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MyTMCnet
March 21, 2007
Thanks to readers like you, TMCnet has been blessed with 1-2 million unique visitors every month and last month over 20 million pages were viewed on this site. We are truly grateful to our readers, sponsors and advertisers who support this site and all other TMC products and initiatives.
Of course hats off to the TMC team who nurtures the development of our beloved communications and technology portal.
At TMC we are always innovating. We always look for ways to serve our audience better.
A number of months back an advertiser came to us and said according to his research, TMCnet is not only the top communications site in the US but the world.
The interesting part of this conversation is it seemed that not everyone knew just how popular TMCnet was outside of the US.
To rectify this situation and moreover to make it easier for those people around the world to get access to news pertaining to their interests, we embarked on developing TMCnet for various continents.
But instead of hard coding this project, we decided it would be better to build a framework which was customizable.
This would take longer but what it would allow is a fully customizable news portal by specific topic or even specific keywords.
Once this project dubbed myTMCnet was launched and working we could then easily extend it to be continent specific, country specific, topic specific, etc.
Yesterday we rolled out the beta of myTMCnet.
TMCnet has 3,000-4,000 articles, press releases and other content pouring into it daily.
We have now given the world a custom interface so they can see this news in any way they choose.
For example, if you are interested in IMS news you can add a custom box dedicated to IMS. Or perhaps you want to track SanSay or Avaya or unified communications.
It doesn’t matter.
I have found MyTMCnet is an invaluable competitive research tool allowing me to see what they are up to. I can also track the news of the most important players in the tech space if I so choose.
The benefits of this site for PR and marketing departments is absolutely staggering. You can keep track of the entire space you play in. Every article and news release will be at your disposal. At this point blogs are not integrated into the system but some of our blogs do become articles as an FYI.
This page allows you to customize your myTMCnet page and this is the custom link that shows you myTMCnet.
Try it. I hope you like it. Please forward this post around to others you feel may benefit from this initiative. We are hoping you can provide feedback as to how we can improve MyTMCnet and make it even more useful for you, our valued reader.
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Packet8 Virtual Numbers
March 21, 2007
Packet8 has launched international virtual numbers which is good news for companies who want an international presence without the need to have a local office in each country in question.
Countries supported include the U.K., France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Ireland, and Denmark.
The cost is $9.99/month per number with a $9.99 set up fee.
My take? Great move by the company. These sorts of features separate VoIP from the PSTN and as a side benefit will increase traction in the small business market for Packet8.
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iPhone Update
March 21, 2007
I have had the opportunity to discuss Apple’s iPhone with a slew of industry luminaries over the last few weeks. Here is what I have heard mixed with some of my own views.
There are a number of companies who will come out with iPhone clones before the iPhone hits the street. As you might imagine, most of these companies if not all are based in Asia.
One assumes Apple will be tied up in legal battles with these companies – assuming there are patent infringements. Etc.
It seems every demographic wants at this phone and churn from other providers will be high. This of course assumes that there is not a close enough iPhone-like phone from Verizon, T-Mobile, etc which will keep people from switching service.
iPhone sales will cannibalize iPod sales.The iPhone is unsubsidized.
Apple likely is getting a piece of the service contract revenue from AT&T Wireless.
AT&T Wireless looks at the customer base of people switching to get the iPhone as customers who are switching with virtually little or no marketing cost associated with them.
In addition, AT&T stands to benefit greatly by having more people in their stores and on their website. Even people who can’t afford to buy iPhones will become AT&T customers and buy cheaper phones with the hopes of being able to upgrade later to an iPhone.
Expect iPod listings on eBay to skyrocket as the iPhone gets closer to launch date.
A popular prediction is that people who can’t afford and iPhone will be the demographic with greatest penetration.
All of this assumes the phone does work well – as a phone. The sound quality, etc needs to be on par without other phones, etc.
The biggest drawback we know about so far is the lack of a keyboard. The touch screen keyboard will likely be a major compliant.
There is a technology called haptic feedback which makes the phone vibrate when the screen is touched. Many say this technology is good at simulating keyboard activity.
The first version of the iPhone is not going to have this technology it seems.
The entire cell phone industry will be remade as a result of the iPhone. Device manufacturers will gain more autonomy and user interfaces will go from being atrocious (I think SonyEricsson does a great job with UIs by the way) to more intelligently designed.
If you have any other thoughts about the iPhone – please send me an e-mail or comment below.
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