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Will Avaya's Nortel Acquisition be a Success?

December 23, 2009

Avaya recently completed its acquisition of Nortel's assets and the most important question in the enterprise communications space for 2010 is what happens next. Avaya and Nortel were two of the industry's most dominant players and also fiercely competitive - will oil and water mix well? If so, the new combined entity which encompasses the best people and products from the current Avaya and Nortel has tremendous potential to shake up the market and gain share.

The challenge for many companies making acquisitions is getting the newly combined organization to work well together.

Posted in Avaya, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conference, Conferencing, FCC, HD Voice, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Skype, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Fewer US Patents Means Fewer US Jobs

December 22, 2009

I often try to balance out my writing - not being too extreme in either direction and since yesterday I ended the day with a very positive piece about the billions of dollars in communications M&A transactions, today I thought it worth mentioning the decline of US patents granted to Americans. Here is an excerpt from a BusinessWeek article on the topic:

For the first time in 2009, non-Americans were granted more U.S. patents than resident inventors, accounting for 50.7% of new grants, according to recent data from the Patent & Trademark Office.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Rates Technology, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Science, Search, Security, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

ITEXPO Launches Startup Camp - Investors Take Note

December 21, 2009

We love startups - as a society we owe them more and more each day. The contributions of Apple, WalMart, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Intel, etc. Most companies which were not spinoffs started life as tiny babies in the enterprise pediatric ward.

In order to honor these startups and support new ones - giving them the exposure they need to get to the next level, TMC has launched in conjunction with Embrase/Larry Lisser an event called StartUp Camp Telephony. Expect this conference to give startups the exposure they need to the media, analysts, bloggers and investors.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Podcast, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Science, Search, Security, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMCnet, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

TMC Interviews in Boston Tomorrow

December 15, 2009

I will be at Boston's Liberty Hotel tomorrow in the Ebersol Suite interviewing many in the industry all day tomorrow. If your CEO is in the area and you want to learn more about meeting me or another editorial team-member, and/or Carl Ford, please drop Jaime Hernaez a line at jhernaez at tmcnet.com or call her at 203-919-1257. Please reach out ASAP as the schedule is pretty filled up already.

Here is a lobby shot of the Liberty Hotel -- I am thrilled to be going -- I hear it is a great place to stay.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IP Communications, IPTV, M2M, Microsoft, Nortel, Optical, Personal, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Science, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

TeliaSonera 4G Screams at 80 Mbps

December 14, 2009

TeliaSonera allows 20-80 Mbps download speeds on a 4G-based LTE network allowing a theoretical 4 simultaneous HDTV streams at maximum throughput!

If you live or visit the central parts of Stockholm or Oslo you can now get blazing fast wireless broadband access courtesy of TeliaSonera's new LTE network based on equipment from Ericsson and Huawei communicating with a Samsung GT-B3710 USB modem.

Forget about how much more productive customers will be with this speed for a moment and focus instead on the embarrassment factor to wired carriers worldwide.

Case in point, just last week, AT&T announced U-verse Max Turbo which offers a maximum broadband speed of 24 Mbps downstream.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Cisco, Conference, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Financial, Gadget, IP Communications, M2M, Microsoft, SIP, Satellite, Skype, Social Networking, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Digium's UK Connection - Asterisk Conference Sells out Twice

December 8, 2009

Digium, the Asterisk Company announced they recently inked a deal with Dorset, UK ITSP VoIP Unlimited to connect Digium's Asterisk-powered Switchvox platform with the carrier's SIP trunking solutions.

Bill Miller, vice president of product management for Digium, commented: "We chose VoIP Unlimited to provide services to the UK channel based on their established position in the country's ITSP market and their experience with Asterisk. Digium's seen strong interest in Asterisk and Switchvox by UK customers recently as they look to save money while gaining VoIP features and integrating voice with other business communications. We think VoIP Unlimited is an ideal partner for bringing these benefits to UK businesses."

Posted in AT&T, Broadband, Call Center, Communications Developer, Conference, E-Commerce, Fax, HD Voice, IP Communications, Open Source, SIP, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Wireless

Allow Free Markets to Solve the Newspaper Problem

December 3, 2009

The controversy between newspapers and Google has been going on for quite a while and recently Rupert Murdoch has threatened to pull the content from his various companies such as Fox News and Wall Street Journal off Google and instead allow Bing to have potentially exclusive access for a fee. In my opinion if enough content leaves Google and goes to Bing it will have an impact on Google's business model.

Moreover, Google's ability to index the world's information for free is coming into question as a result of Murdoch's ranting. To Google, the idea of having to pay for something they have free access to today is horrifying.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Fax, Gadget, Google, HD Voice, IP Communications, IPTV, M2M, Microsoft, Nortel, Optical, SIP, SaaS, Satellite, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Fring Allows One-Way iPhone Video

December 2, 2009

Fring Allows One-Way iPhone Video

Fring really impressed me with the new update to their iPhone application which allows Skype video calls to be transmitted to the iPhone screen. They could have potentially made the application work as a 2-way video solution but alas, the camera is on the wrong side. Apple will probably solve this problem with the next iPhone which will most likely have a camera on both sides like some Nokia phones on the market today.

Here is a test video of Tom Keating and me using the service and Tom's thoughts.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Broadband, Conference, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Gadget, Google, IP Communications, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, Wireless

Really Poor iPhone Predictions

December 2, 2009

This post (light profanity) from Gizmodo presents a humorous look at how very powerful people in technology made some very wrong iPhone predictions.

Perhaps my favorite is the quote from Ed Colligan, Ex-Palm CEO:

We've learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They're not going to just walk in.

Gizmodo's comments about this quote?

Apparently, Ed, they walked right in, stole your lunch, your dinner, your wife, your car, your horse, and all your pudding. And then they ate it. And pooped it out.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Gadget, IP Communications, Microsoft, SIP, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Interop New York 2009 Videos

November 20, 2009

I got back from Interop New York 2009 last night and was pretty excited to conduct a number of video interviews in the new TMC Newsroom set. One of the videos I was particularly excited to conduct was with Dr. Gaston Ormazabal, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Verizon Labs. Gaston and the team he works with have found some SIP security flaws and are working hard to solve the problems. These discoveries leave SIP servers open to attacks which come in a number of forms such as malformed packets, out of state machine order packets and packet floods. Gaston is working on these projects with Henning Schulzrinne, the inventor of SIP at Columbia University and he is also working with researchers at NYU.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, FCC, Gadget, Google, HD Voice, IMS, IP Communications, Microsoft, Patent, SIP, SaaS, Security, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

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