It’s no secret that B2B telemarketing has garnered a lot of negative reviews, primarily because of the fact that so many businesses have misused it. The leverage this means once had is long gone now, and there are many factors to blame. But this post is not about going into what’s wrong with the industry, but about how things can be improved. To begin with, the B2B telemarketing team needs to have an accurate list of contacts to get in touch with. Quite frankly, nobody has the time to answer ir

In the face of shareholder opposition, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S, news, filings) this morning delayed the vote on its bid for the half of Clearwire it doesn’t already own in order to raise the bid. The original price of $2.97 had been getting substantial pushback from investors, especially from Crest Financial. The new bid price stands at $3.40, an extra $0.43 per share. [Read more →]

Three interesting stories to look at from the European theatre: an enterprise channel win for euNetworks, another gaming CDN/IP win for Level 3, some more Mediterranean breadth for Interoute, and Rascom goes 100G to Russia. [Read more →]

Over the past twelve months, Pacnet has gone through a lot of changes. In October the company announced a transformation plan that would give the company a new managed-services and datacenter-centric approach and take greater advantage of their connectivity in Mainland China. And indeed they’ve been putting real money to work since then. With us today to tell us where Pacnet is at and what’s on deck is Jim Fagan, the company’s President, Managed Services. [Read more →]

  • Design your own brand of VoIP service and offer IP phones and Adapters to your residential customers • Assign multiple phone numbers to your customers so they can receive calls from their friends and family from anywhere in the world • Offer video calling through VoIP to your clients • Offer advanced features like voicemail, voicemail-to-email, call waiting, and call forwarding • Allow your customers to sign up and pay for your service online through a user friendly website • Allow your cli

This article was originally posted on GeoTel Communications' blog Along with Google’s announcement that they will bring their Fiber service to Austin, Texas, another announcement from a corporate blog has recently started to gain the attention of Texas locals. This announcement came from a much less popular telecom company in the area, Time Warner Cable. Announced in their corporate blog, Time Warner plans to deploy free public Wifi for its customers in Austin. The company is also offering

Last week at SAP's Sapphire Now 2013 in Orlando, Florida, SAP announced they would begin reselling mobile secure app solutions from Mocana.  In this press release they describe the role of Mocana in their mobile security portfolio.  In this short interview with Mocana's VP of Marketing, I ask about their solutions and how they fit in the SAP Mobile Platform strategy.  Enjoy!Video Link: http://youtu.be/KTnV6HXjcUU ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Head

Welcome to SMAC News Weekly, featuring the latest news and numbers relating to SMAC (social, mobile, analytics and cloud) that I come across each week.Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News WeeklyAlso read Field Mobility News WeeklyAlso read Kevin Benedict’s What’s New in HTML5Also read M2M News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Commerce News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Health News WeeklyAlso read Mobility News WeeklySAP is more than doubling its commitment to the SAP HANA Real Time Fund, going from $155 milli

Welcome to M2M News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to M2M (machine to machine) and embedded mobile devices.  I aggregate the information, include the original links and add a synopsis of each article.  I also search for the latest market numbers such as market size, growth and trends in and around the M2M market.Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News WeeklyAlso read Field Mobility News WeeklyAlso read Kevin Benedict’s What’s New in H

In this short video recorded in Orlando, Florida last week at SAP's SAPPHIRE NOW 2013, I interview SAP's Brent Cohler on SAP's mobile marketing solution called SAP Precision Marketing and learn about customer use cases and value propositions.  Enjoy!Video Link: http://youtu.be/HI4CHh7yxdI ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) Cognizant View Linkedin Profile Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, a

Following my contrarian article last week where I predicted that tw telecom would not only not sell as analysts are predicting but actually buy something, several folks asked me the rather obvious followup of ‘whom’. One regular commenter went so far as to ask if all roads still stop at XO, which of course has been on the receiving end of my M&A speculations multiple times in the past. Not all roads perhaps, but some do so let’s start there. [Read more →]

Let’s start off the week by finishing off last week, with a look five news items from the data center sector: more money for IO and QTS, and customer wins at CoreSite, Cologix, and 365Main. [Read more →]

We have a new job listing this week from the midwestern-based fiber builder Unite Private Networks, giving them two active listings, while MegaPath still has one on the books. [Read more →]

The Field Mobility News Weekly is an online newsletter made up of the most interesting news and articles related to field mobility that I run across each week.  I am specifically targeting information that reflects market data and trends. Also read Enterprise Mobility Asia News WeeklyAlso read M2M News WeeklyAlso read Kevin Benedict’s What’s New in HTML5 Also read Mobile Commerce News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Health News WeeklyAlso read Mobility News WeeklyAlso read SMAC News WeeklyTalk radio hos

Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016.Also read Field Mobility News WeeklyAlso read Kevin Benedict’s What’s New in HTML5Also read M2M News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Commerce News WeeklyAlso read Mobile Health News WeeklyAlso read Mobility News WeeklyAlso read SMAC News WeeklyIn

Whether you’re an entrepreneur looking for a new opportunity or a service provider already using a Class 5 softswitch, you should be pleased to know that the residential VoIP market is expected to boom over the next few years. In fact, analysts at the leading market research firm Infonetics predict spending on residential VoIP will grow to 377 billion by 2016. Driving the residential VoIP market forward is ever-expanding and improving broadband, they note. Learn more here:http://blog.ipsmarx.