TDM Replacement: Skip the Network, Embrace the Cloud
There was an interesting article yesterday in Light Reading about a new TDM to VoIP migration solution from a next gen voice vendor. It features financing, new equipment purchases and decade-long...
View ArticleMomentum for Cloud Voice Platforms in 2013
Given the business model transformation that service providers have demanded and vendors have failed to deliver for VoIP, I think 2013 showed some strong momentum for an emerging voice delivery model...
View ArticleAT&T’s All-IP Transition and the PSTN Sunset
AT&T’s recent FCC filing describing the two trials for all-IP services and removal of TDM contains some interesting perspective and revelatory details on how one of the largest providers of voice...
View ArticleEasy Switch to the Cloud – Solution for End-of-Life VoIP
Yesterday marked the 138th anniversary of the first phone call. “Mr. Watson—come here—I want to see you.” These were the first words spoken on the world’s first telephone call on March 10, 1876 by...
View ArticleNFV Is Necessary but Not Sufficient
Light Reading’s Sarah Reedy posted a thoughtful article on NFV (Will NFV Save CapEx, OpEx, or None of the Above?) and its (empty?) promise. We see NFV as necessary (we are using that in our cloud voice...
View ArticleAlianza’s Cloud Covers Canada
On Tuesday at the CommTech East in Ontario we announced that Alianza has officially headed north. Our Cloud Voice Platform is now available to help service providers throughout Canada. We’ve done it...
View ArticleRural Telco Transformation with the Cloud
NTCA, The Rural Broadband Association, recently released the results of its annual member survey. The NTCA 2013 Broadband/Internet Availability Survey Report provides a number of stats that underscore...
View ArticleVoIP Goes Green Through the Cloud
SCTE and cable operators have pledged to reduce network energy use by 2020 and Network World recently wrote about the power costs behind the PSTN and the benefits an IP transition. One quick and easy...
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The Role of Cloud in Telco Services: Transform Voice
Analyst firm STL Partners, as part of the Telco 2.0 Initiative, issued a report last month entitled Cloud: What is the role of telcos in cloud services in 2015? I’m flipping this question and asking:...
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How the C-Suite Views Voice
I spend many hours talking with executives and senior leadership at all types of broadband service providers—cable companies, ISPs and telcos. I really like to dig in and see what challenges they face,...
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