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
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
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.
It's great to see those who are really in the know sharing their thoughts. Today, two very insightful posts came up from former clients of mine, David Beckemeyer, co-founder of Earthlink, and Larry Lisser with whom I worked leading up to the exit of Mobivox. David, in his post about the so called myth of … Read more
CLEARWIRE LOGO.png (Photo credit: Wikipedia) NetZero (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Image via CrunchBase Some in marketing call it the razor blade strategy, where you give away the razor and make the customers buy the blades. On a more urban level, the idea is cruder, but every bit as effective. It's called the drug dealer strategy where … Read more
Image via CrunchBase In an Op-Ed type of guest column in Forbes, founder and CEO of Level3 Jim Crowe has called out the FCC, AT&T and Verizon in what could become the firestarter of a battle in Washington, D.C. over wired and wireless access. It's a far reaching but clear "slap in the face" to … Read more
Over the last few months, and actually as far back as last year the signs that Skype was getting out of the business market were painfully obvious to many of us long time Skypewatchers. Fist was the discontinuation of Skype for Asterisk. Then was the abrupt departure of David Gurle who had been hired to … Read more
Pal Jon Arnold has written a killer post about cloud based video, citing the rationale of clients Vidtel and Telesphere and why they have invested in the space, but also going more deeply into why, how come and what will make companies with their video calling heads in the clouds worth something. Jon was very thorough … Read more
If you have a Windows Mobile phone you may want to add Skype to your apps library. The beta is out and come April the full and final version will be made available reports the Verge. The news came out to coincide with Microsoft's news about new smartphones being unleashed here at Mobile World Congress in … Read more
I didn't know David as well as Rich Tehrani or Fred Knight, both of whom have written wonderful eulogies to him over the weekend, but what I can say is he was a gentleman and as industry analysts went, David was one of those who knew his stuff and didn't shout about it. He just … Read more
