Archive for May, 2005
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2005The packet prioritization bogeyman raised its ugly head again yesterday when Primus Telecommunications Canada lashed out at Shaw Communications for providing terrible broadband service to Primus' Internet telephony customers. This is not a new problem for Primus but one that doesn't seem to be going away despite attempts to raise it with Shaw. Primus V.P. [...]
The World According to Jeff Citron
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005When Vonage CEO Jeff Citron makes a speech, you know what you're getting - a smooth, marketing-heavy presentation focused on the company's “goal is to improve people's lives”. He certainly didn't disappoint today at the Canadian Telecom Summit in Toronto during an early-morning keynote. Among the highlights were:
- Vonage added 114K subscribers in Q4 and [...]
Bill Owens: I Stand on Guard for Thee Canada
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005Maybe Nortel CEO Bill Owens reads my blog. I mean, a regular criticism of Nortel's new and improve senior management team is the fact it has very low Canadian content (CFO Peter Currie and CSO Brian MacFadden). In an IP/global world, Nortel management doesn't even work out of corporate headquarters in suburban Toronto. This might [...]
U.S. Residential VOIP to Surpass US$1B in '05
Tuesday, May 31st, 2005Answer: US$1-billion. Question: What does Vonage plan on spending on marketing before it finds a suitor, or the amount of revenue expected to be generated by U.S. service providers in the U.S. residential market this year? For now the right answer is the latter based on a new research done by TeleGeography. It forecasts the [...]
What Will Bill Owens Say?
Monday, May 30th, 2005You know the feeling you got - or still get - on Christmas Eve where the anticipation of what's to come the next day is almost overwhelming. Well, it kind of feels like Dec. 24 today given Nortel CEO Bill Owens is slated to give a keynote speech at the Canadian Telecom Summit tomorrow morning. [...]
You've Got Nothing to Say?
Monday, May 30th, 2005To be honest, I'm baffled by Bell ExpressVu/Bell Mobility CEO Robert Odendaal's decision to not do a Q&A with the media today at the Canadian Telecom Summit. Given that Nadir Mohamed, Odendaal's counterpart at Rogers Communications, pulled out on his keynote speech today at the last minute, Odendaal has an excellent platform to deliver the [...]
Wi-Fi Woes
Monday, May 30th, 2005Toronto-based venture capitalist Rick Segal - a.k.a. The Post Money Value - has some gripes this morning about accessing “free” Wi-Fi at Cora's, a local breakfast spot. He criticizes the access provider - Sesame Networks - for its user-unfriendly process to log on to the free service. Among his woes is some fine print the [...]
Vonage: Raise a Lot, Spend a Lot
Sunday, May 29th, 2005According to ClickZ, Vonage spent $21.8 million in April on advertising. As Om Malik succinctly puts it: now you can see why they needed to raise $200-million in private equity recently. Clearly, Vonage believes it's in an “Amazing Race” to establish itself as one of the VOIP service providers in North America before the cablecos [...]
Canadian Telecom Summit: The Who's Who in Toronto
Sunday, May 29th, 2005One of the events of the telecom industry - at least in Canada - is the Canadian Telecom Summit, which goes from Monday to Wednesday in Toronto. The keynote speakers include Nortel CEO Bill Owens, Vonage CEO Jeff Citron, MCI CEO Michael Capellas, BCE CEO Michael Sabia and Avaya CEO Don Peterson. While a jam-packed [...]
Skype: We Now Accept PayPal
Saturday, May 28th, 2005Skype resolved a major sales hurdle for customers living outside Europe when it officially launched PayPal today as a payment option. This means people who buy premium based services such as SkypeIn and SkypeOut at skype.com can use PayPal to pay using a credit card, bank account or stored balance. While I was once a [...]
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