August 2007

Belated news: Jajah launches in Canada

August 29, 2007

One last bit of unfinished business from last week was this announcement from Jajah — they've now officially launched the service in Canada, which means that we Canucks can pay for it with our own money rather than the greenback…. amongst other things.  Shaherose Charania, the marketing person responsible for this, is an expat Canadian [...]

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Open Access and Consumer Choice

August 28, 2007

I like debating Mark Goldberg.  Not only is a nice guy with strong principles, but he's an enormously effective advocate for the telecommunications industry here in Canada. Before I left on vacation, Mark wrote a piece titled An open look at open access which attempts to poke holes in the open access regime which I, and [...]

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Jaxtr's A round

August 28, 2007

Jaxtr has just announced that they've raised a $10 million A round, and the critics are having a field day.  Why?  The key word is free.  Jaxtr combines some of the services of Grand Central with a free long distance model, transports the calls using VoIP, and terminates the calls on the old fashioned telephone network.  [...]

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Skype's official explanation smells off…

August 27, 2007

I'm back from 10 days on the road with my family.  A classic road trip, covering over 4200 kilometers, with 50 hours behind the wheel, we saw a lot and did a lot.  And, it turns out, in rural New Brunswick, there's not much in the way of Internet, or even cell phone access.  That's [...]

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Beat on AT&T day.

August 19, 2007

I've spent the last couple of days mostly disconnected.  We're in Quebec City on our way to Shediac New Brunswick, and while the hotel does have WiFi, I made the mistake of installing multiple pieces of software and Windows updates on Friday morning.  I wanted to be able to edit photos and download videos from my [...]

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Skype: Two Nines of Reliability

August 17, 2007

Skype looks like it’s back this morning.  At least, we’re logged in here in Ottawa, although I don’t see anyone else logged in that I know.    The various explanations making the rounds this morning are interesting — everything ranging from a denial of service attack to the official Skype explanation (“it’s a bug”… how illuminating). What conclusions [...]

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Telco 2.0's take on Facebook

August 16, 2007

The lads at Telco 2.0 are busily dissecting whether Facebook is a threat to the carriers.  Doesn't seem likely to me, and neither does it seem that way to them.  But once you get past the initial assessment, the analysis is a vintage piece of telepocalyptic work. Perhaps the most interesting observation is contained in [...]

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Nokia BL-5C battery overheats

August 15, 2007

Exploding and overheating batteries seem to be dogging the mobile electronics industry.  The latest to be hit?  Nokia.  Their BL-5C batteries (found in both the N70 and the N91, both of which I own) are now under a recall.  The battery in question was made by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006, and is [...]

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Johnston on Enterprise 2.0 and Mobile

August 15, 2007

Nokia's Stephen Johnston has authored a piece titled Enterprise 2.0 — What does it mean for mobile? which is well worth a read.  He covers the gamut from WEB API's to collaboration tools and presence, touching on places where gaps exist today, and speculating a little about the future. Recommended.  

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Pssst! Looking for a great VoIP deal?

August 15, 2007

Moishe Maeir's Flat Planet Phone Company is offering a free Linksys SPA942 IP phone when you sign up for his $199/year reseller program… plus he's gotten the folks at VoIP supply to kick in a $200 rebate on equipment. The Flat Planet Phone Company is a great deal for those who want to get into [...]

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