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    1. Upwardly Mobile in Barcelona

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Feb 13 2011)

      Upwardly Mobile in Barcelona Making our Metaswitch debut at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week (Barcelona, Spain, 14-17 February). I think that's one wedding anniversary and two Valentines days that I've missed in my 18 months at Metaswitch - so while shows like this can be expensive, they're nothing compared to the bigger... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Mobile World Congress

    2. Email is Dead, Long Live Seamless Messaging

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Nov 17 2010)

      Facebook's highly anticipated announcement of Project Titan, a next generation messaging service, this week has a lot of people scratching their heads. The Mercury's Levi Sumagaysay summed it up for many when he said "[Zuckerberg and Bosworth's] explanations were long... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   SMS   Facebook

    3. Forum 2010: Redefining Metaswitch

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Sep 27 2010) Business Models , Marketing

      Forum 2010: Redefining Metaswitch I've just got back from our 7th (count 'em) annual Metaswitch... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CTO   Kevin DeNuccio   Telecom Argentina

    4. iPhone FaceTime - are we taking notice of Apple yet?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Jun 8 2010)

      iPhone FaceTime - are we taking notice of Apple yet? We recently polled our customers about who they saw as competitive threats to their business. Of the seven possible options, Apple ranked LAST. Yesterday's launch of FaceTime, Apple's video-calling application for the iPhone, raises the question whether carriers should be... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Apple

    5. We'll be right back

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (May 22 2010)

      It's certainly not for lack of effort that we've yet to announce new plans for Metaswitch Forum 2010. For all the talk of an economy still in recovery and some political boycotting of Arizona, there's still remarkably little space available that can accommodate our event. While we're also trying to... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Doug Mohney

    6. No show in Nashville

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (May 6 2010)

      Since joining Metaswitch last September, our 2010 Forum has loomed large as the biggest marketing event on my calendar. With a target attendance of more than 700, it’s on a lot of other peoples’ calendars as well. We have a history of moving our Forum from city to city, so... (Read Full Article)

    7. Pulling the trigger on the service broker market

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Mar 9 2010) Marketing

      Pulling the trigger on the service broker market Today we announced an exciting next step in our company's evolution, with the acquisition of AppTrigger. I have been talking a lot with industry analysts over the past 24 hours, and it is great to see how they immediately see... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Telefonica   IMS   Vodafone

    8. Does Unified Communications Require Conferencing?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Feb 26 2010) Applications , Business Models

      Does Unified Communications Require Conferencing? Features once thought of as "optional" sometimes become "necessary," and it appears that is the case for a range of conferencing features now seen as "mandatory" or "highly desirable" for unified communications solutions, a study by Freeform Dynamics finds. In... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Dale Vile

    9. A new Ceo... What were we thinking?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Feb 5 2010)

      A new Ceo... What were we thinking? I have been following with interest the articles, comments and tweets around Kevin DeNuccio's appointment as Metaswitch CEO. Among the uninformed noise there is some good debate going on about what this means for Metaswitch. One of the more thoughtful... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   John Lazar   Kevin DeNuccio

    10. Voice as "Spice"

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Feb 2 2010)

      Consultant Thomas Howe describes the way voice can work in a new context by calling it the equivalent of "spice." In other words, it might often be the case that, within the context of an enterprise application, voice is a... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Apple   thomas howe

    11. Windstream Move shows SIP Trunking Has Hit an Inflection Point

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Jan 15 2010) Marketing , Unified communications

      Telecom service providers are not known for pioneering innovations that might represent the future but which also cannibalize existing services they already offer. Digital subscriber line is one example. Executives worried that DSL would cannibalize high-margin T1 services. That might... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   DSL   Windstream

    12. Small Business Owners Re-Think Technology Usage

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Dec 21 2009)

      Faced with an uncertain economy, some business owners are re-evaluating their use of technology. For communications service providers, that means potential sluggishness in some parts of the business, but more potential in others. The latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index,... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Wells Fargo

    13. Consumers Are "Somewhat" Happy with Video, Wireless, Telco Services

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Dec 11 2009) Business Models , Marketing

      Consumers Are "Somewhat" Happy with Video, Wireless, Telco Services For reasons I really cannot explain, American consumers have tended to be more critical of cable TV, satellite TV and wireline service than of many other consumer products, for quite some time. And while wireless satisfaction is getting better, the... (Read Full Article)

