Are telcos communications companies? asks the Telco 2.0 blog.  The gist of the posting is that the time is rapidly approaching when carriers will have to decide whether they’re pipes or something else. Riffing on that theme, it digs into the New Presence piece I wrote before Christmas, noting that the money is in social interactions.
Well worth a read.Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
