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Verizon Looks to Shake Up Wireless Pricing
Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Verizon Wireless (VZ) is going on the offensive as it tweaks pricing plans, pares its device portfolio and markets heavily with its “there’s a map for that” ad campaign. The grand plan for Verizon Wireless: Grab customers, get them using a lot of data and then upsell them to 4G... »
Voxbone sees growth in 2009
Not everyone is blaming the recession this year, some are actually announcing good news! Belgium-based Voxbone, which provides local and toll-free phone numbers over its own private VoIP network worldwide, saw substantial growth in 2009. Voxbone’s 2009 revenue was up 60 percent over 2008. Unfortunately, since Voxbone is a private company they didn’t actually disclose... »
Views of the public sought on Australian wireless spectrum
A crucial piece of wireless spectrum needed to advance the nation’s mobile broadband services could soon be added to the government’s “digital dividend” auction block after the communications watchdog put out a public call for how the spectrum band should be best used. After the government’s announcement last week that it would auction off a... »
British Council Focussing on Digital Technology in Pakistan
The head of British Government agency that promotes the use of information and communications technology has appreciated the computer usage in Pakistan and said the country has a good level of computer literacy. Stephen Crowne, Chief Executive, BECTA, was speaking to the members of the international media at the opening of the three-day “The... »
Will 2010 Finally Be the Year of Location?
For most of the first decade of the new century, we all talked about the emergence of location-based services. These services, leveraging GPS chips, were going to revolutionize the world. I remember hearing numerous pitches that envisioned Starbucks offering coupons when you walked by the store. But the future, it seemed, was taking its... »
See you at IT Expo
It’s getting a little too cold in DC, so we thought we might take the publication to warmer climes next week. I plan to be down in Miami next week on Thursday and Friday for the IT Expo. I am looking forward checking out all the latest developments in IP communications on the show... »
Will 2010 Finally be the Year of Location?
For most of the first decade of the new century, we all talked about the emergence of location-based services. These services, leveraging GPS chips, were going to revolutionize the world. I remember hearing numerous pitches that envisioned Starbucks offering coupons when you walked by the store. But the future, it seemed, was taking its... »
Verizon CEO Paints Gloomy Picture on Jobs
The economy’s hit bottom, right? We’re starting to see small improvements, right? Not so fast.Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told an investor conference this week that unemployment numbers aren’t necessarily keeping up with the generally somewhat-optimistic economic outlook. Seidenberg told the group that he considers the struggling job market to be …(148 words) Related Topics: conference,... »
Verizon CEO Paints Gloomy Picture on Jobs
The economy’s hit bottom, right? We’re starting to see small improvements, right? Not so fast.Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told an investor conference this week that unemployment numbers aren’t necessarily keeping up with the generally somewhat-optimistic economic outlook. Seidenberg told the group that he considers the struggling job market to be …(148 words) ... »
Mathew Ingram Joins GigaOM
There are some stories that write themselves. This is one of them. About four years ago, I traveled to Toronto to attend the inaugural mesh web conference. There I learned two things: Paul Kedrosky is as funny in person as he on his blog. And Mathew Ingram is one sharp cookie. I was introduced to... »
Partners Try To Decide Between HP and Cisco
April is shaping up to be a busy month for some partners as Hewlett Packard (HPQ) and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) will hold their partner conferences concurrently. HP’s meeting is set for April 26-28 in Las Vegas, while Cisco’s event is planned for April 26-29, in San Francisco. Forcing partners to choose …(94 words) ... »
Asterisk’s Growth Shines at ITEXPO
Asterisk just may be the #1 transforming VoIP company for the now past ’00s “aughts” decade, which is quite appropriate when you consider Asterisk in many respects costs $0 dollars due to being open source. Of course, nothing is truly free in this world. If you download and install Asterisk yourself for your company... »
Google Nexus One Review
The Nexus One. In the modern climate of hyped (and over-hyped) smartphone launches, Google’s official entry into the phone-sales game has excelled in a department where many find difficulty: generating legitimate excitement. Of course, long before the name Nexus One or the recent bounty of pictures and details existed, the very concept of a... »
Verizon CEO Talks 4G, Importance of iPhone Alternatives
Sam Diaz submits: You can’t win a wireless war by competing on price alone. At the Citi Global Entertainment, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco, Verizon Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg said that his company tries to differentiate itself by strengthening the value proposition. Sure, you have to compete on price for service plans... »
Avaya Reveals Roadmap for Nortel Enterprise Assets at ITEXPO
Rich Tehrani and I are both excited to hear the future roadmap Avaya has in store for Nortel’s enterprise assets that Avaya recently acquired. Will Avaya slowly phase out these Nortel enterprise products, continue the product line with the Avaya brand, integrate best-of-breed technologies from Avaya and Nortel and offer new SMB products? The... »
