent telcos completely to deliver high speed Internet to the premise, and wireless end up being a lot less to install than wired … Read more
Get you free VoIP Handset Here… Note that I have not seen it or tried it.
If you’re wondering why I’m blogging less, I’ve been fighting a cold that it seems many of us who went to Las Vegas for CEE seemed to catch. It’s a nasty one and sometimes all I want to do is sleep. Blogging will resume at full tilt when I’m better.
For less than $3,000 you can put Skype blocking software inside your network.
Mobile Me? I wonder what Apple is up to? Without speculating to wildly, it could be in the 3G/WiFi space which would be a natural. Why not begin to sell embedded CDMA/UMTS or other portable high speed right inside or as a PCMCIA add on to Macs.
Sun Rocket takes it on the chin in a few different directions. While I understand their marketing model, their continues to be some skepticism in the market about them. I also hear they are recruiting for a new CEO.
