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 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 Johnny’s got another buyer for Tyntec, let’s see this time 😉 He then jumped onto how Tata Communications had their underwear pulled over their collective heads in the Kaleyra deal. Without contracts from the carriers there is no TCR (The Campaign Registry) business, and to get those contracts today requires collusion. Compound that … Continue reading Podcast 69: Truth in Telecoms. Non-GAAP = Not Real.
Podcast Directory Today, Robert Gerstmann, Chairman of the MEF released a letter to its members. I received the letter from a number of people in Europe. They were angered and surprised that Robert Gerstmann from Sinch was conflating what Eric J. Troutman wrote in reaction to Puja J. Amin being kicked off a MEF panel … Continue reading Podcast 46: Truth in Telecoms, Revenge of the Messaging Monopolies
Podcast Directory As mentioned last week, we’re not using the usual title, because that keeps being disapproved for shocking content or political advertising. Let’s see what happens today. Youtube continues working on this problem to determine what is going on. I have a feeling there’s an insider messing with the TADSummit channel. This week things … Continue reading Podcast 41: [REDACTED], What the MEF?
Podcast Directory Before Bird was a time when the A2P SMS industry was comfortable in scamming / overchargin enterprises, innovators and consumers. Then came a time AB (After Bird) when Bird shone the light of truth on the dirty tricks being played. Check out Podcast 30: Truth in Telecoms: Flipping the Bird with Robert Vis … Continue reading Podcast 33: Truth in Telecoms, Before Bird / After Bird (BB/AB)
Podcast Directory Yesterday was a dark day for the programmable communications industry. Jeff Lawson was removed as CEO and not even given the role as chairman. How could the current Twilio board let this happen? This act is both shocking and shameful. The board are the ones that need to be fired. The company he … Continue reading Podcast 22: Truth in Telecoms, Twilio Special, Lawson is Innocent!
Podcast Directory TADSummit Innovators, we focus on TelecomsXchange and their CEO Ameed Jamous. TelecomsXchange is focused on programmable wholesale telecoms, standing on the shoulders of the open source telecom software giants. Ameed is a sponsor of TADSummit and has supported TADHack over the years. We’re both on the Mobile Ecosystem Forum panel “The Future is Cloudy: Cloudification of Wholesale Telecom” … Continue reading TADSummit Podcast Episode 4