Skype Positioned to Exploit Potential in TV Video Calling
Mark McQueen (Wellington Financial) submits: I’ve had the pleasure of using Cisco’s (CSCO) videocalling system, and the technology would appeal to anyone who could afford a permanent setup. Thanks to Skype and two television manufactures (Panasonic (PC) and LG (LGERF.PK)), consumers will soon begin to enjoy the benefits of their very own basic video... »
Skype Brings 720p to HDTVs and PCs
Skype today introduced a high-definition (HD) video calling service that will work on computers and televisions. The newest version Skype 4.2 Beta for Windows, supports 720p video calling in a 1280×720 pixel resolution at 30 frames per second. The latest version of Skype will come pre-installed on some LG Electronics Inc. and... »
Cloud Telephony Explained And Dissected At ITEXPO East
If you want to get a better idea of what “cloud telephony” is, or just want to start discovering what it could mean for your business, you can’t miss Cloud Communications Summit in Miami taking place on January 20-22. Organized by pal Thomas Howe, better known as Mr Mashup, this summit wants to give you... »
PTCL “One Line Three On-line” Conference Call Service
PTCL is the largest Telecom Services Provider in Pakistan and always strive to create value for its valued customers. Keeping this objective in mind, we had introduced another interesting and handy service branded as PTCL Conference Call (3 Party Call) service. This unique service is a good opportunity to bring families and friends closer... »
AT&T to Webcast Keynote from John Stankey at Citi Conference Jan. 5
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) will webcast a keynote by John Stankey, President and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Operations, Inc., at Citi’s 20th Annual Global Entertainment, Media & Telecommunications Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 12:00 p.m. PT. The webcast will be available live and for replay at www.att.com/investor.relations. Related Topics: AT&T, Cisco, conference,... »
PTCL Win Special International Recognition Award
On the occasion of 27th International Telecom Management Information Platform (TEMIP) User Group Conference held at Hamburg, Germany PTCL Network Operations Centre (NOC) team has been honored with ‘Special International Recognition Award’ on displaying exemplary expertise acquisition for extensive utilization/ customization of product features in an exceptionally short time span. Muhammad Nasrullah, CTO, PTCL receiving... »
Google Voice VoIP in 2010?
eWeek has an interesting interview with Google’s Vice President of Product Management Bradley Horowitz where Bradley said he was very enthusiastic about Google’s acquisition of Gizmo5, a company that unlike Skype adopted the industry SIP standard. Gizmo5 brings technological know-how to Google in the areas of VoIP, SIP, and termination. Further, Gizmo5 has... »
Google phone could arrive next week
Google could be preparing to launch its new mobile phone as early as next week, after the company called a press conference at its Californian headquarters. Speculation has been rife that the company is planning its own branded phone, known as the Nexus One, as it tries to tempt customers and handset manufacturers into using... »
Startup Time at IT Expo
While the holiday season is getting into full swing it is hard to believe that we’re now less than a month away from the Winter Edition of IT Expo. To me it only feels like yesterday when Rich Tehrani and his team put on one of the best telecom events they ever have in... »
Case Study: How one SMB got a makeover with UC
Mailing brochures and making calls on your old legacy POTS phone is so over. In the age of unified communications (UC) even small businesses are looking like enterprise operations when they employ the latest communications advancements. With all the recent talk of VoIP equipment sales and how SMBs are upgrading to IP communications and UC in... »
Positron Telecommunication’s Innovative Asterisk-on-a-Card
In the January issue of Internet Telephony Magazine is a TMC Labs review of Positron Telecommunication Systems V114 analog PCI “Asterisk-on-a-card”. They also have an ISDN version and a E1/T1 version. I thought I would share the review here since this is a very innovative product. It is pretty cool to have... »
How Facebook Squeezes More From Its Machines
Back in June, during an onstage conversation with me at our Structure 09 conference, Facebook VP of Technical Operations Jonathan Heiliger lamented how chip makers such as Intel and AMD don’t quite understand the needs of web behemoths like his company, instead touting benchmarks and metrics that are far removed from reality. Industry-standard benchmarks, such... »
Is a BCE Dividend Boost Coming?
Market Blog submits: By David Parkinson BCE Inc. (BCE) sent out a media alert a few minutes ago saying it will hold a conference call Thursday morning "to discuss the company’s plans for the use of surplus cash." Complete Story » Related Topics: call, conference, market »
AT&T mobile data clamp-down to threaten mobile VoIP?
AT&T’s consumer services head, Ralph de la Vega made some interesting remarks that might effect the growth of mobile VoIP on Wednesday. Speaking at the UBS investor conference, de la Vega said that AT&T would soon give heavy mobile data users an incentive to cut back on their data usage. According to AT&T 40 percent of... »
AT&T Mobile/Wireless – In Spin Control Mode
Let’s face it, AT&T made an error two years ago and miscalculated what the iPhone would mean. I don’t mean that people inside AT&T didn’t know what would happen. They did. Executives inside the mobile division expressed that it would take at least seven billion dollars to double the capacity of their aging mobile... »