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Does Broadsoft Have a Problem?

February 3, 2014

M5 Networks before being purchased by ShoreTel migrated from a Broadsoft platform (M6) to its own software. Sure, they had to hire 100 developers to replace the Broadsoft but still.

The biggest noise out of the Cloud Comm Alliance is that the licensing fees for the platform are like paying vigorish to a loanshark. RingCentral execs used that vig as a reason that some CCA members should migrate to the RC platform instead.

Posted in broadsoft, hosted uc, unified communications, voip

ITEXPO Update

January 30, 2014

In Miami Beach, at ITEXPO, Dr. Satwant Kaur's keynote this morning centered on how technology, especially nanotech, is transforming healthcare. Robotics, sperm and magnets combine to improve conception. I wonder what that procedure is like (and how much it costs).

Nextiva hired Ira Feuerstein to run its channel.

Posted in broadband, broadsoft, channel, hosted uc, voip, wireless

Lots Going On

December 19, 2013

Apparently, all will be better when we switch from QAM to WAM

DISH hasn't given up on wireless. It has done terrestrial LTE trials with nTelos. DISH is still looking to buy LightSquared or T-Mobile.

Posted in CLEC, FCC, SDN, broadsoft, cellular, cloud computing, mergers, webRTC, wireless

Is Oracle Coming for Broadsoft?

November 21, 2013

Today, Broadsoft's market cap is about $733M; it would cost Oracle approximately $890M to buy BSFT to complete the Telecom acquisition package of Tekelec, Acme Packet, Oracle's marketing automation (Eloqua) and customer service (RightNow) offering.

Tekelec evolved from a class 4 switch to some kind of mobile policy machine with connections to IMS and LTE. One of the problems facing Hosted PBX providers presently is that mobility is like a patch or add-on. There are limitations for the mobility play due to a bunch of factors, like too many devices in the marketplace, multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Win8, Blackberry), and a separate carrier provides the cell service.

Posted in broadsoft, mergers, voip

What Do the Numbers Look Like

November 11, 2013

Third quarter revenue numbers have been streaming out via press releases. Here's a look at some of them.

Windstream's 3Q2013 numbers are declining. "Overall consumer service revenues were $324 million, a decrease of 3 percent from the same period a year ago" - of which, "Consumer broadband service revenues were $119 million, a 4 percent increase year-over-year."

Posted in CLEC, broadsoft, telco, wireline

Broadsoft is Now a SP

October 17, 2013

Broadsoft Connections 2013 kicked off with the CEO keynote. The twitter stream for #BSFTconnections has been interesting. UC-One is the answer to BYOD and mobile. Telstra has been a customer for 10 years - with 250K seats.

Posted in broadsoft

Broadsoft Alum Acquired by Fidelity

October 17, 2013

Now that it is out there I can report that cloud-based video conferencing service, Vidtel, was acquired by Fidelity. Wainhouse, a research house for the telepresence industry, let the news out yesterday.

Vidtel, based in Sunnyvale, CA., was founded by former Broadsoft CMO, Scott Wharton, in 2008. Alex Doyle, another Broadsoft alum, was Vidtel's VP of Marketing.

Posted in broadsoft, conferencing, mergers, startup, video

I Wonder Sometimes

September 11, 2013

Maybe my head is in the clouds here at Cloud Partner Conference, but I have been scratching my head about a few things this morning.

I wonder why AT&T Wholesale has a meeting room at an Agent show. I understand that ACC Business, an AT&T division, is moving to a buy rate model. I have heard something similar will be coming from TWC in Texas.

Posted in agents, broadsoft, cableco

Get Ready Channel... Go Hosted!

June 16, 2013

Posted in agents, broadsoft, channel, hosted uc, voip

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