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April 2010
Evolving broadband gets smart: Make way for the converged user
 Economic troughs impose difficult changes--painful reminders that the world is operating today on an entirely different set of norms. All part of this cyclical yo-yo effect, the aftershocks of a modern financial crisis give way to harsh lessons in rebuilding. Even commercial real estate finds itself collapsed, figuratively in the absence of office workers but sternly facing the reality of tenant losses. The signs are everywhere, but solutions remain scarce.
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March 2010
Back to basics: Voice strategy reconsidered
Apparently the business for voice is still an agrarian staple of the telecom economy as Skype continues to demonstrate favorable growth connections in the company's latest earnings and market penetration announcements. While most of the attention paid this year has turned to mobility, the lucrative underpinning of international calling is back on the radar as a profit generator in a recessionary period. And right about now, profitability remains the central point of investor speculation on voice futures.
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August 2009
The economy of apathy: Leadership in transition
News broke this week concerning the abrupt resignation of embattled Nortel CEO Mike Zafirovski as the company continues down the liquidation path. Days earlier, Cisco Systems announced its fiscal Q4 earnings to a mixed reaction among analysts sniping at waning revenue and income, yet somewhat buoyed by new orders beginning to materialize. With skies parted and a glimpse of sunshine in sight, many say that the worst of the 10-month economic destabilization is behind us, but what lies ahead is anyone's guess.
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July 2009
Investing in a broadband future-plugged-in
With all the recent fanfare paid to wireless data and applications alike, one might begin to wonder if the horizon for wired broadband is simply fading to a bleak mural of a yesteryear gone by. Not so, if companies like AT&T and Verizon have a say. New capital investments and a stealth retooling of their operational systems could imply that wireline carriers recognize the strategic value of ownership in the broadband last mile.
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