Archive for November 2009

Intrinsic Value of Person-to-Person, Real Live Human Interaction

Nov 6th, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Featured

“Eventually, the pendulum will swing the other way, back toward more personal/human connections. And the brands that get that will be winners. I believe the brands that do not emphasize ultra-modern design, trendy badge value or blow-your-mind technological innovation as their core vision — but rather emphasize the intrinsic value of person-to-person, real live human [...]



China $15 Billion in 2009 on Gas and Oil Supplies

Nov 5th, 2009 | By Marty Dickinson | Category: Sip Trunking

(Picture credits to Mongabay.)Yes, China has spent over $15 billion in 2009 on gas and oil supplies. So, maybe it is time for your VoIP company to start
making China phone numbers available for sale to your SMB and SME customers? Offer them a real investment with phenomenal ROI, a China DID for a local [...]



Social Media Marketing: Your Popularity or Notoriety

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Social Networking

Original by Nusrat Raza, edited by Suzanne Bowen.
Social Media Marketing includes channels through which you can promote and brand and rebrand yourself, your products or services online. Such channels may include Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, TelecomYou, Youtube, Viddler, blogging, and other online social sites. 
Social Media is the marketing tool of the 21st century. You can use social media [...]



Derek and the Hot Nokia N900, Symbian, Linux

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Featured, Videos

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UPDATE 1-China’s ZTE Q3 net strong, beats consensus estimates

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By Marty Dickinson | Category: Telecom

* Q3 net profit up 58.2 pct, beats estimates
* Signs of recovery in global markets (Recasts, adds details, background)
BEIJING, Oct 27 (Reuters) – ZTE Corp (0763.HK: Quote, Profile, Research), China’s No.2 telecom gear maker, posted a 58.2 percent profit rise as domestic carriers build new 3G networks, but that $58.5 billion spending spree could [...]



Reality of Leveraging Open Source: FrogNet

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By Marty Dickinson | Category: Videos

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November 28th, 2008
Previously I had compressed this the wrong way with a result of chipmunk voices.
Corrected and pretty cool! Frognet started in 1996 as a dial-up ISP company. The availability of open source telephony software is only one part of the business operation equation. Other real costs to manage an ISP business [...]



Capacity Media Asia Optimum Wholesale Telecom Meetups

Nov 2nd, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Events

With names like PCCW Global, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Rogers Cable Communications, Orange, and Bharti Airtel, together in Kuala Lumpur, fastest growing metropolitan region in the Malaysia, in terms of population as well as economy and one of the global telecom and technology hubs from the Middle East through Asia, good business will abound. Capacity Media Asia [...]



CTO Jose Sabat on BocaVox in Portuguese and English

Nov 2nd, 2009 | By omar shaikh | Category: Events, Featured, Videos

The first words I (Suzanne Bowen) can remember learning in a language other than English are “Bonjour, comment allez vous aujourd’hui?” Next door to our DIDXchange / Techistan booth at http://www.supercomm2009.com was BocaVox (boca = mouth … talk with your mouth). Some of them are from Brazil and speak Portuguese and English. Watch the video [...]