Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 07/31/09

    Ten years from now, attendees may look back at the 2009 Summer Convention as the seminal event where OPASTCO kick-started its transition from an association of the PSTN to one with a focus on broadband and IP. Mark Gailey, Chairman of OPASTCO, and John Rose, President of OPASTCO, echoed this theme in their opening comments…

  • What Is a Telco in a 3.0 World?

    Warren Lee, CTO of NeoNova, asked the question, “What is a telco?” Lee’s question, inspired by his daughter, set the tone for an excellent presentation that looked at the characteristics of how the new generation communicates and things a telco can do to evolve to meet the needs of this new customer-type. Lee suggested if…

  • Pump Is Primed for the Broadband Mobile Internet

    Nomadic user experiences with WiFi sets the stage for mobile broadband access, but significant CAPEX will be required The Nomadic Virtual Lifestyle We have read quite a lot lately about nomadic workers and virtual offices.  Armed with notebook PCs and seeking WiFi hot spots, many employees are leaving their cubicles and using coffee shops, pool…

  • Congratulations OPASTCO Award Winners

    Congratulations to Steve Meltzer of JSI for winning the OPASTCO Associate Member Distinguished Service Award for 2009. For 32 years, Steve has been making valuable contributions to the independent telco industry. See him on ViodiTV in our conference coverage. Congratulations to Harry Baker for receiving the well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award. There will be coverage…

  • NSN-Alvarion OEM Agreement Has Huge Strategic Implications

    Introduction: According to a press release issued today on Alvarion’s web site, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will resell Alvarion’s latest mobile WiMAX/ IEEE 802.16e gear to its current and prospective WiMAX customers. The Alvarion equipment to be resold includes the BreezeMAX Base Stations, ASN Gateways and 4Motion Element Management System. NSN will provide deployment, management and maintenance services for…

  • Viodi View – 7/16/2009

    Look out Google and Microsoft Another Internet OS Is Here Microsoft and Google’s recent announcements regarding cloud computing triggered a recent memory of a video interview from with a company called ViaCube. ViaCube is a cloud computing solution that can be configured as sort of a hybrid solution, whereby a home appliance can be used…