Tag Archives: TCR

Podcast 105: Truth in Telecoms, 10 Global Predictions for 2025

Last week I gave with Commio a presentation on 10 Predictions for 2025. Those were more US focused as that’s the focus of Commio’s business. Several people asked that I do a version more globally focused. So here it is: Here is a quick review of what I covered, the structure is similar to the … Continue reading Podcast 105: Truth in Telecoms, 10 Global Predictions for 2025

Podcast 102: Truth in Telecoms, Don Dario

Podcast Directory We discovered last week that Dario Betti is sending private emails to TADSummit and TADHack sponsors. Claiming I am lying about the MEF. Everything I’ve posted is backed by public documents and corroborated by leading messaging experts. It’s all public and verified / corroborated, it’s the truth, unlike Dario’s private email. This post ‘MEF: A … Continue reading Podcast 102: Truth in Telecoms, Don Dario

MEF: A case study in one lie leads to another 

I’ve discovered Dario Betti is sending private emails to TADSummit and TADHack sponsors, and others that like my posts. Claiming I am lying about the MEF. Everything I’ve posted is backed by public documents and corroborated by leading experts. It’s all public and verified / corroborated, it’s the truth, unlike Dario’s private email. For example … Continue reading MEF: A case study in one lie leads to another 

Podcast 98: Truth in Telecoms, Welcome Brendan Carr, We have lots of insights and data for you!

Podcast Directory The full podcast video can be viewed here. It’s been almost one month since the last Truth in Telecoms, our interview with Wahab Sultan. For those of you that follow Johnny on Linkedin and Twitter will know he’s been busy posting over this month. This episode gave a chance to present some of … Continue reading Podcast 98: Truth in Telecoms, Welcome Brendan Carr, We have lots of insights and data for you!

Understanding the Brands and their Messaging Needs Holly ‘The SMS Queen’ Depies

Holly buys A2P SMS for her clients, brands, she’s a Campaign Service Provider. She’s likely the largest individual brand aggregator in the market. This gives Holly unmatched insight on the challenges and needs of brands. Holly refers the to SMS ecosystem as ancient, which is in some ways unfortunately true. Yet its continued success is … Continue reading Understanding the Brands and their Messaging Needs Holly ‘The SMS Queen’ Depies

Podcast 93: Truth in Telecoms, AIT, Kevin Graham and Daniel Gill

Podcast Directory Johnny opened on the TCR sale, how the minimum bid to get into the data room is $300M. The other news item is Infobip becoming a D2C (Direct to Carrier) aggregator in the US, as T-Mobile replaced Syniverse with Infobip. I covered how in August I had 13 days with no SMS spam … Continue reading Podcast 93: Truth in Telecoms, AIT, Kevin Graham and Daniel Gill

Podcast 92: Truth in Telecoms, Bill’s Federal Complaint is Moving

Podcast Directory This is a useful review of where we are across: The video contains so much more than I can write. Johnny does a good job reviewing the story so far. I provide below a sample of some of the points covered, but you know Johnny! Fun with The Vis: Check out the 45 … Continue reading Podcast 92: Truth in Telecoms, Bill’s Federal Complaint is Moving

Podcast 91: Truth in Telecoms, Robert Vis and vCon Vinnie

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 88: Truth in Telecoms, The Vis Part 2

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 86: Truth in Telecoms, Kaleyra and Sarbanes Oxley

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