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Nortelâs Future

September 7, 2006

With the rumblings in the market and out Alcatel and Lucent possibly calling things off, it might be a good time to look to Canada and see how Nortel is doing and what they plan for their future. I just came across this great article on the future of Nortel. The company believes Next-Generation Mobility, Enterprise Transformation and Services & Solutions will be the heart of the new Nortel.

Here is my take on the news.

Mobility

A super-hot area – productivity will skyrocket as mobility gets better. There is lots of money to be made in this space and it will become more competitive as smartphone makers including Blackberry, wireless carriers and Microsoft (who could be in the smartphone category but are so large they deserve their own) all jockey for leadership position.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

To Catch a Spy HP Style

September 6, 2006

This is a really cool story about how HP caught a spy/leaker of confidential information to the media. I didn’t get to finish it – probably because MSNBC forces you to click next excessively to read a story. I prefer the single page approach. Anyway the first few pages are interesting and worth checking out.

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Alcatel and Lucent No Deal?

September 5, 2006

A flurry of articles are now out there in cyberspace hinting that Alcatel and Lucent may not merge after all. The telecom market seems to have already responded to this deal and competitors have been repositioning themselves to compete with a single telecom service provider giant. If the deal doesn’t go through it may now put Lucent and Alcatel at a disadvantage.

See also:

Update: Alcatel-Lucent: One Step Closer
Alcatel Lands Nortel Deal; Lucent Merger Appears Shaky
Alcatel to buy Nortel's UMTS business
Nortel sells UMTS business to Alcatel for $320m
Alcatel to buy part of Nortel wireless unit
US EQUITIES WEEK AHEAD: Lucent-Alcatel Combo Goes To Vote
French Firm against Lucent-Alcatel Deal

Posted in Broadband, Google, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, Open Source, SIP, Technology, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

TMC in Stamford Advocate

September 3, 2006

TMC was featured on the front page of the business section of the Stamford Advocate newspaper today. It was also in the Hartford Courant (at least online – I am not sure if it made the printed version on Sunday) The article was great and we are humbled by the nice coverage of TMC. One thing I am glad the piece focused on is how much we value our team and what they have helped build. It has been a wild ride and the last 7 years have been so exciting – from ideal telecom times to rough ones and then massive growth once again.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, Google, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, Open Source, Personal, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Speech Technologies, Technology, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Layoffs at Network Computing

September 1, 2006

I just got an e-mail about Netwok Computing Layoffs today from a PR friend of mine. If anyone knows of good salespeople from Network Computing that are looking for a job at a fast-growing company that is doing extremely well, please have them drop me a line. Thanks!

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Google/Skype Interop

August 29, 2006

Tom Keating has some great analysis on what is happening with Google and Skype interoperability as well as the reasoning behind the deal and who the winners and losers might be. He also has a take on entries from Russell Shaw and Andy Abramson.

Mae Kowalke also has some analysis of this story as part of a broader eBay/Google announcement/partnership.

One thing is for certain – click-to-call advertising has tremendous potential for all the businesses out there who are already using click-based ads. In addition those companies that don’t use click-to-talk are likely to try click-to-call. Examples are restaurants, local merchants, etc.

Posted in Google, SIP, Technology, VoIP

ITEXPO â Unbelievable Sign-ups

August 28, 2006

Today alone has been an incredible day with virtually all of the top tier service providers, cable companies and a number of government entities with massive purchasing power signing up for Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. It has been an amazing few weeks of sign-ups. Our numbers are looking amazingly good for ITEXPO at the San Diego Convention Center in October. Please book your hotel room as soon as possible so you don’t have a long commute to the show. Staying near the convention center means easy walking access to most of the San Diego nightlife.

Posted in Call Center, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Latest Communications Solutions

August 28, 2006

Here is the latest look of the Communications Solutions website. I hope you like it.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Call Center, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Video, VoIP, WiMAX

Phone Companies Get an FCC Spanking

August 28, 2006

A number of consumer advocacy groups and others have trying to encourage the FCC and government to put a stop to the consolidation of service providers that is taking place. They argue the old AT&T is being rebuilt and the telecom industry is heading in the wrong direction.

In response the FCC has publicly commented that there is more competition that ever from cable companies as well as wireless and satellite providers.

But the FCC’s comments about an abundance of competition seems to have been put to the test recently as Verizon has announced a new broadband surcharge. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, last weekend, Verizon began emailing its roughly six million high-speed Internet subscribers, informing them they would no longer be charged the Universal Service Fund fee -- which was $1.25 or $2.83 a month, depending on speed of service. But it went on to say that it was instituting a "supplier surcharge" of $1.20 or $2.70 a month beginning Aug. 26.

Many point to this new fee as evidence there is a lack of real broadband competition in the market and they further argue the timing of this increase – just as the FCC decided broadband subscribers no longer had to pay into the Universal Service Fund, is especially sneaky.

It is for this reason the FCC decided to send a “letter of inquiry” to Verizon in order to ascertain the reasoning behind the surcharge.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, IMS, IPTV, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Recallapalooza Good For You and Me

August 24, 2006

A universal battery standard is great but wouldn’t it be even better if we had a universal AC adapter for laptops? Is it possible that recallapalooza will benefit consumers in the long run?

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