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AudioCodes a Barometer of Communications Markets?

October 7, 2008

Many people wonder how well the communications markets are doing in thse tough economic times and while the future is tough to know for sure, I just came across fantastic news. AudioCodes just confirmed its guidance for the rest of 2008.

AudioCodes is a major partner of a slew of communications equipment makers and also supplies equipment to service providers and even enterprises via gateways and other CPE equipment.

In short, AudioCodes is a pretty good barometer for the IP communications markets including contact centers and other subsets of the market such as wireless, etc.

Posted in AT&T, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Fax, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

WiMAX World 2008 Update

October 6, 2008

WiMAX has gone through an overhype stage and now is like so many other technologies - VoIP included, at a stage where the markets are trying to figure out where the opportunities lie. Indeed, trying to determine what is real and what is hype is difficult to do and to cut through the FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) I spent time at WiMAX World in Chicago to learn more from the movers and shakers in the space.

I came armed with questions about deployments and the threat of LTE - the evolutionary technology theoretically enabling 2-3G operators to ignore WiMAX. In the last six months there have been numerous articles and technical white papers written about whether WiMAX is necessary.

To cut to the chase, I spoke with VP Chair, Marketing Working Group of the WiMAX Forum, Dr. Mo Shakouri who explained that the transition to LTE is more than a simple software upgrade as carriers need to go from CDMA to OFDM - which obviously requires hardware. They believe there is a strong marketing campaign being waged by mobile operators and some hardware providers who want to sow FUD in the WiMAX market.

In order to combat the threat from LTE the WiMAX Forum is feverishly working with companies to develop lower cost CPE devices as carrier profitability is tied to device cost.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Cisco, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Google, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Security, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, WiMAX, Wireless

Dream WiMAX Phone Coming to Russia

October 5, 2008

I have it on good authority that this new WiMAX phone designed by Art Lebedev will be coming to Russia -- in about 30 days. Apparently, no one wants to go on record but multiple sources tell me this phone is going to be a game changer. As engadget discusses in their prototype article, this phone will have a touchscreen which supports 850x480 (I could not confirm these specs sadly ) which should blow the iPhone away. In addition, those who have used prototypes tell me this phone will blow away the iPhone because it will give you access to broadband speeds without the need for a WiFi hotspot.

Sure, that is what AT&T is supposed to provide with their 3G network but the reality is their 3G network does not seem to be able to handle the massive subscriber data load at the moment.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, IMS, IP Communications, SIP, Technology, Verizon, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Navigating the Financial Crisis

October 4, 2008

I have been getting more and more questions on where the communications market stands in light of macroeconomic conditions. It is a constant in my frequent conversations. In most cases, when I get this question, people tell me their business is good but they wonder if the housing market problems will trickle down into the telecom space.

The answer is simply, I do believe there is risk to all sectors of the global economy. For the first time in my memory, US and other political leaders have come on TV and mentioned the term global crisis on a frequent basis.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Green, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, SIP, Science, Skype, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

Communications and the Economy

September 29, 2008

Please note this post was written approximately one week ago -- before the news of the bailout bill failing began to spread fear in the financial markets. Stay tuned to learn how the financial markets will affect communications and technology.

Many people asked me recently at ITEXPO West 2008 Los Angeles, what I see happening in the communications market from an economic perspective. Let's just say that on the way to the show, I was watching TV as the stock market plunged and there was talk of another Great Depression. When I got to the show I must say I was unclear how the financial markets would affect the communications space.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Google, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, SaaS, Security, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Apple Going Too Far on App Store Restrictions?

September 23, 2008

There are so many positive things you can say about Apple. The company is truly positioned to take over the computing and mobile worlds. They already seem to own the music and video businesses. But does Apple need to tell us what programs we should and shouldn't run on our phones?

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Broadband, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, IMS, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Technology, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

SIP the Future

September 23, 2008

I came across this great article on SIP from John Carroll over at ZDNet which summarizes some of his thoughts from last week's ITEXPO. I like this article because it goes into depth on SIP, SIP trunking and more. I liked the article so much in fact I now follow this blog in my news reader. You can do so as well.

Posted in AT&T, Avaya, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, E-Commerce, Fax, Financial, IMS, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless, Yahoo

ITEXPO West 2008 Best of Show

September 18, 2008

Congratulations to the ITEXPO West 2008 best of show winners here in Los Angeles.

Best Service Provider Solution Ring Carrier TelcoBridges IntelePeer Best Large Enterprise Solution Instant Solutions MobileMax (News - Alert) Best SMB Solution 8x8 Quintum Epygi Best Consumer Offering Phonevite Best Development Tool Sangoma Apex Voice Communications Touchstone (News - Alert) Technologies Most Innovative Solution i2Telecom Oaisys PhoneFusion Best Booth WBS Connect Mitel Best of Call Center 2.0 VocalCom (News - Alert) Syntellect CosmoCom Best of Open Source Digium Fonality Pactolus Editors' Choice SIP Print KnoahSoft, Inc. Volt Delta

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, Financial, Gadget, IMS, IP Communications, Merger/Acquisition, Musings, Nortel, Open Source, Optical, Patent, Personal, Podcast, SIP, SaaS, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP, Vonage, Wireless

ITEXPO Press Coverage

September 18, 2008

Certainly there have been many stories and news announcements coming out of ITEXPO West 2008 here in Los Angeles. I have pointed to a number of them but one worth reading which crossed my inbox this morning is from VoIP Planet and it summarizes some of the news coming out of the show quite nicely.

There are mentions of Fonality, ClearOne, SIP Print, VoIP Logic, Aastra Telecom, Acme Packet and more.

Posted in AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Security, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, Virtual Worlds, VoIP

IMS Forum Becomes NGN Forum

September 16, 2008

Just announced at ITEXPO: The NGN Forum and IMS Forum have merged and will also have an associated STP Forum and Diameter Forum. As you may know, these are key elements to provide applications and services to residential and business customers.

This means the IMS Plugfest is now not just IMS-based but will also focus on the following architechtures as well: STP, Diameter and IP OSS/BSS.

The new name of the furum will be the NGN Forum and Michael Khalilian will be the Chairman and President for the next three years.

There are now over 2,500 participants between the different forums with weekly additions to the technical working group comittee -- working on business development, marketing, technology and standards.

The focul point of the NGN forum is IP, IP structure, framework, architechture and best practices. The objective of this group is to ensure interoperability of new revenue generating services via things like plugfests. As you may be aware, TMC's IMS and UC Magazines are sponsor of these plugfests and the next one is January 12th, 2009 in New Hamphsihre -- at the UNH-IOL (interoperability lab)

Expect the news of the new boards of directors to come out in the next few weeks.

Posted in AT&T, Broadband, Call Center, FCC, IMS, IP Communications, IPTV, ITEXPO, Microsoft, Nortel, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

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