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One Million IPTV Users In China Next Year

According to People's Daily Online and China Daily, the market for IPTV is expected to take off in China next year as fixed line operators look for ways to grow.In an interview with China Daily on the sidelines of... Full Story

Posted on December 11, 2006 1:54 PM

Luggage-Free Travel

Or at least while traveling through airports or getting through customs in a foreign country. A new service called The Luggage Club will ship your goods, luggage, skiis, surfboards, golf clubs -- or whatever -- to anywhere within the... Full Story

Posted on December 9, 2006 3:40 PM

Web 2.0 Deal Funding On a Roll -- And How VoIP Can Play A Role

The numbers are in for the first three quarters of 2006: According to Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst and Young, venture capital firms have invested $455.5 million in 79 deals involving Web 2.0 companies -- more than double the deal... Full Story

Posted on December 9, 2006 3:03 PM

New Advertising Revenue Opportunities of IPTV

A new white paper focusing on advertising revenue opportunities for telcos entering the IPTV and mobile entertainment space has been published by the research firm Detecon. Written by Susannah Spellman, a senior consultant at the company, the paper discusses a... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2006 9:33 PM

Firefly Breathes New Life into Lead Acid Battery Design and Scores $10 Million

With all the buzz about newfangled battery technologies and lithium battery laptop explosions, wherefore the quaint old lead acid battery?Peoria, IL-based Firefly Energy just announced that it will have an innovative carbon-graphite foam, lead-acid battery ready for production by the... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2006 6:14 PM

M5 Hits the 500 Mark

Hosted IP-PBX service provider M5 Networks just announced it has signed up it's 500th SMB customer -- Dale & Thomas Popcorn, the famous, Oprah-salivating, New Jersey-based popcorn maker. With this milestone, M5 marks a 25 percent increase in its customer... Full Story

Posted on November 30, 2006 5:50 PM

Print Magazines Still Have Their Place

Rich Tehrani sent me this photo a while ago while he was traveling and meeting with TMC prospects and customers, and I thought it was worth sharing. It's nice to see that people are still reading the ole' analog... Full Story

Posted on November 16, 2006 12:02 PM

New Java-based Click-to-Talk SDK

A new Java-based click-to-talk solution from Mexuar Communications, a private UK company, promises to deliver browser- and platform-neutral, free IP call capabilities for commercial websites. The Corraleta Technology SDK enables development of click-to-talk functionality on any website, allowing visitors to... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2006 2:51 PM

IP Communications Summit Ends on a High Note

This past Tuesday and Wednesday, I had the pleasure to moderate and speak on a number of panels with a number of well-regarded and incredibly knowledgeable individuals, including Jon Arnold, principal of J. Arnold and Associates; Ron Gruia, Principal Analyst... Full Story

Posted on October 12, 2006 7:06 PM

About Me

Marc has been involved in the telecommunications industry as a leading reporter and analyst, editor and author, trade show producer and publisher, and marketing executive and consultant for more than 23 years. With a perspective honed by decades of consistent... Full Story

Posted on April 20, 2006 11:36 AM