LTE = Long Term Excuses

Dean Bubley has been keeping abreast of the LTE plans of carriers, and the technology being developed by the NEP’s for a while now. His report from the LTE Conference leads me to believe we’re in for a mess.

Has Google Become Santa Claus?

“He knows when you’re are sleeping.” “He knows when you’re awake” “He knows if you’ve been bad or good…” “So be good for goodness sake…” You know the old rhyme…..well, it could apply to Google after what I heard today from a T-Mobile rep about the updates to the Nexus One that some folks are … Read more

Happy Days With Ponzi

Last night I went into the cellar to grab some aged wines from Ponzi Vineyards, one of the Oregon Wine trail’s longer and more established wineries. For me, the love affair with Ponzi, and their very Burgundian Pinot Noir’s goes back to my early days of wine tasting. I found a bunch of 1985 Ponzi … Read more

A New Chef and Some Old Friends

Ah, the joys of a wine cellar. You get to go in and play, reliving history, and relishing in the past while looking forward to what’s to come. My most current experience surrounds the 1999 vintage where a group of us decided to go to dinner and test out the new chef at Roy’s La … Read more

Mobile VoIP To Take Over

Good news for client Truphone and others in the Mobile VoIP space. According to Frost & Sullivan, Mobile Voip is poised to overtake traditional telephone service. For longtime readers this won’t be a surprise. We’ve all been predicting, and supporting this for years. But Frost is not alone is saying Mobile VoIP is the future. … Read more

Congrats to The Great Team At GIPS

For the past 19 months or so, I’ve had the good fortune to work with an amazing leadership team at GIPS (Global IP Solutions). Ever since I met CEO Emerick Woods after his appointment, and then his team of Joyce Kim, Jan Linden, John Gallagher, John Hermansen and the rest, the rapport, respect and results … Read more

In The Near Future Voice and Data Are All The Same

We’re rapidly moving to an all IP world. Today we have in some markets Mobile Wimax from Clearwire. Their using the Sprint IP network and WiMax. In the future LTE is coming to Verizon and eventually AT&T. We’re also seeing devices that will make computers mobile phones with data built in. Current 3G technology permits … Read more