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It never ceases to amaze us how some telecom companies over leverage the play of cute fuzzy animals for corporate gain…

It had to happen. Just when we thought mobile phones could find no more niche markets you can now get a mobile for your dog. Rover does not have to go outside to do his business and lose connection to all of his closest friends.
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Bell’s recent announcement of it’s purchase of 750 The Source Stores here in the GWN is a bit of an odd move. Bell has operated its own stores for years. A Bell store has always been as barren as a Russian grocery store during the cold war. They always have massive displays, almost no staff and no inventory.
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In a recently rumored jaw dropping move it’s possible that Verizon will start offering a US$5 monthly phone line. It appears this strategy is a last ditch effort to stem the bloodletting in its landline numbers. We’re not sure why this would be important.
Continue reading ‘Dialtone Desperados’ »

To paraphrase an old Graham Nash song (Teach Your Children) of CSN fame. I was referred to an interesting video (Caution: contains violence against telephone equipment) of a TV host in Romania who threw a tantrum live on a call in program. Now I don’t speak the language and I suppose she was just plain excited about some great TV event, but do you have to abuse your telephone?

For those of us who grew up in the telecom industry we have unusual sentimental concern for telephone equipment. Anyone abusing it has got to have a ring-ground

We probably would have skipped over the article about a recent telephone survey in  Pukou District of Nanjing, China  were it not for the fact that in an earlier life we had been involved with a telephone company’s quality of service surveys (SPMP for those of you who might remember) for the CRTC back in the late 1980’s. It seems that the Chinese locals have perfected the method of getting the answers right.
Continue reading ‘Telephone Survey: Here’s Your Cheat Sheet!’ »

In what has to be one of the most ill-advised lawsuits in telecom trademarks, Asterix & Obelix, the French cartoon strip has lost its claim to the suffix “ix”. A huge tragedy no doubt.
Continue reading ‘EU Judge Says Ix-nay’ »

It seems that at the end of the year we get an endless stream of junk mail in the post that has every form of calendar from every real estate agent, flooring shop, taxi service, and most other businesses in our surrounding community. Does anyone still send out great calendars?
Continue reading ‘Where Are The 2009 Telecom Calendars?’ »

Seems like Telecom New Zealand will have their hands full with the next generation of customers. Watch it here. Is there any place in the world that an incumbent gets any respect?

With the economy in the crapper, and new sales a memory of the past, has your boss gone into a blue funk? We have the perfect thing to bring life into that pointy hair.

Mobiado has always been known as a company that pushes luxury mobile phones to the limit. To reinforce that market leadership, this past week, they released the Mobiado Professional 105GMT Gold. It’s a Victorian looking wonder that would be right at home with H.G Well’s time traveller. We love its retro look and analog clocks—able to span three time zones.

Under the hood

This puppy will perform with specs like;

• Nokia’s Series 40, 5th Edition as a backend
• Quadband GSM and dual band WCDMA
• Speaker phone
• 3G luxury phone
• 2 megapixel picture and video camera
• More than 1 GB of internal memory
• 2″ display with up to 16 million colors
• Music and video player
• Micro USB port allows quick connection to a PC, laptop, accessories, or charging

No cheapskate you

With words like sapphire crystal, ebony, 24 karat gold, and diamond you can rest assured that your boss will never again call you a tightwad. Buy one soon as there are only 50 made.