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  • 2015 RTIME Round-Up – Cautious Optimism

    2015 RTIME Round-Up – Cautious Optimism

    “Economic development is at the heart of what we do,” said Dave Osborne of VTX, a rural broadband operator serving a large swath of south Texas. Osborne was part of a panel at NTCA’s 2015 RTIME that focused on how operators are using their broadband networks as a basis for new applications that are helping…

  • Viodi View – 03/13/15

    Viodi View – 03/13/15

    There aren’t many places you can go and have an impromptu lunch with leaders of the telecom industry and get their perspective on the issues that affect their businesses as well as the industry at large. It is this peer-to-peer networking that may be the most valuable aspect to an event like this week’s NTCA’s…

  • IDC Directions 2015: Major Network Transformations Needed to Adopt to 3rd Platform

    IDC Directions 2015: Major Network Transformations Needed to Adopt to 3rd Platform

    Introduction: Network realignment was a very hot topic at IDC Directions 2015 last Wednesday in San Jose, CA. We review selected presentations that cover the types of new mobility and cloud network transformations that will reside on the 3rd platform (cloud, mobile, social business, big data/analytics). The major wide area network (WAN) transformation needed is…

  • What Is That Gizmo? Is it TV? It’s Everywhere.

    What Is That Gizmo? Is it TV? It’s Everywhere.

    It’s not unusual to run into someone you know on an airplane. This week when someone I saw at the ACA Summit said they saw me on a Southwest flight a couple of weeks ago, I had to wonder as it had been since January since I had flown Viodi’s corporate jet (aka, SWA). Turns…

  • Racing to the Autonomous Future

    Racing to the Autonomous Future

    “I am really excited about creating the emotional machine,” said Michael Robinson, Creative Director and CEO of ED Design, in the above interview filmed at International CES 2015. Robinson was referring to his long-term goal that is even bigger than automating the driving experience; a concept he already proved 15 years ago with his design work for Lancia…

  • Viodi View – 02/27/15

    Viodi View – 02/27/15

    Root Canal and FCC Open Commission Meeting It seems fitting that this author listened to the FCC Open Commission Meeting yesterday, while undergoing an unplanned root canal. The irony is that I couldn’t get the thought out of my head about how much of my monthly wireless data allotment that the FCC’s streaming video feed was consuming;…