Author Archives: Alan Quayle

What’s the plan?

Quite a few people are asking me, what’s the plan? TADSummit has caused a stir on a number of fronts by holding a few organizations / individuals accountable for what they say and do, using publicly available documents and information. There are no fictions in the work, only facts and solid analysis. If someone claims […]

VON Coalition Proposal to FCC on the Removal of TCR

On May 3, 2024, the Voice on the Net Coalition (VON), met via video conference with the FCC. This document summarizes what VON proposed at that meeting. The companies behind VON are much more than those listed on their website. It includes the likes of Microsoft (hence the focus on UCaaS, Microsoft Teams), Google, Amazon, […]

CXTech Week 18 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 18 2024 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 […]

Preview of TADSummit & TADHack Global 2024: The Conscience of Our Industry

Call to Action I’ll begin with a quote from a well-known long-time large Telco ex-CEO. “The industry is polluted by Tier-2 and 3 crooks and fraudsters, but there is still tons of work to do with the big guys as well.” Presenting detailed analysis using publicly available facts, that holds some of the industry accountable […]

CXTech Week 17 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 17 2024 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 […]

Unibeam, a SIM applet approach to mobile authentication, verification and fraud prevention

Unibeam, a SIM applet approach to mobile authentication, verification and fraud prevention. It collects and binds user authentication directly from within the SIM. Because it is based on the SIM as an applet, it can also trigger pop-up messages and questions to the users, which enables new use cases that require user-validated information and acknowledgment. […]

CXTech Week 16 2024 News and Analysis

The purpose of this CXTech Week 16 2024 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 […]

Tata Communications / Kaleyra are at it again, using the TCR mailing list

Yet another irate CSP (Campaign Service Provider) contacted me after they received this email from a Tata Communications / Kaleyra employee: In the US, we’re directly connected to T-Mobile, Verizon & AT&T SMS gateways so its lot cheaper working with us. We also own the 10DLC Campaign Registry and support many Campaign Service Providers (CSPs) […]

Global Telco Consult’s TCR Report

Global Telco Consult’s TCR (The Campaign Registry) report exists, and can be downloaded here. Remember this is an analyst report, its written for the client: TCR and Kaleyra (now Tata Communications). The ‘Rock Stars’ comment is an example of how the team must be spun in a good light despite all the challenges, this was […]