It was an interesting week with AT&T coming under attack for it's desire to force FaceTime users into share plans as GigaOm's Stacy Higginbotham and other point out. What's I shared with Stacy is what may make the whole point mute for some who buy their iPhones direct from Apple. In AT&T's statement they wrote "FaceTime is … Read more
The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg (subscription required) gave newcomer to video conferencing Zoom.us a big shot in the arm late yesterday with news of their service launch. Not much is known about the company, but the new free service supports up to 15 simultaneous users and promises screen sharing too and is available for iPhone, … Read more
If The Verge's news report on LTE going live in the UK on EE is accurate (Everything Everywhere), the combined T-Mobile and Orage play, my friends across the pond will have faster and better speeds soon. According to the report EE will roll things out on September 11. The rumor though is that they will … Read more
One of my favorite telecom analysts has always been, and remains Iain Gillott from iGR. I first met Iain when he was with IDC before breaking off and establishing his boutique consultancy. Long a watcher of wireless and mobile, today his firm announced the publication of a report on Voice over LTE or VoLTE for … Read more
The other day, Fierce Wireless had a special report on the subject of "Toll Free Data." It's concise, timely and relevant to the changing market of mobile data where consumption is going to outstrip plans sometime soon. But, it's anything but news to me. In the past, I have written about the concept of "Sending … Read more
I think the inevitable threat to telcos is going to happen. That threat is the most obvious over the top, under the floor, or through the pipe marriage of services, media, signalling and features. It's when Microsoft decides to marry Skype and Lync together, oh, and toss in Messenger, and if you want, Exchange too. … Read more
Over the past two months I have flown on nine airlines, visited six countries, crossed a border somewhere, somehow, 10 times, and experienced everything from Upper Class on Virgin Atlantic to a regular seat on United. I've flown the often attacked Ryanair, the Southwest clone known as Easyjet, the Jet Blue like Vueling and others, … Read more
Boingo has pretty much nailed the smartphone and tablet log on experience at Porto Airport in Portugal. Their iOS client did everything and the speeds were more than what was needed.
I can’t say enough about the gang at Luggage Forward, the preeminent baggage handlers in the world. My bag is home from Cascais, Portugal in two days. I won’t be home for another week. After working and living in Europe, traversing four borders–UK, Spain, France, Portugal and back, having my bag show up when I … Read more
When I look at what is available on contract for 4G data here in Portugal where I'm spending two weeks, I'm just about floored at what we're paying in the USA for less speed, data caps and for more money. Imagine 4G spectrum being used, unlimited data, speeds of 100 megs down, 50 megs up, … Read more
