One thing to fear in business is when nothing happens.

On the hand Mr. Barclay, who says he admires the famous basketball player whose names sounds like his, says he fears nothing in business and that has helped him to reach his goals to this point.

He plans to participate in the Techistan International Awards and even made a video to share with you … why.

You can apply for one or more of the awards in the 26 categories at http://www.techistan.com/2010/12/22/2011-techistan-international-awards/.

Enjoy asking and answering discussion questions on TelecomYou, and enter the Raffle to win $200 USD. It is amazing … the accidental but awesome business development that will result, in the meantime.

Discussions section link: http://telecomyou.com/forum/

Other than the raffle, the most active Discussions member will get the “Most Active Forum Member” award for the month of April, 2011. The Award badge will appear at the member’s public profile page.

The more questions you enjoy asking or answering; the higher your chance to win the prize.

Some things that people are talking about now:

Which tablet do you recommend?

What is your average work day like?

What should every newcomer know about the telecom industry?

Has anyone tried iPad 2?

Where exactly is Telecom Business is going?

Feel free to start a new question; this will help others to learn, teach, and collaborate. Tell them Techistan sent you! Visit http://www.telecomyou.com/forum now. Sign up if not already and enjoy!

Plus, looking for a job in Telecom. Watch and listen to Sheraz show and explain how on Telecomyou.com.

New service provides customers with a cost effective, scalable alternative to traditional private line service

SEATTLE, WA – January 25, 2011 – 360networks, a facilities-based wholesale provider of Private Line Transport, Ethernet, IP, VoIP and Local Access services, today announced availability of its Layer 2 Ethernet (L2E) service.

L2E is a Carrier Ethernet service providing scalable Layer 2 connectivity between major carrier hotels, data centers, Internet Exchanges, and Ethernet Exchanges throughout the region. This service enables customers to decrease network complexity and improve and optimize capacity while reducing costs.

Data link layer is layer 2!

360networks developed L2E for Internet Service providers (ISPs), cloud infrastructure and storage providers, co-location providers, content providers, content distribution networks, VoIP service providers, wireless carriers, CLECs, cable MSOs, and others needing access to a high performance, purpose-built Layer 2 network. Owned and operated by 360networks, this Layer 2 network provides a level of reliability and control not available from shared network configurations, and is fully mesh-protected for ubiquitous connectivity across 360networks’ entire 18,000 route mile footprint. L2E eliminates the mileage associated with traditional private line services. As a port-based service, customers pay a monthly recurring charge per port and can connect multiple locations in a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint configuration.

“We are addressing the industry’s continued demand for IP services and simplified connectivity by implementing this network. Reliability and scalability are at the foundation of our network – purpose built, carrier-grade and capable of supporting the ever-expanding suite of advanced IP services.” said Brady Adams, 360networks’ chief technology officer. “As L2E demonstrates, we have designed and built a more efficient next generation network that provides customers with wholesale solutions to improve performance and reduce costs.”

About 360networks
360networks is a full service wholesale provider of Private Line Transport, Ethernet, IP, VoIP, and Local Access (T1/DS3) services, on its wholly-owned fiber optic backbone. Its facilities-based network provides deep coverage, spanning 18,000 miles to tier 1 to 4 U.S. markets (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Financially stable and a CLEC in 36 states, 360networks enables the nation’s voice, data and web-based application and service providers to quickly pursue next generation strategies, migrate from legacy networks, grow into new markets and services, and increase network diversity. www.360networks.com

360networks Media Contact:
Scott R Fincher,Product Marketing Manager
303.854.5016 (p)
303.886.0566 (c)
scott.fincher@360networks.com

Don’t understand what Layer 2 Ethernet is? Study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Link_Layer.

One of the toughest hurdles to overcome for girls is making a choice whether or not to take math seriously and with confidence. According to College of Southern Maryland Mathematics Professor Susan Strickland. “Confidence is a huge indicator of success and persistence,” Strickland told women gathered for a Parent and Teacher Workshop. “Women come to math with a blend of high aspiration and low confidence.”

