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Avaya and Mitel Cross at Canadian Border

November 16, 2012

New Jersey-based Avaya, spun out of Lucent and previously AT&T has a decades-long history of providing business communications solutions. With its purchase of Nortel’s business communications assets a few years back it picked up even more knowledge, know-how and relationships. Mitel, the Kanata, Ontario-based global business communications company cofounded in 1973 by Sir Terry Matthews is known for delivering superior technology. More recently Mitel has become publicly traded and acts sort of as a partner to the dozens of Sir Terry Matthews’s companies under the Wesley Clover Brand.

Posted in Avaya, Broadband, Cisco, Cloud Computing, Financial, HD Voice, Marketing, Merger/Acquisition, Networking, Nortel, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP

A Little Heavy Chrome

November 1, 2012

Google has a new heavy metal-based TV commercial which has a Halloween undercurrent. The ad touts the $249 Samsung-made Chromebook as being smaller, better on batteries and good for “scaring off viruses.” It goes on to discuss its lack of phantom files and crashes. Although the video has had under 100,000 views I can see it going viral and perhaps adding a zero to that number.

What is unclear is how much demand there will be for a cloud-based laptop which seems to ape the look of an Apple computer at a fraction of the price.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, Microsoft, Open Source, Technology, Ultrabook, Verizon, Wireless, iPad

News from TeliaSonera, Stage2 Networks, Sidera Networks and More

September 13, 2012

There's been lots of activity in the TMC newsroom with many new guests coming to our Norwalk, CT studio to tell us what is new and exciting at their companies.

At around 170 million mobile subscribers, TeliaSonera is a major mobile carrier supplying much of Eastern Europe and Russia. Ivo Pascucci of TeliaSonera discussed how his area of the company company differentiates itself in the wholesale carrier market. Services include wave services, collocation and wholesale IP transit for carriers, content providers and gaming companies.

From there Joe Gillette from cloud communications provider and NY-based Stage2 Networks told me about the company’s thoughts on hosted voice services.

Posted in AT&T, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Facebook, Financial, Networking, Optical, Technology, Twitter, Video, VoIP, Wireless

The iPhone 5 is Missing This Crucial Feature

September 12, 2012

I am just going to come out and say it – the iPhone 5 is yet another incremental upgrade to the iPhone line of products. Yes, Apple deserves great credit for making smartphones ubiquitous – they have turned mobile devices into web-surfing gadgets and so much more. But this doesn’t mean that Apple is innovating as fast as it could be.

In fact, TMC writers have discussed with me in private that Apple may be purposely holding back on their phone upgrades to ensure people will keep buying new devices on a regular cycle.

Posted in 4G, Amazon, Android, Apple, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Facebook, Google, IP Communications, Open Source, Technology, Video, Wireless, iPad

Apple to Launch a Pandora Competitor Next Week?

September 6, 2012

Apple is said to be getting into the music streaming business and there’s a chance we’ll hear more about it at the iPhone 5 launch event next week. As you may recall I surmised Apple would get into the home streaming market when it purchased LaLa in December of 2009. At the time I thought they would likely compete with Sonos and moreover mentioned there would be obvious implications for Pandora and the rest of the group.

Integration with iOS and possible tight links with iTunes were some of the areas of differentiation I pointed out we may see.

Posted in AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Google, Green, Technology, Video, Wireless

Latest ITEXPO Video Ad is Out!

September 4, 2012

Part of the fun of running conferences is working on new ad ideas and although the latest video advertisement for ITEXPO is similar to a past idea it is different enough to get me excited. The pointof the ad below is to get you excited about the show with the major topics and players you can see under one roof. I hope you like it.

Posted in 4G, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

VCs disrupted by Angels thanks to Cloud, Apple, Google and Facebook

August 23, 2012

How too many investors can lead us to irrational exuberance 2.0

Fred Wilson, managing partner at Union Square Ventures is one of the most well-respected VCs around and does an amazing job with his AVC blog – it is in many ways a blueprint to starting a company. He has had so many good posts over the years it is tough to count.

In a recent interview with Technology Review he made some alarming comments which you should be aware of.

Posted in Android, Cloud Computing, Consumer Electronics, Facebook, Financial, Gadget, Google, IP Communications, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Social Networking, Technology, Twitter, Wireless

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