Security was one of those topics that usually ended up at the end of most agendas and service provider conferences you’ve attended over the years. Yet for being thought of last, security is actually one of the topics that elicits…
By: Jay Cuthrell
Google Wave or Just Wave?
Yesterday, Google announced their intention to end Google Wave development as a standalone website. This came as a shock to some Google Wave devotees still euphoric from Google announcing general availability of the product at their Google I/O Developer Conference…
Facebook Claims 500M Members: Should You Care?
Facebook announced this week they reached the 500M member mark. You’ve probably heard the statistics comparing Facebook’s size to that of the population of a large country. So, is there anyone left that hasn’t signed up for a Facebook account?…
In a Bit of Irony, Skype Allegedly Blocks Service on Their Network
What goes around, they say, comes around. There is no doubt that in the consumer market, Skype has been one of the most disruptive technologies in modern telecommunications. Essentially, by making use of existing consumer telecom broadband connections, Skype enables…
Financial Weather Report: Increasing Clouds
A recent article in the Denver Business Journal highlights the cloud computing opportunity for telecom providers. You’ve no doubt seen the term “cloud” appear just about everywhere you’d find infrastructure mentioned. Anything as a Service (XaaS) runs the gamut from…
Google’s Internet is a Series of Consumers
On Monday an update was posted to the Google Public Policy Blog. The brevity of the post might lead one to consider it a minor or passing topic. Rather, the topic was the National Broadband Plan and where Google intended…
The Blurring Lines of OTT, IPTV
What happens when the lines blur between broadcast TV, cable, and Internet content? Is this what IPTV was supposed to be? CNET hosted a roundtable of experts to address such questions and tackle the ever increasing collisions between video content…
A Year Later: AT&T Shines at SxSW
Last week the city of Austin, Texas transformed as tens of thousands of mobile data hungry individuals descended upon the downtown area for the annual South by Southwest (SxSW) conference. The time frame of this surge in mobile data use…
So, P2P is now legit?
A recent article in the Economist highlights the changing views on technologies initially associated with so-called criminal Internet activity. Now a tool once reviled by broadcasters and media companies is showing new signs of life by being added to an…
Slingbox Meets XBox – Placeshifting for Video Games?
If you attended last year’s TelcoTV conference, you might recall my references to a variety of new consumer devices during the “Dumb Pipe Strategy: Does it Have Merit?” panel. The panel discussion centered on OTT and discussions around placeshifting of…