    14. Unbundling re-visited

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Dec 8 2009)

      I usually blog only on technology topics, but I found this recent debate about the merits of unbundling extremely interesting, and I couldn't resist the opportunity to share it. The Berkman Center for Internet and Society, at Harvard University, recently published an interesting report (http://www.fcc.gov/stage/pdf/Berkman_Center_Broadband_Study_13Oct09.pd f) comparing broadband access and policy around the world. One of its key conclusions appears to be that successful un (Read Full Article)

    15. Are These Changes in Consumer Demand Permanent?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Nov 18 2009) Business Models , Marketing

      Though 2010 widely is expected to provide a recovery from the depths of the recent recession, questions logically remain about how consumers will behave in a recovery most expect will be extended. A new study by consumer research firm Decitica... (Read Full Article)

    16. What Business Are You In?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Nov 13 2009)

      BT.com is trying to change the way it communicates with its customers online by helping them to understand how BT products fit into their lives. I think BT is on to something really important here. BT hopes that by tailoring... (Read Full Article)

    17. Using Social Media to Sell to Business Buyers

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Nov 4 2009) Marketing

      You might not be surprised to know that a recent study of Twitter posts by Penn State University researchers found that about 20 percent of Tweets are about products and services, or that 42 percent of enterprise marketing professionals use... (Read Full Article)

    18. Shining a Light on what telecom is really about

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Nov 4 2009)

      Too often, our day-to-day focus on "doing our jobs" causes us to lose perspective on what really matters, and why we got into the business in the first place. Sacred Wind Communications, a phone company set up to serve the... (Read Full Article)

    19. FTTx "Killer App" Remains Undiscovered

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Oct 30 2009) Marketing

      Marketing issues have long been a key issue for service providers upgrading to optical access, and the problem is simple when seen from a consumer's perspective: "what new services or features does a fiber access provide me?". Unified communications features... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   NTT   Benoit Felten

    20. AT&T Wi-Fi Stats Suggest Value of Fixed Broadband

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Oct 24 2009) Marketing

      An inkling of the power and importance of mobile traffic offload: AT&T says 60 percent of all AT&T Wi-Fi connections reaching the network were made from smartphones and other integrated devices, up from 49 percent in the second quarter of... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T

    21. Average Fixed Broadband Usage 11.4 Gbytes a Month

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Oct 22 2009) Marketing , Mobility

      Here's one reason why mobile service providers need to be careful about encouraging users to switch their primary PC use from fixed broadband to mobile broadband: the typical PC user consumes more than twice the amount of bandwidth as mobile... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Cisco   Berg Insight

    22. Mobile Broadband: Substitution or Augmentation?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Oct 16 2009) Marketing

      Mobile broadband raises questions for providers of fixed broadband access for reasons similar to mobile voice: there is at least potential for product substitution, especially as fourth-generation mobile networks replace third-generation networks and access speeds in the 10 Mbps to... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Gary Kim

    23. Will Wireless Offload Be a Fixed Broadband Killer App?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Oct 9 2009) Marketing

      One might not think the semi-annual CTIA: The Wireless Association meeting would unveil an upcoming "killer app" for wired networks, but that appears to be what happened at the most-recent meeting in San Diego, Calif. Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Verizon Communications   AT&T   Apple

    24. What Drives Mobile Broadband Substitution?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Sep 30 2009) Marketing

      Much as wired telecom and cable service providers have had to contend with functional substitutes for their core services, so observers now wonder what amount of substitution might occur as mobile broadband services proliferate, as costs decline and speeds increase.... (Read Full Article)

    25. Hulu: double the economic impact of Vonage?

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Sep 1 2009)

      According to one recent analysis, over-the-top video provider Hulu now reaches more viewers than the second-largest US cable company. I would even argue that this analysis underestimates the impact, since they assume that 1 Hulu subscriber = 1 viewer, whereas... (Read Full Article)

    26. Femto cell update

      Explore MetaSwitch Blogs (Jun 24 2009)

      Just a couple of days after I posted my blog on "playing with a femto cell" comes the news that Vodafone has announced the launch of its femto cell product in the UK. Under the terms of the trial NDA... (Read Full Article)