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FTTH is Needed Soon

I agree with Gary Kim that FTTH is needed, if not today, at least very soon. Unless a service provider is looking to sell out this year or next, they should be considering doing what rural Smithville Telephone did and deploy fiber to the home or FTTH.

This is one of those investments where Wall Street may be out of touch with Main Street as one day we will wake up and customers will want bandwidth which can only be achieved with massive amounts of photons traveling on glass strands.

When this transition will take place is impossible to know for sure.

What we can all be sure of however is that it will happen.

The question is, who will be left standing with thousands of miles of obsolete copper and cable when the music stops?

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Communications Developer Call for Papers

Be sure to submit your call for papers entries for the Communications Developer show which will be collocated with ITEXPO later this year in the Los Angeles, California Convention Center.

The specific dates of the event will be September 16-18, 2008.

You know I have always been a huge fan of open APIs and the concept that communications will become embedded in other parts of our lives and software.

This trend is on the rise and we are happy that Communications Developer is the world's forum for software development in the communications space.

See Also

• Tom Keating's Blog
• Press Release

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Bob Emmerson: TMC's European Editor

Bob Emmerson joins TMC as out European Editor. We are truly proud to have Bob join the team as he is a communications and technology veteran.

Previously, Emmerson was a designer of digital control systems, a journalist, and a copywriter.

For a number of years he ran his own advertising/pr agency in Brussels. Clients included ITT Europe, Philips, Intel and The Financial Times (News - Alert). In addition to creating numerous sales brochures/leaflets/ presentations and writing press releases and press kits, he wrote three market reports for The Financial Times and has co-authored two books on IP Communications.

Bob Emmerson joins these other respected contributors recently added to the TMCnet editorial team: Charlotte Wolter, Gary Kim, David Yedwab, Peter Radizeski , Scott Wharton,Taran Singh, Rick Graves, Dr. Alan Solheim, Jagan Jagannathan and Phil Hill.  In addition, Jon Arnold is also contributing his commentary to TMCnet. 

For more about Emmerson, please visit his columnist page on TMCnet.

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Messy Skype Presence Solution

Its funny, I spend so much time writing about solutions for service providers and enterprise customers that when I come across a do it yourself (DIY) solution allowing you to keep tabs on your Skype friends without the use of a computer, I turn up my nose.

Is that bad? I am not sure. But what I know for certain is that this new idea is really great if not a bit messy. By having a picture frame with multiple photos in it you can watch each of your friends and see what they are up to. Are they online? Are they away?

This reminds me me of the text to speech application that came with one of the Scala bluetooth headsets I reviewed a while back. It integrated with Skype and whenever one of my contacts came online, it announced the fact to me.

It took me a few days to figure out that this noise emanating from my laptop had to do with Skype. No I am not kidding.

But I digress. If you try this project out and get it working, drop me a line.

[gizmodo]

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TMCnet Podcast Library

Sure you have an iPhone or iPod or even a PC where you like to listen to your music. But have you had a chance to listen to TMCnet's high quality podcasts as of yet? ;-)

I know many of you have but for those of you who haven't, there are two pages to bookmark. My podcast page as well as the TMCnet podcast home page.

I hope you enjoy the interviews and other audio content which we will be providing

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Red Hat Takes Anti-Patent Stance

Red Hat, a leader in the open source software market is taking a major stance against the current patent system. An important case referred to as the Biliski Case is now being decided by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and it has to do with patenting business processes.

Red Hat has taken the stance that virtually all open source software must in some way infringe on software patents as these patents are virtually impossible to interpret objectively.

In a public statement on its site the company had this to say:


Red Hat further argues the open source software market would grow at a much faster rate if the threat of patent lawsuits for software/business processes were to be eliminated.

While many think this case is a major one which could reshape patent law, at least one site doesn't think so. It will be worth watching this case carefully as it could have myriad ramifications for the communications and technology markets.

See Also:

BusinessWeek
New York Times
Patently O
The Fire of Genius

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TMCnet Gets a Redesign

I am very happy to be the first to tell you TMCnet is in the midst of one of its largest graphical overhauls. We are very proud of our new look which emphasizes softer blue colors and shades.

There are millions of pages on TMCnet and half or more of these pages have been updated so far. We expect to be finished with the update in the next 48 hours or so.

We would love your feedback.

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Brand Marketing Position in Telecom

I have come across an open position for a brand marketing specialist in Dallas, Texas. You would be working for a major telecom/datacom company and probably gain tremendous global experience.

If you are interested, or know someone who is -- please drop me a line asap. Thanks

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Recycle That Cell Phone

Verizon really wants you to recycle that old cell phone. The have partnered with HopeLine, who has helped keep 200 tons of electronic waste out of landfills to date. In order to take advantage of this program you can return your unused wireless phone to any Verizon store.

Hats off to Verizon for taking some initiative here and making the world a greener place.

[TMCnet]

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ScanSource Wants its MTV

ScanSource, a company distributing specialty technology products in communications, POS and other spaces, has acquired MTV Telecom Distribution, a UK-based distributor of voice and data solutions. Many US distribution companies are looking to expand internationally. This is especially true as the US dollar is very weak and these deals can really boost the bottom line if the dollar stays at its current level or even decreases in value.

In addition, there is logic in expanding a company's business so it is not dependant on a  few geographic areas for success.

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SalesForce.com Satisfaction Ratings

I was just reading an article from TMCnet's David Sims where he talks about SalesForce.com satisfaction ratings and I was blown away. Why? the company recently surveyed over 4,000 of their users and 94% said they definitely or probably will continue to use the company's products.

The survey also found that of the 1,192 executive-level respondents in the sample, 90 percent had improved customer data quality and data management, 78 percent had reduced sales, service, marketing or other operational costs and 70 percent had increased sales revenue.

There is more to the article and it seems the company's users are truly happy. I should mention that these numbers do sync with what I hear from the company's customers and yes, this is a vendor-sponsored survey -- done by a third-party.

As more and more companies start to sell hosted solutions, it is probably worth looking at the high bar this hosted CRM company has set as a goal.

In past interviews, SalesForce.com execs have told me their company has to earn their keep every month and they seem to be doing exactly that.

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