Category: IP Communications

Mitel Business Partner Conference 2011 Live Blog

A great primer on Mitel’s new strategy can be found here. President and CEO Rich McBee kicks off the event.
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Mitel to Come Out Swinging, Will They Connect?

This past January I wrote a piece which compared Mitel to ShoreTel titled Is ShoreTel filling the Nortel Void and
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Skype For Asterisk to Shut Down

One of the more exciting announcements in the open communications space was when Digium inked a deal with Skype to
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Avaya Touts People-First Model

This week at IAUG – the Avaya user group event in Las Vegas the company launched a new program called
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Family Plans Coming to Verizon

It took about six months for carriers to respond to my suggestion – and many families will be happy they
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VocalTec adds magicJack to Name

In Life and Internet Telephony, Timing is Everything VocalTec will now become magicJack VocalTec Ltd. – a nod to the
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BlackBerry PlayBook First Thoughts

In my review of the BlackBerry PlayBook I must say I am impressed with the device – it is small
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Tehrani Stuck on Train

Remember that swanky Metro North train I bragged about a few minutes ago? well it’s now broken. Damn Murphy’s Law.
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IBM to Eclipse Microsoft Market Cap

Ouch. The PC revolution took all the power away from the hardware leader IBM only to give it to the
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Should Carriers Charge Less for Pipes to Get More For Services?

Andy Abramson has some lucid thoughts on carrier pricing and has a suggestion to mobile operators relating to lowering the
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