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Skype IPO Coming

April 14, 2009

It seems that Skype will go IPO in the first half of 2010 and although some think this news is a ploy to get Skype founders to pony up more than the $1 billion they originally proposed, I think the IPO route makes more sense for a number of reasons. You see the company is a perfect play for this economy - it lowers long distance costs and also allows video, rich IM and social networking.

In addition, the world's largest internet telephony software company recently launched a SIP trunking plus service which shows it is serious about the business market... And there is growth here.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Gadget, IP Communications, SIP, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

eBay Unloads StumbleUpon, Skype Next?

April 14, 2009

eBay just sold StumbleUpon to its original founders and returns it with triple the registered users or about 7.5 million. The site was sold to eBay in May of 2007 for $75 million and eBay has recently said the site has little synergy with its core business. Why is this important? Simply because the same comments were made about Skype and rumors are flying that Skype too will be sold. Certainly the Stumbleupon sale makes it more likely that eBay will unload all non-core holdings which means Skype could be sold this year as well.

New York Times Wall Street Journal Press Release

Posted in 4G, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, IP Communications, SIP, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP

Heading Over to CTIA Soon

April 3, 2009

I am busy responding to emails this AM and soon head down to breakfast. Congrats to RIM for the blow out earnings. If anything this news shows people will spend on tech when it makes them more productive and efficient. It also cements the thesis that wireless broadband use is on the rise -- regardless of economy.

The good news for telecom equipment manufacturers is the more devices sold, the more equipment needs to to be sold into the network core to support ever-increasing bandwidth needs.

Posted in 4G, Blackberry, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Financial, Gadget, IP Communications, SIP, Technology, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

TMC Builds You Online Communities

March 26, 2009

Many people in the communications space have asked me recently what TMC's secret is. After all, we are in the toughest media environment of our lifetimes and we produced our best show ever and have more paying customers online than at virtually any other time in our history.

The answer may lie in a bit of luck and some skill. The lucky part is we built our first online community for a customer about a decade ago.

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, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Podcast, Rates Technology, SIP, SaaS, Search, Security, Skype, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, TMCnet, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Stories Rich Tehrani Finds Interesting

March 25, 2009

If you are interested in the stories and headlines I find useful, I invite you to bookmark my Google Reader feed which I update fairly regularly. I occasionally will add comments as well. In fact, since I started using this page, I have found myself blogging less. I hope you find this resource useful.

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, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Podcast, Rates Technology, SIP, SaaS, Science, Search, Security, Skype, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, TMCnet, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Skype Does SIP Trunking

March 23, 2009

Skype announced today that it is getting into the SIP trunking business by allowing native SIP calls to be connected directly to its network allowing enterprise communications systems to communicate seamlessly with Skype's network of users. During the Beta period, calls are carried at current Skype rates.

What this news does is take out the middleman. There really is nothing new in this release as this exact functionality has been available from companies like VoSKY, Skip2PBX, Pika and even Digium/Asterisk.

Posted in AT&T, Avaya, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Gadget, Google, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Managing Telecom Expenses Becomes More Important

March 22, 2009

At a time when the world is tightening its belt but still using broadband and wireless services like they are going out of style, you might imagine an increasing portion of companies would be interested in managing telecom expenses. And if you think about it - with companies cutting travel budgets and utilizing technology to substitute for air and other forms of travel, it makes sense that broadband and telecom costs could increase while headcounts shrink.

During the recession of the early nineties telecom costs decreased

more or less in lockstep with business activity and headcount. Nowadays this is far from the case as companies further look to reduce costs with hosted solutions which they used to run locally. In addition, there is an increased focus on accessing information everywhere - via phones, netbooks and smartphones.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Gadget, IP Communications, Microsoft, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Wireless

Hotel Broadband Issues

March 22, 2009

One of the most maddening parts of traveling for me has to be finding hotels which have adequate bandwidth. Generally you have to learn the good properties from bad via trial and error. For those of us used to continuous and fast broadband access, having to wait for a computer to respond due to poor hotel connectivity is frustrating beyond belief. In this economy, many of us need to be more productive than ever and often work efficiency is directly related to speed of information access.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, IP Communications, Microsoft, Nortel, Optical, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

Cisco's Plans for Flip video

March 19, 2009

For a good look into what Cisco is trying to do with the new Flip line of video recording devices it announced it will acquire today, check out this great article written by TMC's Michael Dinan who recently interviewed Charles Carmel, Cisco's vice president of corporate business development. The company's Linksys division will be "headquarters" for this product line and there is already talk about how the best of current Linksys products can be combined with the best of Flip. Like I surmised earlier today, adding telephony to these popular devices may give the iPhone and other mobile devices a real run for their money.

One other quick thought - so many companies are trying to eke out a living in social networking but massive traffic levels have equated to paltry ad revenues so far.

Who would have expected the hardware company supporting all these video addicts to be the actual money-maker? Although counter-intuitive, Apple more or less gave away songs to increase the sales of profitable music players.

Posted in 4G, AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Financial, Google, IP Communications, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Social Networking, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Dell Adamo, a Smart Move Upmarket

March 19, 2009

For decades Dell took advantage of the commoditization of the PC market by being the low-cost leader but they need to do more if they want to increase their earnings. The PC and Laptop markets are under pressure from netbooks and PCs in general are getting real competition from Apple. And if you're Michael Dell, you have to kick yourself on a daily basis when you realize Apple, the company you once suggested should be shut down is not only taking marketshare from your company, it is doing it with products which do the same thing as yours but cost twice as much.

Posted in Apple, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Financial, Gadget, IP Communications, Microsoft, Technology, Unified Communications, Wireless

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