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Satellite and Cellular Marry: Verizon Screwed

September 23, 2008

SkyTerra's Mobile Satellite Ventures, ICO Global Communications and Qualcomm have jointly announced they will work together to develop chips which will allow cell phones to rely on satellites when cellular networks are not available.

It will be a few years until we see the results of this collaboration and I imagine battery life will be an issue when communicating with satellites -- but if you put battery life aside, this agreement wreaks havoc on global cellular markets.

Why? Verizon decided years back to not carry the iPhone and one would imagine the superior Verizon network is one of the reasons they made this decision. They felt they didn't need to bow to the desires of Steve Jobs. They figured cutomers would not defect because they would not want to lose Verizon coverage. And of course they are partially right.

But, what happens if all cell phones can rely on WiFi, satellite and WiMax networks as backup networks?

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, IP Communications, Technology, Verizon, WiMAX, Wireless

What Cisco Was Doing During ITEXPO

September 21, 2008

Cisco had a booth at ITEXPO this past week but apparently another part of the company was busy making an acquisition in the communications space at the exact same time. The company just picked up Jabber -- a supercharged presence engine and overall IM/UC solution. Why? Well of course Cisco is looking to add to its UC strategy and Jabber brings tremendous presence expertise.

When you think about it, Skype is a great company to acquire as well if you are looking for adding the presence of millions of users immediately to your network.

This is why I thought Cisco would make a good strategic Skype partner as mentioned earlier.

Posted in AT&T, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Fax, IP Communications, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Wireless

ITEXPO West 2008 Some More Stories

September 18, 2008

Here are a few news stories I came across today to keep you up to date on show happenings so far. I didn't get a chance to read them all by the way but I wanted to share as soon as I could.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Google, Green, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, SaaS, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Wireless

ITEXPO West 2008 Best of Show

September 18, 2008

Congratulations to the ITEXPO West 2008 best of show winners here in Los Angeles.

Best Service Provider Solution Ring Carrier TelcoBridges IntelePeer Best Large Enterprise Solution Instant Solutions MobileMax (News - Alert) Best SMB Solution 8x8 Quintum Epygi Best Consumer Offering Phonevite Best Development Tool Sangoma Apex Voice Communications Touchstone (News - Alert) Technologies Most Innovative Solution i2Telecom Oaisys PhoneFusion Best Booth WBS Connect Mitel Best of Call Center 2.0 VocalCom (News - Alert) Syntellect CosmoCom Best of Open Source Digium Fonality Pactolus Editors' Choice SIP Print KnoahSoft, Inc. Volt Delta

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, IMS, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Podcast, SIP, SaaS, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless

ITEXPO Press Coverage

September 18, 2008

Certainly there have been many stories and news announcements coming out of ITEXPO West 2008 here in Los Angeles. I have pointed to a number of them but one worth reading which crossed my inbox this morning is from VoIP Planet and it summarizes some of the news coming out of the show quite nicely.

There are mentions of Fonality, ClearOne, SIP Print, VoIP Logic, Aastra Telecom, Acme Packet and more.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Security, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP

ITEXPO West 2008: Introduced by IP Man

September 17, 2008

IP Man Fight Evil IP Communications Villains
Having been speaking at conferences and other events for decades I can tell you that yesterday was a first for me. Why? Well, I was introduced by a cartoon character and even turned into a cartoon character. Many people mentioned how closely the cartoon character resembled me.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

ITEXPO West 2008 Microsoft Keynote

September 16, 2008

X.D. Huang General Manager of Microsoft gave a very interesting keynote where he first focused on the many things coming out of Microsoft Labs -- in particular -- an interface which mixes real objects with virtual ones. Using cameras on your desk the system is able to recognize gestures, etc. This technology is not necessarily new for Microsoft -- but it is the first time I have seen this demo.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, IP Communications, Microsoft, Technology

ITEXPO West 2008 Map

September 15, 2008

Here is a map of the Los Angeles Convention Center with all the important activities/rooms, etc. As you know by now, this is the center where ITEXPO will be held this week. Feel free to print or download this PDF to your electronic device of choice.

I hope you find it useful.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Call Center, IPTV, ITEXPO, Open Source, SIP, Security, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications

ITEXPO West 2008 News to Date

September 15, 2008

To keep up with some of the news from this week's ITEXPO here at the Los Angeles Convention Center, check out the following show dailies from the past three days.

Tuesday, September 9th Thursday, September 11th Monday, September 15thHere is a news page as well if you would like to see even more.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Google, Green, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, Security, Skype, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless

GIPS Gets Russian Win

September 15, 2008

In years past the competition between GIPS and Spirit DSP has been the stuff of legend. While the competitive situation has unwound over the past 18 months or so it is still interesting to see how the companies compete with one another.

For example, some news out of this week's ITEXPO is that exhibitor GIPS has just announced it has been selected by Mail.Ru to have its GIPS' VoiceEngine embedded inside the Mail.Ru Agent, starting with version 5.2 -- allowing affordable calls to stationary and mobile phones.

Of course the interesting thing here is Spirit DSP is based in Moscow -- so this is a win in foreign territory for GIPS and the company can look forward to having its solutions rolled out to about 50 million new Russian users.

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