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IP Sizzles 2007

July 23, 2007

I am off to VoIP Sizzles I mean IP sizzles in Dallas today. I speak tomorrow. Here are the details.

Posted in Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, IP Communications, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Technology, Video, VoIP

Google and others are looking to ensure some of the 700MHZ spectrum is allocated for broadband wireless and moreover available at wholesale rates in order to help foster new and innovative services. For more on this story see this USA Today article. Interestingly I also read a Telephony article where CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent called the proposed rules “Silicon Valley welfare.” What I find interesting is this portion of the Telephony article: ----- Verizon Wireless vice president and general counsel Steve Zipperstein testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, urging Congress to ignore Google and other Internet companies’ calls for open-access requirements to the 700 MHz bands, which are scheduled for auction in early 2008. Zipperstein said the results of such rules would favor the Internet companies over the wireless industry, effectively pre-determining the winners of the auctions in advance.

“The wireless industry has produced a steady stream of innovations -- from devices, to applications, to features -- that have given American consumers myriad choices about how they use their wireless service,” said Zipperstein in a statement.

Posted in Apple, Broadband, Cisco, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, IMS, IP Communications, Microsoft, Skype, Technology, VoIP, Wireless

ShoreTel IPO

July 5, 2007

ShoreTel hit it big with an IPO which jumped 27.5% on it’s opening day. The IPO was derailed last week as a result of a lawsuit filed by Mitel. The company closed the day at $12.15, after the company priced 7.9 million shares at $9.50 a share. Many comments circulated the blogosphere recently about how in the PBX space, Cisco owns the high-end and open-source owns the low end – with only scraps remaining for the companies in-between. I agree with some of these comments but at the same time there is a massive opportunity to continue upgrading the world’s enterprise phone systems. Scraps could equate to billions of dollars each year.

Posted in Cisco, Conferencing, IP Communications, Open Source, Patent, SIP, Unified Communications, VoIP

TMCnet Goes Twitter

July 4, 2007

It seems like if you are under 18 you spend a good deal of time twittering on well – Twitter. Since my typical reader is above 18 you may not be aware that Twitter is a service allowing you to send and receive messages via SMS on cell phones. People spend hours letting their friends know (in excruciating detail sometimes) about all aspects of their life. “I am going to have lunch.” “I am having a snack.” “I am sick,” are some of the things you may see while twittering. But if you get sick of twittering with friends and are interested in using Twitter to keep up with the latest (and best of course) communications and technology news and analysis, be sure to check twitter.com/tmcnet.

Posted in Apple, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, Green, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Microsoft, Musings, Open Source, Patent, Personal, Podcast, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Security, Skype, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, TMCnet, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless

Ciscoâs Chambers on Telecom Phase II

June 19, 2007

As I sit in a press room in Chicago eagerly awaiting John Chamber’s entrance, about 60 or so members of the media are catching up on gossip and the happenings in the industry. Cisco’s Jeff Spagnola Vice President, Worldwide Service Provider Marketing kicked off the press conference and made a reference to Castaway, the movie with Tom Hanks. He discussed the end of the movie where Hanks had to choose from 4 different roads. He mentioned this crossroads is exactly what the service provider industry is dealing with today. Jeff mentioned many carriers are on the way to a next generation IP infrastructure and the choices these providers make are complicated.

Posted in Broadband, Cisco, IP Communications, IPTV, Open Source, SIP, Security, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP

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IP Sizzles 2007

700MHZ Spectrum

ShoreTel IPO

TMCnet Goes Twitter

Ciscoâs Chambers on Telecom Phase II

Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com

Cisco

IP Sizzles 2007

700MHZ Spectrum

ShoreTel IPO

TMCnet Goes Twitter

Ciscoâs Chambers on Telecom Phase II

Ciscoâs Chambers on Telecom Phase II