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T-Mobile -- Growing Revenue by Helping Parents

July 31, 2008

Mobile carriers are so in the driver seat. They really are. There is a good deal of money to be made in this space for a reason that may not be obvious. It is kids.

Posted in AT&T, Blackberry, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Gadget, IMS, IP Communications, SIP, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Conjecture: Covad to Acquire Small PBX Player

July 30, 2008

In an effort to compete with PAETEC/Allworx, we can possibly expect Covad to make an acquisition before the year is over of a small PBX player which competes with Allworx. I have heard talk of this and numerous comments which have led me to beleive this development has a high degree of likelihood.

Posted in AT&T, Broadband, Call Center, IP Communications, SIP, Technology, VoIP

My Tips to Resellers and VARs

July 29, 2008

97 Degrees in Dallas And it is Cool

Well it is relatively cool anyway. Compared to the rest of thee week, 97 feels downright arctic. I think the humidity levels are lower as well. I had a great talk today at IP Sizzles 2008 and I am as enthused as ever about our space.

One part of my discussion centered around how my talks used to focus on making money selling VoIP then making money selling IP communications and now it is just communications. It could have even been technology as I focused on things like UPS systems, SANs, RAID systems, disaster recovery, etc.

The reseller of today has to seize opportunities and be smart enough to listen to customer needs and sell them solutions.

Posted in AT&T, Avaya, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, FCC, Green, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, SaaS, Security, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Ribbit Sold to BT

July 29, 2008

Seems like the rumors were true. Ribbit was sold to BT for $105 million according to ZDnet. Here are some thoughts on the matter from Andy Abramson as well.

Why would BT buy a company focused on communications development? The primary reason is that they see communications changing rapidly and they want to be on the leading, not trailing edge of this trend.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Financial, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP

Road Warrior Bible

July 27, 2008

Everyone needs an ultimate guide. Whether you like to fish, run marathons, play chess or whatever. Andy Abramson recently published what I would consider to be a road warrior bible and it is full of great resources to not only handle your technology needs but it also discusses services which ship luggage.

Andy has a specific blog entry with these tips and an entire blog category titled Working Anywhere which will chronicle his future writings on the topic.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Gadget, Google, Green, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Personal, SIP, Science, Search, Security, Skype, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Fuel Cells Power Base Stations

July 27, 2008

We live in a world obsessed with treating the environment better. While this statement does not apply to the entire world, the green technology movement in Europe and the US seems to be growing faster than ever. Still, when ensuring your carrier network has redundant power, you have options which are not really environmentally friendly. Diesel generators and batteries are but a few examples.

Posted in AT&T, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Google, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Verizon, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Optical Drivers and Trends

July 25, 2008

The optical space is alive and well and surprisingly robust. In 2001-2 it was common to talk about the death of the fiber market and often I heard people tell me that there would be no need for more optical networks and even equipment.

Of course, back then there was no YouTube and p2p networks were in their infancy.

So what are the trends in DWDM, SONET, ROADMs and other aspects of the optical market? What is driving demand? Finally, what will be the role of Carrier Ethernet in driving optical products and services?

In order to learn more about this space I recently had a podcast interview with Ronen Mikdashi the Senior Product Marketing Manager of ECI Telcecom.

Posted in AT&T, Broadband, Cisco, FCC, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Nortel, Optical, Podcast, SIP, Technology, Verizon, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

iPhones Shortage Persists

July 25, 2008

Greg Galitzine cited a website called Topmuffin when writing that the iPhone shortage has dissipated. I checked the iPhone availability site at 5:00 AM on July 25 and there were zero phones available in Connecticut, New York, California, Florida and Texas. Basically, every state I checked had zero phones in stock.

Still the Topmuffin site says that there are plenty of iPhones in all of these states.

While I think a site like Topmuffin makes sense -- I also think the website managers here may have taken the day off to eat some muffins. No word on when they will return.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, Technology, Wireless

Too Many Mobile Phones Dissapointing?

July 24, 2008

HTC Touch Diamond
Photo Courtesy of Akihabara News
The dream device of all time based on specs has to be the HTC Touch Diamond (or the Pro model which has a keyboard) if for no other reason than the 640x480 resolution screen that fits in your pocket. This is much better than even the industry trend setting Apple iPhone. As with all HTC devices I have reviewed, the Touch Diamond is moderately flawed.

Every HTC device I have ever used wows me at first but every day use makes you realize the product didn't have much usability testing.

According to this review from Akihabara News the device is slow, has problems receiving wireless signals and a clunky interface. Ironically these are the same problems other HTC products have (the XV6800 comes to mind) as well.

But problems like these are certainly not unique to HTC.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Communications Developer, E-Commerce, FCC, Gadget, Google, IMS, IP Communications, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Sprint Sells Towers, Nextel Next?

July 24, 2008

In a move to pay down debt, Sprint has decided to sell its towers to TowerCo and lease them back.

Approximately 3,300 towers will be sold for $670 million in cash. Sprint is rumored to be floating the idea of selling Nextel as well and as you may know, SK Telecom was looking to buy Sprint Nextel but Sprint refused.

Dorothy was right -- there's no place like home (Kansas -- where Sprint is headquartered) as Sprint management has likely never been so busy.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, E-Commerce, FCC, Google, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, SaaS, Security, Skype, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

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