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An article in the the September issue of Wired got me thinking about free long distance. I recall that in 1980 I attended a telecom course while working for Ma Bell and was challenged with thinking through a scenario about a changed communications world.
Continue reading ‘Free International Calls?’ »
While France Telecom (operates under the Orange brand) does not hold any record for employee abuse it seems it is taking the flack for what appear to be a bizarre run of employee suicides. 23 employees committed suicide and 13 more attempted it since the beginning of 2008. A horrible situation for all concerned no doubt.
In a recent trip to Russia we were amazed by the contradiction of terms in the urban setting. In a country so obsessed by mobile technology it was weird to see ancient drop wires seemily placed anywhere it was easy to do so.
Continue reading ‘Drop In Anytime’ »
In what has to be the least important telecom press release this summer (and what a testament to hope this summer was) is the recent announcement by the CWTA of the love-in by the Canadian telecom suppliers called the Code of Conduct.
Continue reading ‘CWTA Code of Conduct—Ho Hum’ »
SMS has become an unbridled success in the mobile world. After 15 years of SMS service now we generate about 8 billion messages daily.
Continue reading ‘SMS—Outgrown It’s Britches’ »
Have you used a telephone book in recent memory? We know we have not looked at one for at least three or four years.
With the convenience of 411 access using voice commands, the ubiquity of web access on mobiles and great tools such as Google over SMS who needs a book?
Further, it seems to us that the indiscriminate dumping of phone books inside apartment buildings (counted ~300 at a family friend’s apartment lobby—the books have been there more than three months), delivering two or more in urban areas, and using drive-by in rural areas is a completely stupid environmental action.
What do you do with white/yellow books you do not need? Us, we toss them in the blue bin. Someone ought to tell the companies that produce them—or maybe the folks who advertise in them.
In an effort to brand themselves as something other than Yak Wireless, the mobile arm of Globalive has chosen the name of WIND. Not actually a very great surprise. Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA boasts nearly 17 million mobile subscribers in Italy and Greece and is controlled by the financial backer of Globalive’s wireless endeavour, billionaire Naguib Sawiris.
Continue reading ‘Breaking: WIND’ »
On the heels of the just ended CRTC review of broadband throttling (AKA broadband bluffers festival) in Ottawa, news from Britain’s telecoms watchdog indicates that folks in the UK are also being sold a bill of goods by ISPs.
Continue reading ‘British Broadband Bait & Switch’ »
The Canadian Telecom Hall of Fame recently got a few new members. During recent weeks the board of governors announced the five new inductees. Continue reading ‘Telecom Hall Of Fame Inductees 2009’ »
In a rather interesting move by Research in Motion they have released software which will undo all the bad things done to Blackberry users in the United Arab Emirates by the domestic carrier Etisalat. The intrigue continues. Continue reading ‘The Spy Who Loathed Me’ »
