Nokia N72 Coming to the USA
I’m a rabid user of client Nokia’s E71 so you can bet I’m just chomping at the bit at the next generation E72 which now is with the FCC.
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Highway Robbery in NY State – E911 Tax Dollars Not @ Work
New York legislators are going to get a good old country whippen, if they’re not carful. Talk about bait and switch. Wow. Every month New Yawkers shell out .70 cents on their cell phone bill (and that’s going up to $1.20 soon) per mobile number to support 911 services, so you would think the money … Read more
Event Season Cometh
I was on the phone this week with the Big Boss Man at TMC, pal Rich Tehrani going over a few things when I realized we’re about six weeks away from IT Expo in Los Angeles in September. With it the IP Communications industry has the start of another eight week period of pretty much … Read more
A Comparison of Three Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Networks in the UK
Over the past week I’ve been shifting between T-Mobile (on my Nokia E71) as well as both Three and Vodafone for mobile data. For ease of use Three and T-Mobile on mobile handsets are simple and easy to deal with, and offer easy to follow pay as you go options for as little as a … Read more
Vote For Martin Geddes
It’s great to see pal Martin Geddes nominated by Global Telecoms magazine as one of the bright minds in telecom, but we all knew that already.
We Need Carphone Warehouse in The USA (PSST. It’s Really Here)
Om’s post about Amazon Wireless made me realize that what the USA lacks is Carphone Warehouse, the chain that you see everywhere in the UK and with a sister chain called The Phone House all over Europe. In the USA, the Carphone Warehouse model will come through via Best Buy, in their Best Buy Mobile … Read more
Saunders Watch-The Writings of Alec Saunders
This week Alec wrote about two clients and his insight on both is on target. If Alec wasn’t a full time entrepreneur running iotum and keeping Calliflower on track his blogging would put him on par with the top writers online and he’d have both a day and night job that was one in the … Read more
Take One Part Voda and Add a Twist of MiFi
I decided to conduct an experiment of sorts last night. Well, call it early this morning. I loaded up my unlocked Novatel Wireless 3G/HSPA ready MiFi and popped in a shot of Voda. As in VoadFone. You see, Voda has been advertising that their network is 7.2 megs capable on the DL (Download) and 2 … Read more
Banks And The International Business Traveler
I have just spent the better part of ninety minutes contacting a series of financial institutions to notify them that I’ll be out of the country for the next week on business. This is an exercise that I do each and every trip and it’s getting OLD. Wells Fargo takes the cake for the most … Read more
Banks And The International Business Traveler
I have just spent the better part of ninety minutes contacting a series of financial institutions to notify them that I’ll be out of the country for the next week on business. This is an exercise that I do each and every trip and it’s getting OLD. Wells Fargo takes the cake for the most … Read more