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1. Satellite Radio: Key to a New Communications Infastructure?

   [ Blog ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 08/01/2007

   Did you know weather is a contributing factor in a third of all airline accidents? I didn't. But that statistic goes a long way to explain why 90 percent of all new aircraft are equipped with electronics that can connect with XM Satellite Radio -- or, to be precise, XM's weather satellite...

2. Good Cellular Procedures Can Add Confusion

   [ Blog ] Topic: Budgeting | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/09/2009

   The migration of business from behind to beyond the firewall offers a breathtaking array of new features and functions. It also comes with more danger, and a wider variety of choices and strategies in how to safeguard devices and data. Indeed, the three elements -- more choice, more danger and more...

3. Google Getting Its Telco Ducks in a Row

   [ Blog ] Topic: Google | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/16/2009

   Observers say Google’s purchase last week of open source VoIP company Gizmo5 is a significant step in the search engine giant’s attempt to create an online alternative to the traditional telephone network. Gizmo5, they say, represents important unification – the glue, as TechCrunch’s...

4. Hosted Solutions Gain as Enterprises Learn to Let Go

   [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 08/21/2009

   The conclusion of new research from T3i – reported on in this eWeek story – is that demand for hosted telephony and a menu of applications among various size companies is far greater than originally thought. The report suggests that the increasing familiarity of businesses with...

5. Size Limits on Cable Operators Mean Less These Days

   [ Blog ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 08/31/2009

   The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has tossed out an appeal over the maximum size of cable companies, saying it's not a big deal. That shows how far the telecommunications industry has come. The court rejected for the second time Federal Communications Commission rules that...

6. The Great Potential of Wireless TEM

   [ Blog ] Topic: Cost Containment | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/19/2009

   Wireless and wired TEM are conceptually the same. The idea is that managing things better – both internally and with outside vendors – will save money. Lots of money. There also are side benefits, such as better security and an all-around improvement in efficiency. TEM enables organizations to...

7. Google Voice Blocks Fewer Calls, Thanks to Fix

   [ Blog ] Topic: Google | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 10/29/2009

   Earlier this month, Google had legislators and competitors up in arms because its . The Federal Communications Commission responded to those complaints by asking Google to explain why it was blocking certain markets -- especially since FCC rules require traditional long-distance providers to...

8. Hackers Target Internet Phone Systems of SMBs

   [ Blog ] Topic: Security Breaches | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 10/31/2009

   I just wrote about a   As if underscoring just how vulnerable small and medium businesses are in terms of security, I came across a report on how hackers are targeting the VoIP systems belonging to these companies. Hacking into VoIP systems is easier than you might imagine, and the...

9. Voice Mail Is Whipping Boy of Office Communications

   [ Blog ] Topic: Business Communications | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 07/09/2008

   So, it's (sort of) official, thanks to Michael Arrington's indictment. Voice mail is the whipping boy of modern office communications. Voice mail has been almost totally usurped by e-mail, which itself is being eclipsed by newer tools like instant messaging and Twitter. Among the knocks...

10. FTTH Is Growing, but How Fast?

    [ Blog ] Topic: Fiber-to-the-Premises | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/06/2006

    This release , from the Fiber-to-the-Home Council and the Telecommunications Industry Association , says that more than 300,000 additional homes are passed by FTTH each month. It's hard to get a grip on the number. In the first place, a home passed isn't a home taking service. There is a...

11. IP PBXes Are Different Animals -- Make that Workhorses -- Than Legacy Voice Boxes

    [ Blog ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/07/2006

    Research from In-Stat raises an important point, in addition to providing interesting numbers on the growth of Internet protocol-based public branch exchanges (IP PBXes). The firm says that the growth of the devices will be driven, at least to some extent, by the fact that they are called on to...

12. Is 3G a Victim of the Hype Machine?

    [ Blog ] Topic: 3G | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/10/2006

    The Democrats won. That's their big problem: Now they have to do more than complain. They have to govern. If history is any guide, it won't be long until people call them failures. 3G is facing the same sort of challenge. The platform has gradually been rolling out , but naysayers already...