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ITEXPO: 200% Growth

December 28, 2005

Thank you readers of my blog as well as those who read TMC’s print and online offerings for making ITEXPO in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida such a success so far. It is much appreciated. Please have a Happy New Year and I hope to see you in about 26 days!

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INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2006 Registrations Up 200% over 2005

First VoIP Conference of 2006 in Florida Next Month Trending Toward 5th Consecutive Show with Record Attendance

Norwalk, CT, [December 27, 2005] - Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today released pre-registered attendance figures for next month’s INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida showing 200% growth year-over-year from 2005. (www.itexpo.com)

The conference will be held January 24-27, 2006 at the Ft. Lauderdale/Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

According to TMC president and INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference Chairman, the growth in registrations for the educational programs at this year’s event proves that this the event people serious about deploying VoIP are choosing.

“It is now official...













Posted in Broadband, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX

SEO/SEM Journal Google/RTI Article

December 28, 2005

The SEO/SEM Journal was nice enough to publish an article by me today on the patent infringement lawsuit between Rates Technology Inc. and Google. There is the potential that if Google loses this case they will not be allowed to provide VoIP service while the patents are in effect.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, IMS, IPTV, JITC, Open Source, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Speech Technologies, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Microsoft, Softbank and Japan Telecom Oh My

December 28, 2005

Microsoft Co. Ltd., SOFTBANK BB Corp., and JAPAN TELECOM CO. LTD., announced that they are developing a security-enhanced, integrated communications service that combines VoIP, e-mail, Internet access, groupware, presence, instant messaging and desktop services with network infrastructure, and that they have formed a strategic business alliance to provide this service as a business-oriented solution.

I get the feeling this just may be the first step towards my dream of Just in Time Communications or JiTC. SOFTBANK is the largest VoIP provider in Japan and perhaps if this deployment is successful we will find it coming to the US and other parts of the world.

Microsoft has impressed me as of late with their JiTC initiatives. At the last ITEXPO, Microsoft demoed something very close to the perfect JiTC solution.



Posted in Broadband, CRM, Conferencing, ITEXPO, JITC, SIP, Technology, VoIP

Rates Technology Sues Google

December 27, 2005

Many months back I wrote an article on Rates Technology Inc.– A company with a patent portfolio currently being used to persuade VoIP equipment and service vendors to pay a fee in exchange for protection from a patent infringement lawsuit. I wasn’t sure if people would care about my article because there were few references to Rates Technology on the Internet. Since Rates Technology has been around for years I certainly wasn’t discovering them but it does seem I was the first to take the time to explain how the company works.

Fast forward about eight months. Today I received an e-mail from Tom Keating telling me that Om Malik has linked to me in his blog regarding Rates Technology.

I was pretty blown away as I thought I would never hear about this company again.



Posted in Broadband, CRM, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, IMS, IPTV, JITC, Open Source, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Speech Technologies, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Legal p2p File Sharing in France

December 23, 2005

Is France becoming the most tech savvy country of the west? Perhaps not but France’s lower house has agreed to legalize peer-to-peer file sharing. In a surprise decision, just 2 out of 58 votes decided the outcome.

The measure, introduced as two amendments to a government bill designed to toughen digital copyright protection, would deem that downloading copyrighted files is legal as long as it is for private use only and the downloader pays a general fee for royalty payments, the AFP report said.

The report said such a fee could, for instance, be added on to the monthly subscription charge for broadband Internet access at the cost of a few euros.

This is pretty progressive and would allow everyone to share files and just kick back a bunch of money that can be shared by the artists. In theory, one can surmise the more of an artist’s songs are downloaded, the more of the fund you receive.

This is pretty interesting and opens up all sorts of worm cans.







Posted in Technology

Airline Travel in New York Improves

December 21, 2005

If you commute into New York this week you are likely doing lots of walking. In fact commute is a word you really shouldn't use as you are going to be more walking than anything else. The transit strike has made life tough on a city that is already experiencing low temperatures and record numbers of people wanting to come into the city to shop.

If there is any good news in terms of New York transit it's that the airports will soon become less congested. Thanks to GPS and a new navigation system, JFK and La Guardia airports are about to become more efficient and La Guardia airport which is notorious for delayed flights will be able to accept more planes in inclement weather.

Posted in Technology

Reserve Your Room At ITEXPO

December 21, 2005

Please please please reserve your room at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo immediately if you plan on coming down to the show. The show hotel is about to be sold out as are all the other hotels in the area. We cannot guarantee that rooms will be available for you. Please do not delay.

Remember next month is peak season in Florida. The prices for flights will increase as will the cost of rooms as we get closer to the show. please don’t pay more than you have to.

I hope to see you at the show in 33 days!

Posted in Broadband, Conferencing, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Open Source, SIP, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Information Technology

December 21, 2005

Today TMC announced an information technology portal. We have been working on this site for months and it is expected to improve even more over time. To access the site just go to tmcnet.com/it. Please send me your comments on what you would like and what you want approved.

Posted in Technology

Blogfession

December 21, 2005

There is just something about blogs that make people loosen up and admit to things they may never say verbally. I don’t understand it actually. There is a certain anonymity to blogging. I now write for four print magazines, Internet Telephony, Customer Interaction Solutions, SIP and IMS but when I blog I am still startled on occasion.

Usually what happens is I am attending a trade show and it is late at night in my hotel room and I am sitting at a desk writing.

Posted in Technology

Setting Video Game Limits

December 21, 2005

I don’t laugh out loud too often when reading technology blogs but this entry about controlling your kid’s video game usage is an exception. Thanks Tom!

Posted in Technology
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