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January 2016

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The Case for a Real-Time Application Delivery Controller

January 26, 2016

As the telecom infrastructure world moves to software, there are still “anti-pundits” that question the ability of software to scale and be reliable. Call them hardware bigots.  But their position is totally understandable.  Hardware has scaled in telecom for decades, and hardware architectures have proven to deliver five 9’s reliability. 

NFV Enables Experimentation and Innovation for MVNO

January 19, 2016

MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator – companies like Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, and Cricket Wireless) operates like an MNO (mobile network operator – AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) but without a RAN (radio access network). Basically, MVNOs buy access to MNOs’ network services at a wholesale price, and sell the service as their own at retail prices. There are typically specialized service offerings under the MVNO’s name (such as different billing methods, or different phones, or some kind of vertical segment specialization), and if the MVNO does some kind of specialization, they would have their own equipment. 

Sucky IVR = Sucky Customer Experience. Use Visual IVR As A Solution

January 12, 2016

My wife ordered some “stuff” online from a major retailer.  No news there.  When the merchandise didn’t arrive within a week or so, she called the company to find out where it was.   When she called, I was drinking my morning coffee and she put the entire call on speakerphone because she was expecting to get put on hold.

What should 5G be?

January 5, 2016


There are no specs for 5G yet, but 2015 represented a year of activity about what it should be.  Let me review. 

First of all, there are user driven and network driven requirements. 

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