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I'm in love and I got it bad (for AT&T Video Share)

 You know me.  I reflexively pull back when I smell overhype. My B.S. detector, just like the volume setting of that guitar player on "Spinal Tap," routinely goes to"11" on a scale of ten.Yet earlier today at NXTcomm, I gave in to the absolute coolness of AT&T's Video Share.  There...

Tags: SBC-AT&, T, NXTComm, News, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Bob Wright to ISPs: clamp down on piracy, illegal downloads

Now at NXTComm in Chicago, former CEO of NBC Universal and current General Electric vice-chair Bob Wright is holding keynote court.We are all in the business of aggregating audiences and delivering them to advertisers," Wright said. "For those who are successful at this the benefits are going to be enormous."As to challenges,...

Tags: NXTComm, News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Moto's Zander talks up RAZR's forthcoming live video capture

Next up at NXTcomm is Ed Zander, CEO of Motorola.Major takeaway from Zander's address is the evolution in the way content is created and then distributed. "It is changing from tv channels to spontaneous generation," he said.Ed then explained Motorola's belief that this spontaneous generation will be enabled in the...

Tags: trends, NXTComm, News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Verizon CEO: get ready for 4G

Good morning from the NXTcomm show here in Chicago.  Several keynotes from top telecom execs. I'll be blogging highlights as they transpire.First up is Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon.  While Seidenberg didn't dig deep into any philosophical meme, , but did hit the right talking points:"Communications technologies are the disruptive force in...

Tags: NXTComm, News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

NXTcom bears witness to ROADM's major role in broadband video distribution

I type: ROADM.You think: ah, short for "Road Map."That may well be the case, but not here at NXTcomm here in Chicago.One of the major themes of this major telecom industry event is greatly I am going to make up a word here efficientized video delivery by use of a...

Tags: NXTComm, News, General

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Additional Resources

The telecomm revolution will not be televised

Maria Bartiromo of CNBC ticked me off the other day.It was in her introduction to the NxtComm show in Chicago, the successor show to Supercomm. She breathlessly described how "the industry's heavyweights" were there to "decide on the future of telecommunications."But the future doesn't come from there anymore.The future is...

Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, Strategy, Infrastructure, Implementations, Hardware, General, Development, Applications

Blog posts 2007-06-21

News to know: Microsoft patch skeletons; Telepresence; Ubuntu; GDrive

Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" features.David Berlind Testdrive: Cisco's TelePresence hi-def video conferencing system.Review: Drobo left.Larry Dignan: Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone? Jason O'Grady: YouTube arrives for Apple TV. Leopard screenies...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Verizon CEO on iPhone craze: we've got compelling offerings, too!

While I was participating in a AT&T Video Share demo, here at NXTcomm,  my colleague Marguerite Reardon from the News.com side of our shop was at a press conference featuring Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg.So happens that Seidenberg runs the wireless services company that is the number one competitor of AT&T Wireless-...

Tags: Verizon, SBC-AT&, T, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Whaleback announces package to help cable broadband VoIP quality

 Your cable broadband provider may also be your VoIP provider.Here's betting some future lucky pennies that if they are not your VoIP provider, they sure want to be.That brings us to Whaleback Systems. You don't need to know them, but I do. They are a broadband Managed Service Provider, as...

Tags: News

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Verizon gains more FiOS Internet, TV traction; delusional on iPhone impact

Verizon said Wednesday that it has 1 million FiOS Internet customers and nearly 500,000 FiOS TV viewers.The disclosure was made at the NXTcomm Conference (see Russell Shaw's blog coverage). FiOS is Verizon's residential fiber-optic service that's encroaching on cable turf. That Verizon is getting traction--not sure a family video of...

Tags: Wired & Wireless, Verizon, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Mobile, iPhone, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-20

News to know: Microsoft vs. DOJ, Google; Ubuntu media support; Zoho; Motorola CTO

Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to address Google search complaint in Vista SP1. Microsoft agrees to change Vista desktop search.Microsoft bails on Vista virtualization licensing changes. The virtualization flip flop.Gallery right: Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The key to getting more Windows users to switch to Linux....

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-20

FCC Chair outlines view of broadband availability, rights

FCC Chair Kevin Martin is addressing NXTComm now via a satellite hookup.Priorities he's mentioned include:  Making sure that Uni versal Service fee assessment policies are updated so that people live in rural areas can be connected to broadband. He backed reverse auctions as a way to fast-track this goal. Making sure that...

Tags: Regulatory, News

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Cisco's Chambers: collaboration via mobile devices will drive faster business processes

John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems, is now onstage, keynoting at NXTComm.Main takeaway: collaboration will speed up enterprise innovation initiatives that had been held back by "command and control" protocols.Chambers said that a collaboration/teamwork approach, enabled by ubiquitous broadband, acquisitions (such as webex, which was specifically cited by Chambers) and video on any device has...

Tags: trends, Predictions and Observations, Mobile, General, Cisco

Blog posts 2007-06-19

AT&T chief: we're gearing up for best iPhone experience on Day One

I'm blogging live from NXTComm, the telecom industry trade show being held in Chicago this week.The morning keynotes have just fired up. First is newly installed (June 3) AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson.It's under Stephenson's watch that AT&T Wireless is teaming up with Apple to launch the iPhone a week from this Friday. "You...

Tags: SBC-AT&, T, News, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Microsoft headed for a services show-down with its hosting partners

Microsoft is on a collision course with its hosting partners.During the past couple of weeks, Microsoft officials have started touting publicly the handful of hosted managed services that Microsoft is selling directly to customers. This week at the NXTcomm 2007 show in Chicago, Microsoft was out hawking its"Microsoft Solution for...

Tags: Channel, Corporate strategy, CRM Live, Dynamics CRM, Exchange Server, Network service providers, OEMs, Resellers, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, System builders, Systems integrators, Telecommunications

Blog posts 2007-06-18

News to know: Life without Google; Securing Safari; Dell

Notable headlines:Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative. Gallery right.Techmeme: The great age debate: Can over 30-somethings innovate?AP: GE, Pearson Discussing Dow Jones Bid.Marc Orchant: Dell selling Nokia phones - bad news for carriers. Matthew Miller: Dell coupons may help you buy a new Nokia S60 device.Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-06-18