Podcast Directory This has been an intense Truth in Telecom 3 part series with The Vis. We jump onto the ‘pay to play’ awards, pointless, yet it occupies time to make industry bodies appear to do something. I’ve never done them for TADSummit. It’s a bit like the industry landscapes from analysts that always seem … Continue reading Podcast 89: Truth in Telecoms, The Vis Part 3
Podcast Directory Part 2 starts with a review of the US market, how Twilio was paid to send and receive SMS, and was only charged a small fee by the carriers. However, the carriers saw the charges Twilio was making to its customers, and used TCR (The Campaign Registry) to raise pricing to 0.5/1c per … Continue reading Podcast 88: Truth in Telecoms, The Vis Part 2
Podcast Directory Bait and switched into another Truth in Telecoms. Robert (The Vis) thought he was entering an industry beauty contest (really?) only to discover Johnny had an inquisition’s worth of questions. This really is a great review of the state of the industry and so many of the issues covered up by industry bodies. … Continue reading Podcast 87: Truth in Telecoms, The Vis Part 1
In August 2023 I wrote, Understanding TCR and Kaleyra Part 2. I mentioned the case Pulzone v. Kaleyra, Inc. It’s just settled. What’s interesting is the settlement of a 3 year old case was reached within 24 hours of Bill Peters meeting with the plaintiff’s lawyers as a witness against Kaleyra. Draw what inference you … Continue reading Podcast 86: Truth in Telecoms, Kaleyra and Sarbanes Oxley
Podcast Directory I met Steve through Thomas Howe. Steve is the Director Ecosystem for DataTrails, DataTrails provides next-generation transparency technology for any data supply chain. Put simply, AI without transparent audit trails can’t be trusted. Now that’s something we’ve heard from Thomas a few times 😉 Steve is a contributor to SCITT (Supply Chain Integrity, … Continue reading Podcast 85: TADSummit Innovators, Steve Lasker, DataTrails
A big thank you to Strolid and TSG Global for sponsoring TADSummit. They understand the importance of focusing on the reality of today’s diverse markets. I’m grateful to all the presenters, they know programmable communications can step up to the current challenges using their innovations. Robert Vis, Bird, recently described what is happening in A2P SMS as EOL (End of Life) … Continue reading Please Register for TADSummit 2024
Podcast Directory I’ve known Paul Golding for many years, well over one decade. All the way back to the early days of helping telcos try to understand what are these things called “developers”. Paul has been in AI since the beginning, I recommend following Paul as his posts are insightful and an excellent tracker on … Continue reading Podcast 84: Truth in AI, Paul Golding
Responding to your requests, here is the all-in-one post, both links and a long block of text, enjoy! Thank you for all your compliments on this work. Truth in A2P SMS, Part 1 of 5, In the Beginning & Foreign SMSCs. https://blog.tadsummit.com/2024/07/29/truth-in-a2p-sms-part-1/ Truth in A2P SMS, Part 2 of 5, Premium SMS. https://blog.tadsummit.com/2024/08/01/truth-in-a2p-sms-part-2-of-5/ Truth in … Continue reading The Definitive Truth in A2P SMS
In this series we will expose the reality of what’s happening in A2P SMS. We’ll review how the current situation can and will be solved through mitigations the industry must adopt. This series is based on extensive research through 2024, it is not a complete exposé. However, the main mechanisms and mitigations are covered. Mitigations: … Continue reading Truth in A2P SMS, Part 5 of 5
Podcast Directory I’ve known Lyle Pratt since BetterVoice, over one decade ago. Lyle will be presenting at TADSummit in October. Better Voice was acquired by Inteliquent (now Sinch) in May 2016. Its core retail and white label products continue to operate. They enabled small businesses to easily create a customized phone or voicemail system, BeterVoice … Continue reading Podcast 83: TADSummit Innovators, Lyle Pratt, Vida