If proof were ever needed on the success of BlueVia in getting operator APIs right, is the endorsement of Twitter in using BlueVia’s APIs. I show below the release and links to the Twitter weblog and BlueVia weblog. Tomorrow (Thursday 22nd Sept) Jose Valles, the head of BlueVia, will be presenting during my session at […]
I will not be involved in this conference for the reasons set out in this weblog article. I’ve been asked to chair the African Service Provider IT (AspIT) Conference and Exhibition in March of 2012. Its looks like its going to be a unique and interesting conference. Its definitely reflecting the frustrations and issues I’m […]
Hurricane / Tropical Storm Irene blew through on Sunday morning, in front of the storm the rain was intense we had 7-8 inches in about 8 hours, the wind was not that strong. Once the sun came out after the center of the storm passed the wind picked up but it only brought a few […]
I will not be involved in this conference for the reasons set out in this weblog article. TVA 2011 was an impressive event, with over 200 attendees and visitors, its success can be attributed to 3 factors: Built in Africa for Africa, Vital Training an African business put TVA together, they’re living and breathing the […]
Almost 3 years ago an article in this weblog discussed the relatively small difference in performance between HSPA+ and LTE. Its perplexing to see GSM operators wasting time and money on LTE, when HSPA+ is good enough. Especially when the speed difference between LTE and HSPA+ can be less than a factor of 2. Latency […]
I’ve worked across the Cable / Telco divide for several years and remain perplexed at the lack of communications between the two groups. The analogy I draw between the Telco and Cable industries is that of a Jungle and a Smurf village, see picture below. In Telco the operators within a country are in competition […]
We’ve all watched over the past week the mess that is Apple’s PR over tracking people’s location in iOS4. Apple entered a state of denial in being caught doing such a heinous action that it can not even admit the act to itself. A team of researchers discovered that iOS4 is (was) secretly obtaining the […]
The purpose of the slides shown below is to provide a flavor of the issues discussed at IMS World Forum with a commentary on what they mean and where IMS is going. It can only capture my perspective given the streams I attended, but I hope provides more insight into what was covered in the […]
The IMS World Forum was a packed event, with 250+ attendees, up over 20% compared to last year. At first sight it’s fair to ask, why is a conference required on IMS, isn’t it old-hat? That’s just the point, IMS is becoming main stream so the question is not about whether or not to deploy, […]
BlueVia is Telefonica’s API program where developers get paid to use Telefonica’s APIs. We’ve seen a number of case studies promoted within a few months of its launch, see slideshows at the end of this article. Developers are making money through using BlueVia’s APIs. BlueVia has announced a partnership with Microsoft to create the BlueVia […]