TC3 Part 3: UNIFI Communications- An Interesting Global VoIP Network Provider
Introduction: UNIFI Communications is not a well known telecom brand name. Yet the company handles one billion minutes of annual global traffic from over 100 million subscribers, through 22 peering...
View ArticleRobot Morality: Can a Machine Have a Conscience? Can It Be On a Higher Moral...
The SCU Markkula Center for Applied Ethics was fortunate to have Professor George Lucas - Naval Postgraduate School-Monterey, California- address this topic on September 30, 2013. The event was...
View ArticleSmall Cells: A Bright Spot in Dismal Wireless Infrastructure Market
Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2nd quarter 2013 (2Q13) Residential and Enterprise Femtocell Equipment report, which tracks femtocells by market segment, technology, and form factor....
View ArticleNew FCC Chair Tom Wheeler Faces Challenges in 2014
The Senate voted unanimously to confirm President Obama’s two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), overcoming obstacles by Republican lawmakers, especially TX Senator Ted Cruz....
View ArticleFacebook Progress Report, Goals, and China Activities at SVIEF Annual Conference
Background: The Silicon Valley Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (SVIEF) is an international conference designed to foster innovation and promote business partnerships between the U.S....
View ArticleSilicon Photonics – Cisco and Intel see “Light at the End of the Tunnel”
Introduction: Among the many presentations on Silicon Photonics (SiPh) at the excellent 2013 Open Server Conference, two were of special interest: Joel Goergen of Cisco called for a radically new data...
View ArticleFCC Delays Reverse Auction till 2015; Spectrum Aggregation & Ownership Limits?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has delayed the “Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction” until 2015. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler published a blog post Friday announcing the delay,...
View ArticleTiE-SV Panel: Personalization & Privacy in the Era of Big Data
Introduction: On Dec 17, 2013, TiE Silicon Valley (SV) hosted a panel entitled: When Does Personalization Overreach into Privacy in the Era of Big Data? The thin line between targeted content (obtained...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Ruling – The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
In his January 8th speech at the Computer History Musuem (CHM), F.C.C. Chairman Tom Wheeler said we were in the midst of a transition to a “4th Generation Network” which had an “Open Internet” as it’s...
View ArticleAll-IP Network Transition Plan at FCC’s Jan 30th Open Commission Meeting
Introduction: During his January 8th speech at the Computer History Museum (CHM) , FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler told the CHM audience that the U.S. was in a transition to a “4th Network Revolution” that...
View ArticleFCC’s “All IP” Network Transitions Trials – What to Expect
Introduction: At its January 30th Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve a petition AT&T had filed (in November 2012) to conduct trials of an...
View ArticleAT&T to Test All-IP Phone Network in 2 U.S. Cities
AT&T will begin pilot testing all-digital IP phone networks in West Delray Beach, Florida, and Carbon Hill, Alabama, as part of the U.S. carrier’s push to move away from legacy switched telephone...
View ArticleInfosys Co-founder Dinesh Shares His Story at TiE-SV
Introduction: On March 3, 2014, K Dinesh, co-founder of Infosys Limited, mesmerized a TiE Silicon Valley (SV) audience with keen insight and perspectives on Infosys along with general principles of...
View ArticleNTT Com Leads all Network Providers in Deployment of SDN/OpenFlow; NFV Coming...
Introduction: While AT&T has gotten a lot of press for its announced plans to use Software Defined Networking (SDN) to revamp its core network, another large global carrier has been quietly...
View ArticleAT&T Outlines SDN/NFV Focus Areas for Domain 2.0 Initiative
Introduction: The White Paper As previously reported, AT&T’s future Domain 2.0 network infrastructure must be open, simple, scalable and secure, according to John Donovan, AT&T’s senior...
View ArticleStanford President John Hennessy Educating SBU Alumni on Broad Range of Topics
Moderator’s Comment: I would like to express my utmost gratitude to Professor Hennessy for our 1 hr 35 minute conversation on March 2, 2013, at the SBU Alumni Northern California meeting in Palo Alto,...
View ArticleFCC Set to Act on Net Neutrality at May 15th Meeting
On April 23rd, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said that he’d circulate his net neutrality proposal to other commissioners on Thursday of this week, in preparation for a vote at...
View ArticleEthernet Tech Summit Reveals Many Paths to “Open SDN”
Introduction: “SDN” and “open networking” were very hot topics at last week’s Ethernet Technology Summit in Santa Clara, CA. You might be wondering what SDN has to do with Ethernet, as it’s not...
View ArticleTiECON Flash: U.S. Dept of Commerce & TiE in Partnership to Promote Exports
TiE Silicon Valley President Venk Shukla kicked off TiECon (The Indus Entrepreneurs annual conference) by stating that “wealth creation through entrepreneurship” was TiE’s principal mission (or reason...
View ArticleFCC Net Neutrality Proposal Stirs Up Controversy- Reclassify or Not?
On May 15th the FCC Commissioners narrowly voted to approve a framework for rules that would create an Internet fast lane, while trying to patch up the loopholes that would make that fast lane...
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