Monday, March 07, 2005

Small telecom carriers focus on providing choices. WASHINGTON - As traditional competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) retool to keep up with U.S. regulations and battle the huge regional Bells, a range of new business models are emerging. [InfoWorld: Top News] 10:00:44 PM          Google It!

Ten To Watch in Mobile Content. This is not a definitive list, just a list of smart young blood in the mobile content sector. Notice that except for one, none of them are CEOs (yet), but you’ll hear a lot from and about them in the next few years (that was the criteria). Just a way of recognizing the people in the second wave of mobile content (in no particular order): » Greg Clayman, Vice President, Wireless Strategy and Operations, MTV Networks » Rio Caraeff, mobile head at Universal Music » Thomas Ryan, Senior VP, Mobile Development, EMI Music » Mark Levy, VP content at InfoSpace Mobile » Lucy Hood, VP, Content, News Corp » Shawn Conahan (end of page), CEO, Intercasting Corp » Adam Flick, Chief Marketing Officer, Airborne Entertainment » Robert Tercek, Chief Strategy Office, mForma » Manish Jha, Senior VP, ESPN Mobile » Russell Beattie, Yahoo Mobile I realize this is a US-centric list, and if you want to add to my list of the people influencing our fast growing sector, post them in the comments below… [unmediated] 9:58:47 PM          Google It!

Telesym Podcast: the Future of VoWLAN. If you're interested in where Voice over IP over WLAN is heading in the enterprise, listen to this interview with Telesym: I met over in Bellevue, Wash., today with Telesym, a firm that extends an enterprise-based phone exchange (PBX) system into laptops, handhelds, and "scanners": bar-code devices used in retail and logistics by store and floor personnel. I spoke with Mike Houston, Telesym's director of Marketing, Ken Myer, senior VP of sales and marketing, and Jennifer Gehrt, a founding partner at Communiqué Public Relations about Telesym's position in the market, but more largely about the future of VoWLAN. (Ken had to leave for a meeting, so I spoke primarily with Mike in this podcast). You'll hear at the outset of the recording after my introduction a conversation we had using Telesym technology: I was on a USB headset connected to a Telesym client running under Mac OS X; Mike was on a cellular phone. I had the recorder up to the headphone on the headset; next time, I'll plug the recorder into the line out on the laptop to better demonstrate the quality. The audio file is available as an 8 MB MP3 download, a 6 MB MP3 compressed with ZIP, or your podcast-capable news reader should already have identified it.... [Wi-Fi Networking News] 9:57:28 PM          Google It!

CLECs search for new business models. WASHINGTON - Recent months have been tough for competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), as their allies get gobbled up by competitors and the government dismantles network-sharing regulations. But CLECs say they will survive by adopting new business models and focusing on customer relations. [InfoWorld: Top News] 9:56:18 PM          Google It!

Podcasting The Night Away. Forbes: "For now, Podcasting is no threat to radio as we know it. But pay attention to it. It may not always be called Podcasting, and it may not always be free in the way it is now, but as we've seen with MP3s, these things sometimes have a funny way of taking on a life of their own." [Adam Curry's Weblog] 9:55:00 PM          Google It!