What is Mattel doing about this? “Computer Engineer Barbie” wore a T-shirt with binary code pattern, a very pink laptop, geeky reading glasses and a Bluetooth smartphone (which one?) in her ear at the Microsoft Mountain View campus November 17, 2010 to an audience of few dozen very excited Girls Scouts.

Less than 10 percent of American engineers are women. Will Barbie help girls to choose math, science, engineering, and coding?

Ways to get involved in helping young girls and boys to enjoy, play with, and study math, science, engineering, coding and more:

1. http://www.girlslikemath.com/WELCOME.html

2. http://www.stevespangler.com/

3. http://www.wired.com/geekdad/

4. http://www.coolmath-games.com/

5. http://www.schoolforge.net/education-software/educational

Hyderbad, India, headquarters of Mahindra Satyam and the India HQ for Facebook, is the location of Cloud Computing Summit 2010, scheduled November 26.

The keynote speakers include Microsoft’s Platform Strategy Director Mandar Naik, Google’s India Country Head of Lead Developer Relations Rajdeep Dua; Intel Director R. Ravichandran, IEEE Vice-Chairman; Rehan Allahwala, CEO of Techistan and Inventor/Co-Founder of DIDX; and Google software engineer Niranjan Hanasoge.

Hosted services have outpaced “on the premises’ equipment” in 2010 and will continue because of the value of cloud computing. Because of the business continuity and disaster preparedness that it enhances and the fact that so many around the world are conducting business on the go via their smart phones and netbooks, we cannot ignore the change from on-site to the cloud.

So how will Cloud Computing Summit in Hyderabad help service providers and operators and small businesses? Why should people and organizations attend?

The “cloud” helps us to garner a larger market, even global. Learn how to manage the way you use cloud services for success. Find out how cloud computing is affecting the Asian market and its influence on telecommunications. Hear from people who are using it successfully with outsourcing. How to realize more ROI with cloud computing? Find out how the big and little companies are managing cloud computing to improve time management and implement innovative strategies in business.

Sign up at Virtue Insight at http://virtueinsight.com/site/TelecomDetails.aspx?SC_ID=10. Follow them on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/virtue_insight. Connect with other participants on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129754700405955&ref=ts and Linkedin at http://events.linkedin.com/Cloud-Computing-Summit-2010/pub/447902.

What do you fear most about using a car that is powered by electricity instead of gas? Are you afraid you will lose all your charge before you get to your destination and will have no place to power up again? This is called “range anxiety.” Anxiety escalates as the driver grows increasingly uncertain as to whether the battery-powered car will make it from point A to point B. The act of too much “stop and go” or extremes of heat and cold affect battery life. The car can use GPS system over Internet, so why not voice over Internet? The fearful driver will no longer fear if he is easily able to communicate with the necessary persons and organizations should he or she be in a bind. There also should be some way the person can correctly figure how much “juice” is left in the electric car battery.

“Drivers of electric cars know that they cannot simply re-fuel at any given time. They must re-charge, which requires planning,” explained Per Lindberg, Global Business Development Executive, Telenor Connexion. “A good communications solution is necessary in order to plan your driving. You will not find an electric car without a telematics solution – that’s where we come in.”

Telematrics is the integrated use of telecommunications and informatics, also known as ICT (Information and Communications Technology), often discussed at global conferences in the East. It is the science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices. It includes but is not limited to Global Positioning System technology integrated with computers and mobile communications technology in automotive navigation system s. It is in 2010 popularly referred to in the use of such systems with road vehicles, in which case the term vehicle telematics may be used.

Telenor Connexion (not to be confused with Telenor, the telecommunciations company), based in Sweden and expert in Machine to Machine technology, has identified telematics as one of its key growth areas. The company makes telematics a standarf feature of electric cars.

