Apparently trying to steal the thunder of customer ire from Rogers Wireless’ ill-considered iPhone launch, Bell and Telus are trying to slip out the back door with an announcement that they’re going to be charging users extra for text messaging. To be...
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...
Tonight at Vancouver’s Launch Party event, Lypp’s Erik Lagerway will be talking about their new service and API. Earlier today I talked about MaxRoam and its game-changing technique to defeat mobile roaming and long-distance costs. Both companies are...
Cubic launched its service, MaxRoam, at TechCrunch40 last week. The crux of their offering is that you can take a secondary phone with you when you travel, forward your existing number to it, and roam wherever you are at local calling rates. David Pogue wrote it up...
Hello Kitty may be key to 3G success By Mike Clendenin, EE Times Nov 27, 2002 (12:15 PM) URL: http://www.commsdesign.com/story/OEG20021127S0042 It’s scary to think that sophisticated 3G mobile systems may depend for their survival on Hello Kitty, that cutesy...
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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