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Zippy's Thoughts on ITEXPO

I just came across an article by Richard Zippy Grigonis regarding the success of ITEXPO in light of the incredible competition over the years. Reading it, reminded me of shows of the past which I enjoyed going to. Zippy --...

Posted on September 15, 2008 9:02 AM

Openwave Turns Service Providers into Internet Companies

For years, service providers could see their competitors coming head on. For example CLECs and VoIP providers are pretty easy to spot and entrenched telecom providers worldwide have adopted different strategies to battle these new entrants. But that was the...

Posted on April 14, 2008 4:02 PM

Yes, Telecom is Broken

Yes Peter, telecom is broken in some areas you mention but in others it seems to be doing just fine. What scares me most about the points you mention is how our politicians and regulators don't seem to care about...

Posted on March 8, 2008 4:15 AM

DiVitas Networks

If you take a long walk through lower Manhattan you could very well end up in Greenwich Village, SOHO, Chinatown, Little Italy, the Meatpacking district or any other area of Manhattan bearing an interesting name and unique culture. Indeed, you...

Posted on October 28, 2007 6:58 PM

Taqua and Broadsoft Partner

Taqua and Broadsoft just announced they are partnering to bring Class 5 switch replacement and advanced services to service providers in the US and Canada. Taqua will be reselling BroadWorks to MSOs, CLECs and ILECS. The combined products can...

Posted on October 7, 2007 11:55 AM

The State of Telecom Competition

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a great story on telecom competition. It is worth a read if you want to understand the plight of CLECs and the industry in general.   Here is an excerpt:   Greensburg-based Remi Communications, which competes...

Posted on August 15, 2007 4:59 PM

HBF Group

I recently had the opportunity to ask HBF Group, Inc. / 911 Services Executive Vice President of Business Development Jim Shepard about his business and the direction he is taking the company.   HBF/911 Services focuses on the design, development, implementation and...

Posted on August 11, 2007 8:23 AM

PhoneGnome

Is PhoneGnome from Televolution the ultimate CLEC 2.0 Enabler?   We know the story all too well. Thousands of CLECs backed by the venture capital market flooded the telecom space in the hopes of all becoming the next AT&T. The...

Posted on June 19, 2007 7:27 AM

Taqua Success

The resurgence being seen in the IP communications space has changed or refocused the business models of countless companies. VoIP and video over IP growth seem unabated and there has been record M&A activity in the market as of late....

Posted on June 11, 2007 10:54 AM

CommPartners Update

It has been a few years since I wrote about CommPartners and I am surprised at how much their business has transformed. The company is one of the few CLECs who seem to have figured out a business model that...

Posted on May 22, 2007 11:24 AM

Cable vs. Phone

Now that cable and TV companies are beginning to compete with one another it is interesting to see how the battle is becoming perhaps 80% regulatory. The other 20% is competition based on price and features. At least that is...

Posted on November 23, 2005 8:45 AM

Excessive Phone Charges

In 1998 I wrote more than one story about how you can be charged excessively -- in my opinion anyway, for calls you thought were local. Today I received this comment on that story: I hope this helps.------------On 9/12/05 my...

Posted on November 20, 2005 6:28 PM

FCC VoIP E911 Public Note

I received this today and thought it might be helpful. (Please consult your lawyers on any matter pertaining to this blog entry and do not take this as legal advice. I am passing on an e-mail I received that was...

Posted on November 8, 2005 9:29 AM

Aswath on SBC

Here are Aswath’s comments on the whole SBC/Ed Whitacre debacle. If you understand cricket you will enjoy this post immensely. If not you may learn a thing or two about cricket.It is my sincere hope that regulators are reading what...

Posted on November 7, 2005 6:43 PM