“Telenor will deliver the communication. We have a network of companies that we will work with, including the electric utility companies, so it is possible to take on the role of mediator,” said Lindberg. – “The utility companies are now looking into how electric cars will affect their business, what they need to do and what their position will be, and we’re helping them along the way.”

Like any new technology, whether in a product or service, there is the potential for having to do a paradigm shift and or a need to conduct business in a new way. For example, when the owner of an electric car is visiting with friends and suddenly need to recharge, who should pay? The friend on his utility bill or the owner of the car? If the owner of the car, how does he get billed for electricity used at a friend’s house.

“The industry is developing ways of identifying whether electricity is used by the vehicle or the household, which results in a completely new business model for the utility companies,” said Lindberg. “From a Telenor perspective it doesn’t differ much whether it’s an electricity meter or a car that wants to send data via our network, it’s the data that we transmit in both cases. Where it gets interesting is when we start thinking about the electric vehicle communicating to the electric grid.”

Questions asked on Telenor Connexion website include, who will own the charging stations? When parking downtown, will parking and battery charging be billed together? And when you charge your car, can you select the company from which you will purchase your power?

According to Göran Brandt, Vice President of Business Development at Telenor Connexion, flexibility is the key to the successful spread of electric cars. “At the end of the day, it’s all about retrieving the necessary information, such as location, consumption, preferred method of payment, etc. There will most likely not be a single solution working in all countries and places. Flexibility and long-term consistency are essential.”

Another recent announcement regarding M2M and Teleomatics include: BSQUARE Corporation, a provider of software solutions, and the Ford Motor Company have jointly setup a Telematics Competency Center.

The machine-to-machine (M2M) sector spans a wide variety of telematics (where the device is portable or mobile) and telemetry (where the device is stationary) applications and services, including tracking shipping containers, finding lost pets and children, pay-as-you-drive insurance, subprime auto lending, and backhaul for digital signage and video surveillance cameras. Readers of this article may count on the fact each person may have at least one M2M device already in their smart phone.

 TMC (the Marketing Corporation) has a must not miss conference of M2M Evolution  October 2-4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Sign up now and meet the Techistan team at the DIDxchange booth.

PortaOne stands out as unique and empowering to service providers, wholesale carriers, call shops, calling card businesses, all types of mash-ups and IP communications related entities. For example an ISP who currently offers ADSL … with PortaOne can add triple play, a billing platform for all kinds of offerings and more.

PortaOne believes in investing in getting customers and keeping them. They have 347 worldwide customers. PortaOne offers full source code for its customers along with 24/7 technical support and maintenance program.

Listen to Roman Khalenkov discuss PortaOne, projects they are working on with DIDX, the flexibility and mobility that our combined companies offer worldwide resellers and

wholesale clients and the fact that we use what we “sell.” We’ll both be at ITEXPO West 2009 in Los Angeles and at other conferences listed at http://www.didx.net/events where DIDX also serves as a media partner. Check http://www.portaone.com.

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We met Jonathan of e-numx and freelocalnumber at CommunicAsia 2009 in Singapore. Suzanne Bowen interviewed him and shares with you his business history, new innovations, how to reach him and what a natural he is at social marketing.

He started his life as an entrepreneur in 1999 when he borrowed what is equivalent to $3000 USD from his grandmother and paid her back in 3 months. Jonathan had one phone shop and progressed to 15 in a very short time. He enjoys traveling to see how others run call shops and for new lucrative and fun business ventures. He mentions that a typical China mall will have at least 1000 phone shops.

Jonathan describes how his first freelocalnumber client in Tokyo bought a Malaysia phone number and has it ringing to his GoogleTalk no matter where he is… in Tokyo or traveling. Jonathan’s client’s friends, family and his client’s customers in Malaysia dial the local number. It rings to the GoogleTalk and Jonathan’s client practically has a virtual office in Malaysia while sitting in Tokyo or elsewhere.

You can meet Jonathan in person at ITEXPO West in Los Angeles between Sept 1-3, 2009. Be sure to register for this “must not miss” conference at http://www.itexpo.com now.