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  • IEEE ComSoc-SCV Workshop: Location Based Technologies and Services

    Summary of Location Based Technologies and Services Workshop [June 19, 2008, Crown Plaza Hotel, San Francisco International Airport]  Alan J. Weissberger IEEE ComSoc- SCV Secretary and Program Chair Backgrounder:   Yankee Group tele-briefing report on Location Based Services and Technologies: http://viodi.com/2008/06/13/location-based-services-and-technologies/ Speaker Remarks 1. Dave Reid, Director of Business Development, SiRF Technology Inc. http://sirf.com/   The…

  • Mining Data & More in St. Louis

    I have found vendor user group meetings can be as every bit as valuable as for-pay conferences. The Entone User’s Group meeting held in the convenient, historic and revitalized downtown St. Louis last week, was extremely valuable for the participants, who included Entone customers, prospects and partners. Entone has been a long-time supporter and sponsor of the…

  • Open IPTV

    Thanks to Jari Aho for pointing out an excellent article/interview with Viodi View friend, Frank Bulk of Premier Communications, an independent telco in Iowa. Bulk provides a thoughtful and insightful analysis of the challenges of IPTV, especially as it relates to independent telcos.  He discusses the current state of the IPTV market, including missed promises, as…

  • Cisco’s New Acquisition and Globalization/Outsourcing Strategies

    WSJ:  Cisco Changes Tack In Takeover Game   Cisco is now buying companies and giving them much more autonomy.  For example, Cisco bought email security start-up IronPort, but let it operate as a stand-alone unit, with its own managers, brand name, engineers and salespeople.   Cisco’s strategy shift is particularly striking because the company, the country’s third-largest…

  • FCC 700 MHz Auction Postscript: Big loss for US Wireless Network Competition

    Abstract:   We have previously opined that the highly touted 700 MHz auction was a win for the U.S. government (almost $20B was raised) and Google (open access rules for C block w/o spending a dime).  Yet it was a big loss for public safety.    Based on a post auction spectrum analysis from a…

  • Prospering in the Video Business

    The WTA Spring 2008 Meeting featured a upbeat panel on the distribution of video by independent telcos. Gerald Duffy of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast moderated a panel that provided both the big and detailed picture of the video business.  Ben Foster, VP of Sales and Marketing for Twin Valley Telephone, an early adopter of…