Monthly Archives: August 2023

Understanding TCR and Kaleyra Part 2

Thank you to everyone who has let me interview them and view extensive documentation. I’m attempting to take a mountain of information into a few bite-sized chunks. This is part 2 of a 2 part weblog focused on understanding TCR and Kaleyra. What kicked this off was the post The Campaign Registry and Foreign Ownership: […]

Understanding TCR and Kaleyra Part 1

Thank you to everyone who let me interview them and view extensive documentation. I’m attempting to take a mountain of information into a few bite-sized chunks. This is part 1 of a 2 part weblog. What kicked this off was the post The Campaign Registry and Foreign Ownership: A Matter of National Security, which acted […]

CXTech Week 34 2023 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 34 2023 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

The Campaign Registry and Foreign Ownership: A Matter of National Security

If you have any questions on this document, please contact me. Rick is in retirement and finished with this topic so will not respond. Rick provided this document to the carriers and was ignored after working with them for decades as the chair of telecommunications at Venable LLP, Alston & Bird LLP, and Joyce & […]

CXTech Week 33 2023 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 33 2023 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

CXTech Week 32 2023 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 32 2023 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]

Twilio’s Q2 Revenue Jumps, losses halved. An end to the PE Vultures Circling?

Update 1. Wow, this article is generating some discussion and lots of direct messages. I’ve updated to likely make everyone equally annoyed by the analysis. Twilio reported Q2 2023 revenues of $1.04B, and earnings of 54c per share, both above analyst expectations. Earnings were 86% above analyst estimates! The big shift was losses dropping from […]

How can Nokia Leapfrog Ericsson in Programmable Telecoms?

Purpose of this article Ericsson spent $6B on Vonage, we covered it in CXTech Week 47 2021. Simply, they made a mistake through not understanding the programmable telecoms market and the history of telecom APIs in telcos. I made a point in the most recent CXTech Week 31 2023 about how organizational learning in many […]

CXTech Week 31 2023 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 31 2023 newsletter is to highlight, with commentary, some of the news stories in CXTech this week. What is CXTech?  The C stands for Connectivity, Communications, Collaboration, Conversation, Customer; X for Experience because that’s what matters; and Tech because the focus is enablers. You can sign up here to receive the CXTech News […]