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Mobile Browsing Gets Better

February 15, 2008

Stacy Higginbotham over at GigaOm has some thoughts on mobile browsing and concludes that the mobile web browsing experience is still not great but it is getting better. She discusses a number of new and even existing companies who are targeting this market and hopefully making it easier to browse while on the go.

As Higginbotham points out, it is essential for wireless carriers to give us better browsing as AT&T has shown you can make amazing money if you can provide a better browsing experience.

As a user of the mobile web, I must say that things are getting better but I still wish for larger screens and better keyboards. An iPhone with a screen double the size allowing for a larger keyboard and more browsing room would be fantastic.

If the device could be slightly thiker and have a clamshell design allowing it to double the screen real estate, I would be thrilled. For mobile browsing, I think Nokia's N800 or N810 is still the gold standard but of course you need to connect the device wirelessly to your phone if you want to access the web over a cellular connection.

Posted in Broadband, Technology, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Unprotected SIP

February 14, 2008

Somehow the title "The Dangers of Unprotected SIP" caught me off guard since today is after all Valentine's Day. Seems like something they should teach you about in geek health class in high school.

But seriously, I don't think I need to tell my readers SIP or session initiation protocol is. After all... I am sure you are pretty savvy about such things.

Either way, if you are going to deploy or have already deployed IP communications in your organization, be sure to check out this article which is thorough, in-depth and informative. Best of all it tells you what you need to know before you have security problems that could someone their job.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, IMS, IP Communications, Microsoft, Patent, SIP, Security, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Increase Marketing Spend in a Recession

February 14, 2008

I just couldn't help but sharing this article about how companies who increase their marketing spend in a recession come out of it doing better than when they went into it. I am not advocating that there is a recession mind you but even in a slow down, the companies who remain consistent in their messaging do better than others who wait for phones to ring by themselves.

What are your thoughts?

Posted in Apple, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, Green, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Microsoft, Musings, Open Source, Patent, Personal, Podcast, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Security, Skype, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, TMC Video, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless

Corporate Phone Bills: $133 Billion in 2008

February 14, 2008

A staggering $133 billion dollars will be spent on communications services by businesses in 2008 according to Insight Research. 39% of this spending will be on cell phone bills. This staggering amount could be reduced if companies explore IP communications solutions that currently exist on the market.

If the economy is indeed slowing, a painless way to save money is to explore the world of IP communications more thoroughly and picking solutions which not only save your business money but they also increase flexibility and customer satisfaction.

Even if you have an IP PBX, be sure you also have SIP trunking so your calls are routed in the most cost-effective fashion possible. If you are a big user of telephony be sure to look at VoIP peering.

Posted in Broadband, Call Center, IP Communications, SIP, Security, Skype, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless

Telco 2.0 - the Microsoft way

February 14, 2008

The following are comments from Ovum SVP, Brett Azuma on Microsoft and what they are up to in service provider communications. I thought this was worth passing along.

Microsoft provided an update on its Telco 2.0 vision. The analyst telebriefing indicated that Microsoft's revenues for the Communications Sector exceeded $2bn in 2007.

Posted in Apple, Broadband, Call Center, Cisco, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, SIP, Skype, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless

Verizon's Network Upgrades

February 14, 2008

If you haven't been paying attention, you will have missed the fact that Verizon Wireless is investing like mad around the US to improve their mobile network. The quality of the wireless network was amazing to begin with and now this. VZW puts out a release every few days about a new region they are enhancing.

Perhaps all wireless companies are spending the same amount but if so they are not taking advantage of the free publicity that comes with putting our frequent press releases on their progress.

In my experience, companies who put out frequent releases do better than those who do not.

The more the editors in the world see your name surrounded by positive news the more likely they are to write nice things about you.

If you have any doubts, read to the end.

Today's release is about improving the network in Kansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois.

Posted in Broadband, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Google, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

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Verizon

Mobile Browsing Gets Better

Unprotected SIP

Increase Marketing Spend in a Recession

Corporate Phone Bills: $133 Billion in 2008

Telco 2.0 - the Microsoft way

Verizon's Network Upgrades