Om has a piece today written by Venture Capitalist Allan Leinwand asking whether Canada should bail out Nortel. He asks: “But is preserving the country’s technological heritage reason enough to spend millions in taxpayers dollars?” I think that...
Telecom has, generally speaking, become a zero-sum game. In fact it probably always was, despite numerous attempts by governments at deregulation. The fact of the matter is that even today, full-duplex voice conversations between two parties is almost entirely...
I’m frequently amused and bewildered by the naivety and arrogance displayed by the folks who, early in their careers, find themselves in mid-level positions nestled within the comfortable fold of a large Telecom company, and begin to, as they say, believe their...
The New York Times: Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa By G. PASCAL ZACHARY http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/05/business/worldbusiness/ 05VOIC.html?pagewanted=all CCRA, Ghana, July 3 — The Internet bubble has long since popped in the United States, Europe and Asia....
A running theme on FOIB: Wireless Carriers are arrogant, stupid thieves who are squandering unprecedented opportunity to deliver services people want to use which are deeply influential to society, and to reap the financial rewards therein. Instead, they’re...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
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