It’s funny really, we keep hearing how much lower wireless costs are but in reality carriers are devoting almost all of their resources to wireless upgrades and marketing because they are making a killing. And yes, as rates go down,...
For years, Ingate has run a very successful conference as part of ITEXPO the SIP Trunk-Unified Communications Summit and this year the evnt is bigger than ever according to the company. This highly popular educational series, free to all ITEXPO...
One of the great advantages of attending a live conference is the ability to network with some of the brightest minds in the industry such as analysts and other industry thought leaders who help give us a sense of where...
Last week, TMCnet’s Charles West broke the news regarding TELTUB introducing gHome which links up with your Google Voice account as well as Facebook to allow $5/month calling after a free trial. Yesterday, TMCnet’s Tom Keating reviewed the gHome service...
20 things you need to know but didn’t have had time to ask SIP Trunking leader Broadvox just completed their acquisition of Cypress Communications resulting in a nationwide VoIP and MPLS-enabled network blending the benefits of traditional telecommunications with the...
I just learned about a new pre-conference workshop at ITEXPO: Making the Case for SIP Trunking and Unified Communications. Expect the free session presented by Ingate and their partners to focus on minimizing deployment costs and maximizing revenue. This half-day...
Analysts liken Charlie Vogt the CEO of GENBAND (pictured) to John Chambers and his presentation style and confidence shined through at the company’s recent Perspectives event which I live blogged. It was at this conference where I realized Charlie would...
At ITEXPO, be sure to check out the Women in VoIP and Friends Breakfast in Miami on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in Miami at 8:30 EST. The location is: La Provence 1629 Collins Ave Miami Beach, FL 33139 US Details....
There are so many exciting new speakers worth sharing for the upcoming ITEXPO and related events Feb 2-4, 2011, Miami, FL – I try to share them all each day but time doesn’t permit. Here are some who signed on...
While typical negative social CRM experiences are sent via Twitter and Facebook, occasionally companies get their reputation tarnished via Youtube. This is the case in one of the most elaborate pranks ever where a container was dropped in front of...
For those of you who attended the ITEXPO and related events last year in Miami, you remember it was a very strong show with great attendance. The conference usually draws from all over the world – especially Latin America, the...
The ITEXPO tsunami of news is beginning and one recent announcement which caught my eye was that snom will be showcasing its all new snom ONE collection of IP PBXs. The product line includes three versions - from free with...
Carl Ford is the loveable guy in the IP communications space I used to compete with but we are now family. It is really a great partnership and his company, Crossfire Media has partnered with TMC on a number of...
I have had a few questions about the upcoming Business Video event which is collocated with ITEXPO Feb 2-4, 2011 in Miami, FL. I touched on this event earlier today. I believe this video could answer any questions others may...
If you haven’t checked out the ITEXPO home page in a while please do so because the show evolves as rapidly as the markets do with relevant quality content being added constantly. There is virtually no part of the tech...
Look, I don’t know if Facebook is worth $50 billion but I can tell you with its massive momentum acceleration in users and page views, advertising revenue will continue to grow at a geometric rate. The company has about two...
While the week before Christmas and New Year’s is typically slow with regards to news, the huge blizzard which hit the northeast really started things off with a bang. A foot-and-a-half of snow hit the area around TMC headquarters in...
We have been very fortunate that TMC’s community of visitors online and the readers of our publications have chosen to make ITEXPO and its numerous related and collocated events the place you come to learn about the market and choose...
Facebook Just Overtook Yahoo in unique visitors and you Still Have no Social CRM Strategy? Facebook just overtook Yahoo by a comfortable amount to become the third largest website in the world according to comScore. The world’s leading social networking...
Check out the latest SIP endpoints from Panasonic which were showcased in this video this past month at ITEXPO in Los Angeles. The TGP500 supports up to 6 additional SIP endpoints and 8 SIP registrations - it even works with...
I've been here in the basement of the courthouse for almost two hours just waiting to see if I will eventually be selected as a juror. After a few hours here, we go upstairs to meet the attorneys and judge....
I am at the Jacob Javits Center in New York for the Meet The Breeds show which is a pet store on steroids and happened upon the Interop New York 2010 setup. I was in this same center two days...
ITEXPO West 2010 Los Angeles Exhibit HallMore ITEXPO West 2010 photosAs I wait here in LAX Airport - I continue to decompress from what was the largest ITEXPO ever. There were more booths and content that at any previous TMC...
I just found out someone in the ITEXPO keynotes in LA Convention Center this AM will win an iPad - to be raffled off at the Xirrus booth #328 at 3:00 PM today....
Alex Dayon discusses cloud computing, social networking and other important trends at Social CRM Summit West 2010 collocated with ITEXPO in Los Angeles. Of note was the discussion about how Cloud 1 has become Cloud 2 - some differences -...