Podcast Directory In this podcast we review some of Robert Vis’ insights from the podcast we did last week, and introduce ‘vCon Vinne’. We kick off with how Johnny was beaten up with patents after The Vis stated, Patents are for the weak. He looks in a bad way. Johnny has a new nickname for … Continue reading Podcast 91: Truth in Telecoms, Robert Vis and vCon Vinnie
Podcast Directory hSenid Mobile, founded in 1997, has been in the VAS (Value Add Service) / programmable telecoms space throughout its history. In 2013 they launched with Dialog Axiata an innovation ecosystem called Ideamart. I consider Ideamart to be the most successful telecom innovation ecosystems in the world. Accounting for 10-15 % of Dialog Axiata’s … Continue reading Podcast 90: TADSummit Innovators, Dinesh Saparamadu, hSenid Mobile
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