December 2007

Snapvine for Movable Type

Sun, 2007-12-09 01:19 — Faisal Kawoosa

Interaction is important to any content site. Although comments system is an old Internet application, it is still the main way to interact. I however fail to motivate myself to leave a comment on a blog entry as much as...

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Interview with Hjalmar Winbladh, CEO, Rebtel

Thu, 2007-12-06 19:31 — Anjum Raina

There are quite a few companies providing mirror numbers now. Where are we headed with this interesting new business model? Rebtel was actually one of the first ones that created a local phone number for (both) the party to be...

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Interview with Woody Ritchey, CEO, NextPoint

Tue, 2007-12-04 21:19 — JR

What are the synergies of NexTone-Reefpoint merger? Are we confining the synergies to FMC or are we looking at Fixed AND Mobile AND the FMC opportunities? That is the first time anyone has asked the question that way. And that...

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Nokia Smartphone 360 Panel survey results

Tue, 2007-12-04 00:02 — JR

Nokia is in the process of publishing its Smartphone 360 Panel survey results. The company gave a sneak preview today. As they hurried through the slides I could note down only a few pointers. There is going to be an...

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8 month old Nokia Siemens Networks

Mon, 2007-12-03 23:31 — Anonymous

I am at the Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) analyst event in Amsterdam. The company, an 8 month old entity, was set up mainly to achieve synergies on the services side of the business. And that is what the presentations seem...

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Vonage: the cost it is paying for using proprietary gear

Mon, 2007-12-17 23:45 — JR

Vonage bashing continues. Nortel is the latest one to join the bashing bandwagon. The vendor has filed a lawsuit against Vonage for patent infringement. This is a great case study for the future aspiring service providers looking to do serious...

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1.83 million licences of pure IP PBX sold in 3Q07

Tue, 2007-12-18 09:51 — JR

Over 1.83 million IP-only PBX lines were sold in 3Q07 generating revenues of over $182 million during the quarter. Cisco was the overall market leader. Among the non-Cisco shipments in the category, Mitel emerged leader with 36% market share, followed...

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Dialpad 2.0

Sun, 2007-12-30 13:52 — JR

Dialpad (acquired by Yahoo some time back) did two things that attracted millions to its service. It offered a light Java based client which you did not need to download. It was embedded on their website for you to make...

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POP-mail-reader equivalent in VoIP

Sun, 2007-12-30 12:43 — JR

Those among us who use softphones, many have multiple accounts. It is actually quite common because most of us are still experimenting with PC-to-Phone type services. I might have a Skype account but I also use Gizmo, and Google Talk....

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Car mechanic utility on cellphone

Sun, 2007-12-30 12:41 — Faisal Kawoosa

In my experience nearly half the mechanical faults developed by our vehicles are easy to fix. We should be getting some basic car fixing engineering training from the authorities: A certificate course that comes bundled with the driving license. Until...

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