Quack

Here’s another phenomenon that might just take the world by storm, or at least explode like some social networking sites. The twitter (also here and here) is a very short message that tells a community of people what you are doing at the moment. (more…)

I like to be a bit of a trendspotter, accumulating meaningless bits of information, and then bringing them together when, occassionally, something “clicks”. So seeing Microsoft’s IP PBX offering set off one of those alarm bells in my head.

Regular readers will know that (more…)

Despite what anyone tells you, your view of mobile phone coverage is an extremely subjective thing. Whether it’s Telstra with 98% of the population covered, 90%+ of the geographic coverage, or Optus spending several hundred million to increase just 2 percentage points in their own coverage, what actually affects you (and me) most is that nasty blackspot that you pass by every day or so. (more…)

Well, it’s nice to be back after the break (what break?). There are some exciting developments planned for Quack in the new year, so “watch this space”.

A friend was kind enough to forward me an e-mail promoting yet another (more…)

Being the last post for the year (what the &^%#$*& am I doing at my computer on New Year’s Eve?), the theme would either be looking back or forward. Always being a forward-looking person (perhaps due to recognizing my inability to change the past), I took a poll (more…)

Some interesting stories in the press recently about Telefonica, a leading Spanish telecomms operator and their plans for Mobile TV. They have held back the broader launch until they can understand the value proposition their customers expect (more…)

History not only tells us of what happened in the past, it is a good indicator of what can happen in the future, especially for those prepared to learn.

In the early 1980’s, IBM released its new invention called the Personal Computer, the IBM PC. At the time, IBM did not regard it important enough to protect the intellectual property of its bus architecture nor its operating system (more…)

I like nothing more than mining through the millions of CDRs that we collect and process on behalf of our Partners (actually, I do like more than that, but some things are beyond the scope of this blog). It’s like playing a jigsaw puzzle - sorting through lots of small pieces of information to discover a bigger picture.

There are a few fairly simple trends that I have observed. Call rates continue to trend down, but this is more than made up for by (more…)