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Longview IoT Boosts Energy and Wireless Efficiency
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Hallmark's Simple, Inexpensive Way to Boost Customer Satisfaction
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Huawei Places the World's First 5G VoNR Video Call
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IGEL Advances Future of Work
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Tata Communications and Cisco Collaborate on SD-WAN
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How to Win the 50-Year-Old China Trade War
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Extreme Elements Enables The Autonomous Enterprise
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Full Story »The State Ruling on State: Do EU Understand
November 22, 2010Today's WSJ has an interesting article"":http://http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704444304575628610624607130.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop about the use of cookies.
As someone who used to build VoIP services, I want to speak in praise of cookies and particularly their use for stateful things like Presence and Call Control.
When I worked on the first class 5 softswitch, we made a bad decision that was based on keeping state of a call on the network. My SOB friend from Harvard filled me in on his advice for the rest of the community that came to late to save me.
Ceragon got MCel's Backhaul
November 4, 2010In a few weeks, I am running a webinar with Ceragon.
I received a press release from our friends at Ceragon, that mentioned the following...Ceragon Networks Signs Multi-Million Dollar Contract with mcel. Largest Mobile Operator in Mozambique to Install 1000 km Microwave Backbone Network
Catching the Corner of My Eye!
November 1, 2010- We as an Industry are consolidating Profitablly.
Sparked by the ViVo acquistion efforts in Brazil the Headlines today are from the WSJ about Telefonica and their expansion. We are friendly with many of their company employees from O2 in Europe and Movistar in Latin America. The article's quote César Alierta, CEO of Telefonica is very true to our experience of key personnel in these companies representing the management of capital and brand.
"The key factor for Telefónica to do anything is: first, human resources. Second, money," he explains.
Sprint Displays Some Benevolent Behavior
October 18, 2010
A big player in both the cell carrier and wireless broadband arenas, Sprint has been doing assorted charity work in some of the more vital U.S. markets. In the past week alone, two press releases have been issued regarding Sprint's philanthropy. If analyzed acutely, there may be some clues in the patterns of Sprint's contributions to local charities.
Sprint Executives Resign From Clearwire Board Due to Anti-Trust Laws
October 5, 2010
The three Sprint (S) executives that were residing on the Clearwire(CLWR) board have resigned, leading many to question the stability of the company.
LA the Other California
October 3, 2010
We have arrived in LA and the difference between movies and computers is an interesting one. Content may be king in LA but apps are the story after Mobilize.
It's fitting that we are producing our version of the blend with 4G Wireless Evolution Television. We are following our friend Bob Bowman's, CEO of MLB.com, advice and charging for it because we have real costs.
You pay $1.00 for iTunes, so why not $20.00 for 20 hours of hearing the artists that make the technology that delivers the iTunes.
Here in LA Mobile Video is about entertainment, in Northern California the Mobilze story was the over the top folks. During App Time we have Ramu Sunkara founder of QiK speaking with friends who do telecollaboration.
While segmenting the market always makes sense, the consumer has a problem understanding why broadcast quality can be delivered for free on the Internet, and Telecollaboration costs so much.
Another dimension comes from the posting on social networks of people's personal video and likes from various (sometimes pirated) places.
In the end it may be that these markets have to find some blending. A video water cooler that allows point to point and commentary, entertainment and conversation.
I am looking forward to experimenting, learning and generally entertained by the conversations we are having while we are here. I expect I am
It's fitting that we are producing our version of the blend with 4G Wireless Evolution Television. We are following our friend Bob Bowman's, CEO of MLB.com, advice and charging for it because we have real costs.
You pay $1.00 for iTunes, so why not $20.00 for 20 hours of hearing the artists that make the technology that delivers the iTunes.
Here in LA Mobile Video is about entertainment, in Northern California the Mobilze story was the over the top folks. During App Time we have Ramu Sunkara founder of QiK speaking with friends who do telecollaboration.
While segmenting the market always makes sense, the consumer has a problem understanding why broadcast quality can be delivered for free on the Internet, and Telecollaboration costs so much.
Another dimension comes from the posting on social networks of people's personal video and likes from various (sometimes pirated) places.
In the end it may be that these markets have to find some blending. A video water cooler that allows point to point and commentary, entertainment and conversation.
I am looking forward to experimenting, learning and generally entertained by the conversations we are having while we are here. I expect I am
Streaming (& Archiving) 4GWE.
October 2, 2010The last three years have been pretty amazing. Thanks to Apple's iPhone we finally got to see what its like to have "full" access to the Internet. The iPhone shifted everyone's strategies, and where LTE looked like it would be slow to develop we now have initial implementations in scattered areas around the world.
However, this is no longer about the transport; it's about the application demand. Having verified the insatiable appetite the carriers are now racing to find ways to expand the coverage and recover the cost.
The question is can Wireless have parity with the customer's Internet experience at home and at work.
While many will tell you that the Web is dead, the reality is the Internet evolves. From a research project, to a modem extended email system, to the web , to music, to movies and now to mobile.
