Archive for November 2009

Candice Malmstrom and Suzanne Bowen on FreedomVoice and FreedomIQ

Nov 27th, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Featured, Podcasts

It’s tough to find the right business communications solution these days. Do you go analog, hosted VoIP, IP-PBX, or use a virtual office solution? Plus, once you’ve figured that out, how do you know which carrier to choose? The staggering number of options can be daunting to even the most competent consumer. Luckily, there is a [...]



Alessandro Morelli, Mobile History and MVNO Dream 1

Nov 26th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Podcasts

Find Alessandro Morelli on his website is morel.li and his Twitter area to follow. After reading his work, discussion, interests … it was a “must interview” discovery! Morelli helped set up the network of Italy’s second largest mobile company Omnitel which was acquired by Vodafone. The power of mobile anything has always been Alessandro’s passion.
The MVNO expert discusses [...]



Heba Nawar Announces VoIP Today

Nov 25th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Channels, VoipToday

Heba Nawar is an excellent example of a lady with a knack for marketing. In fact, she is the marketing manager of the Middle East’s VoIPToday magazine on this podcast URL. Its popularity is evident in the East and West.
Listen to Heba Nawar and Suzanne Bowen of DIDX and Techistan discuss the history of [...]



Nigeria Communications Commission Manager Numbering Plan Mr. Adoga

Nov 24th, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Podcasts

Victor Adoga, manager of national numbering plan for the Nigerian Communications Commission(like USA’s Federal Communications Commission), was one of the most interesting people our company met at NXTCOMM in 2007 in Las Vegas. Finally, you can listen to him share NCC’s work in QoS, bringing together service providers with consumers for realtime solutions, and converged [...]



Astricon: The High Holy Days of Telephony!

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Channels, VoiceGal

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
In a mere four days, developers and code gurus from around the world who have discovered the unlimited potential and versatility of Asterisk — the fastest-growing telephony platform in the world today — will gather in beautiful Glendale, Arizona October 13-15 for a concentrated three days of amazing talks, [...]



TelecomYou, a Lesson in Successful Business Networking with Katanani

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Podcasts

A long description will be added soon. Mr. Osama Katanani is the CEO of TelecomYou and also consumer marketing manager of Mobily, the fastest growing telecom operator in Saudi Arabia. Visit http://www.telecomyou.com.
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Jim Van Meggelen, Open Source Telephony Renaissance Man

Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Podcasts

Listen to Jim Van Meggelen talk about the next “sequel” to the Asterisk, Future of Open Source Telephony book (translated in several languages including Russian, German and English) and compliments about Leif Madsen and Jared Smith, his co-authors. Hear him share information about his trip to the HaloKwadrat Russia Seminar on open source telephony.
He has [...]



Post-Astricon Wrap Up

Nov 21st, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Channels, VoiceGal

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
I was fully intending to blog from Phoenix during Astricon (The Open Source Telephony Conference and Exhibition — Oct 13-15) but found myself on such a social whirlwind and marketing juggernaut that time did not permit. Suffice it to say: it was an amazing event — a huge [...]



Is It Hot In Here — Or Is It Just IVR Hell?

Nov 21st, 2009 | By Omar Shaikh | Category: Channels, VoiceGal

Written by Allison Smith. Edited by Omar shaikh.
I recently stumbled upon a great article on the Destination CRM website by Natalee Dyke entitled: “IVR Hell” which definitely encapsulates everything amiss with mis-designed, mis-written, and just generally frustrating phone trees — give it a read at: http://bit.ly/1XQaoM and meet me back here.
She really brings a lot [...]



Internationally Savvy Welcome by Bill McCarthy, Vocati Communications

Nov 19th, 2009 | By suzanne | Category: Featured

Take a break and listen to the Internationally Savvy Welcome by Bill McCarthy, Vocati Communications on DIDX podcast.  Bill and his business partner Andres Acero are not just inspiring for their business success but also for their active participation in making the world a better place such as with the One World program and JoeOnTheMove.com project. [...]