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Sprint Turns Down $5 Billion Offer

Sprint Turns Down $5 Billion Offer CNBC is reporting Sprint Nextel turned down a 5 billion dollar offer (according to RTTNews.com). It is not clear who made this offer as of yet. As you may recall I wrote a blog...

Posted on November 29, 2007 4:11 PM

Why Verizon Sued Vonage

I receive many questions about patents and why one company sues another. Patent portfolios are like nuclear weapons – if you have them, you are less likely to end up in a war. I was reminded of this idea...

Posted on November 23, 2007 10:06 AM

Rumor Mill: Google Buying Skype

I have to be honest with you my loyal and devoted readers. I am disgusted with myself. Why you ask? Because I am an addict – I am addicted to writing about Google. I just can’t seem to help it....

Posted on November 20, 2007 8:52 PM

Ma Google

What will the communications market look like in ten years I wonder? It may be difficult to forecast incredible change and disruptive technologies but it is relatively easy to predict what will happen based on what we know today.  ...

Posted on November 19, 2007 11:30 AM

Mobile Advertising Grows to $16.5 Billion

I was perusing some articles on mobile advertising recently and was absolutely stunned at how big some analysts think this market will be. According to this TMCnet article, Strategy Analytics predicts the global market for mobile advertising is slated to...

Posted on November 18, 2007 7:07 PM

Rumor Mill: Google Acquiring Sprint

Recent news that Sprint is not going to work with Clearwire to build out a WiMAX network only added to the rumors I have been hearing about Google acquiring Sprint Nextel. On the surface it seems like this would be...

Posted on November 10, 2007 4:45 PM

The Future is UnClearWire

TMCnet’s Russell Shaw reports in his Regulation blog that Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are not going to work together on a nationwide WiMAX network. Citing a story in the Wall Street Journal, Shaw says:   A letter of intent to...

Posted on November 9, 2007 8:19 AM

Keating on Plagiarism

Tom Keating has some interesting thoughts on plagiarism – especially regarding an article of mine that was “borrowed” recently for another site. It is worth a read....

Posted on November 2, 2007 4:50 PM

SprintSecure Laptop Guardian

One of the more interesting features of mobile devices such as Blackberrys is the ability to have the device remotely wiped in the case of theft or loss. Interestingly, many laptops are filled with much greater amounts of corporate data...

Posted on October 29, 2007 4:20 PM

AT&T Sues Vonage

Vonage can’t catch a break. There seem to be companies standing in line to take numbers to sue them. It must be a very difficult time at the New Jersey based Internet telephony leader. AT&T is the latest company to...

Posted on October 20, 2007 6:33 AM

TMCnet Searches

I thought it would be interesting to see what people search on when they come to TMCnet. It should be noted these searches are on TMCnet proper which unfortunately at the moment does not include blogs.   These numbers should...

Posted on October 5, 2007 12:11 PM

EVDO Rev. A Update

I can’t say enough good things about EVDO Revision A. I am using the Verizon variant and was able to work at broadband speeds up the New England coast. I could use OWA and remote desktop while streaming audio. I...

Posted on August 13, 2007 8:37 PM

Apple iPhone

I finally went to the AT&T store this past weekend and played around with the iPhone. Amazingly the store in Norwalk, CT had both models in stock. I was very surprised by this fact as the building is right next...

Posted on August 7, 2007 3:53 PM

Mavenir Systems

Instant IMS: No IMS Required   When I decided on the sub headline for this article I realized it might be viewed as potentially controversial. How, you may be asking can one have IMS without IMS? Well there is...

Posted on July 29, 2007 5:10 PM

Google Cell Phone

Will Google use the 700 MHZ spectrum to give away free phone service which is ad supported? The idea is not far fetched but if true, there is no price the cell phone companies won’t pay to stop the world’s...

Posted on July 22, 2007 8:05 PM

Cable Gets VoIP

Cable companies are feasting on VoIP success by the millions of customers. What an amazing job they are doing taking customers from phone companies. So far however, cable VoIP growth in the SMB space has been slow. Large phone companies...

Posted on May 8, 2007 8:04 AM

New 8x8 Patent

8x8 the parent company of Packet8 announced today they have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,202,884 which focuses on the processing of images from a communications system to a computing system. This patent is important as technology companies need a...

Posted on April 13, 2007 10:23 AM

Vonage CEO Shuffle

I know I have been writing about Vonage a great deal lately and I am not sure whether to apologize about this fact or not but it is worth pointing out that Vonage and Sprint may reach some sort of...

Posted on April 13, 2007 5:28 AM

Sprint – Better Than You Think

Is Verizon Wireless not the most reliable network as the company’s ads will tell you? Well according to this article Sprint has the fewest dropped calls. This is also in stark contrast to the ads that Cingular Wireless, now AT&T...

Posted on February 23, 2007 2:10 PM

Sprint Accolades

It is good to see Sprint is getting accolades from Andy Abramson. Road warriors can get very frustrated when we don’t have connectivity. Based on Andy’s report the service provider should be commended for their excellent customer service. I love...

Posted on February 10, 2007 1:47 PM

Cable Companies Vulnerable?

There are some very smart people in the telecom business who are betting on the cable companies as the winners in the service provider wars. Their logic goes something like this. The cable companies have relationships with content providers and...

Posted on November 1, 2006 12:01 PM

EV-DO Rev. A Enables VoIP

A company called Airvana is making wireless VoIP over mobile carrier networks a reality. The challenge here is that Verizon Wireless prohibits VoIP calls on it’s EV-DO network. I haven’t read the terms of Sprint’s wireless service but I would...

Posted on October 27, 2006 5:05 PM

Sprint EVDO Rev A

San Diego kicks off the fastest wireless broadband service in the US. Sprint's EVDO Revision A promises average download speeds of 450-800 kbps and average upload speeds of 300-400 kbps and will hit a number of other US cities soon....

Posted on October 25, 2006 12:34 PM

Why MVNOs Fail – The $300 Phone

Is the reason for so many MVNO failures due to the fact these companies can’t give away $300 phones? This article seems to lead one down this path.They were wrong, said ESPN executive vice president of content John Skipper during...

Posted on October 17, 2006 3:52 PM

Sprint Interview

Here is the partially edited interview I had with Tony Krueck, VP of Product Development at Sprint. This was a great interview for me as I really learned a great deal about what Sprint is up to and how they are...

Posted on August 15, 2006 2:54 PM