Author Archives: Editor

Another Look at Xydo

Mobile World Congress is happening now in Barcelona. As much as we’d like to buy our paella salads at the La Boqueria before a day on the trade show floor, the editorial team is instead stuck here in NJ. To … Continue reading

Deep Packet Inspection and Revolution

One of the corporate blogs I review on occasion is Cisco’s The Platform. In a post published on Sunday, and in time for the press deluge coming out of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco pre-announced its new “framework” … Continue reading

Coworking Space in Hoboken?

It can happen. Hoboken Tech Meetup’s Arron Price is trying to arrange a low-cost creative working environment  in ‘Boken with a local business person. The space: lofty, over 3000 square feet. Parking: limited. Office: desk, conference rooms, private offices, Internet. … Continue reading

FCC’s USF Rules: 228 pages, 1117 footnotes

Thomaseagle/Wikimedia K Street lawyers, AT&T, state regulators, and rural LECs who have been anxiously awaiting the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making on USF and ICC reform will not be disappointed by this massive document. It makes the Net Neutrality … Continue reading

New York Tech Meetup 2/8/11: Hackopolis

Flickr Last night at New York Tech Meetup there were clear signs that the local tech ecosystem is growing and evolving. First, the NYTM organization itself is looking for a managing director to essentially oversee the affairs of the organization—events, … Continue reading

FCC to Launch New Rules on USF

FCC Chairman Genachowski has set a vote tomorrow for a  Notice of Proposed Rule Making on Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation reform. Some of the ideas Mr. G sketched out in a speech today, in which he called the … Continue reading

ITExpo Regulatory 2.0: Shoot All the Lawyers

There was one part of ITExpo I was able to attend remotely. The Regulatory 2.0 sub-conference at ITExpo is an under-appreciated gathering of lawyers, FCC observers, engineers, and legally-savvy telecom entrepreneurs, who all had definite viewpoints on net neutrality and … Continue reading

Back at the FCC

On Tuesday, the DC Court of Appeals denied Verizon’s request to have the same judges who decided Comcast vs. FCC hear its challenge to the new Open Internet rules. Still to be resolved is the FCC’s motion to dismiss the … Continue reading

ITExpo Stream of Consciousness

Axel Rouvin/Wikipedia Fax over IP …  Aculab cloud … AT&T mobile hotpot …  Kevin Martin recalls threat to change FCC vote …  Sprint’s WiMAX …  Startup Camp this evening … the end of POTS in 10 years … open source … Continue reading