Cable Operators Implement WiFi Roaming

Wi-Fi Signal logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Image via CrunchBase Today, many of the USA's cable operators are already passing settlement free phone traffic between one another. Now they are going to become a wireless operator without spectrum costs as the leading MSOs (Cox, Cablevision, Comcast, etc) announced a WiFi roaming offer that's designed to keep … Read more

Why Free Wi-Fi Doesn’t Work

Today, CIO Journal has a story on public Wi-Fi and how customers are clogging the networks at Panera, someting that's nothing new to me. And I'm taking a bite out of it. Back in the day when public hotspots were just starting out, only a few of us were even using public Wi-Fi, and locations were … Read more

Taking Aim and Telling the Truth

A Polycom VSX 7000 camera used for videoconferencing (top) with 2 video conferencing screens for simultaneous broadcast from 2 separate locations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase I went to bed last night in Paris after just reading Vidtel founder Scott Wharton's transparent post about the … Read more

Boingo Wants You To Connect Safer and More Often

AllThingsD is reporting that Boingo is adding two key elements to their software that lets users connect to WiFi hotspots that are part of their growing network and others which are not.  VPN Crowdsourced hotspots Both elements are steps forward in the game to help people connect and get better access. The one fine line … Read more

Google Hangouts On Air Open Up

If you haven't been using Google Hangouts for free multiparty video conferences and presentations, your missing out. Long time friend Randy Resnick at VoIP User Conference has been bullish on them since the start and has begun blending the cutting edge free "on air" service into the communities weekly calls, as have many others. GigaOm, … Read more

No Surprise-Comcast Topping Business VoIP Market-But Is All Business VoIP Created Equal

Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast – nearly completed, photographed 3/14/08 EspaƱol: Comcast Center, la sede del Comcast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While many in the business of business telecom may be surprised to see Infonetics Research reporting that Comcast, along with Verizon, are topping the list of business VoIP deployments, I'm not at all. You … Read more

Breezing Through the Airport Lines

Image via CrunchBase Getting through airports lines has become a game with me.  Each trip I think about how do I have to pack my bags to not fall into the "what's in your bag" secondary screening trap? I think consciously about which airports are okay with not removing both my Mac Book Air 11" … Read more

In France More and More Calls are Going FREE

I've long been a fan of the the FREE offering in France from Illiad, the disruptive telco. They were one of the first to offer blazing fast speeds, unlimited calling and all the TV channels you can watch with the deployment of the Freebox which is connected to DSL or Fiber networks across France. Recently … Read more

SAP and their Telco Plays

In what had to be one of the more quiet market entries, I just learned that SAP has officially entered the telco billing sweepstakes with SAP/Telco. My guess is they are going to be doing more than just billing and seeking a greater role in the BSS/OSS world of telecoms and telcos.