Reading the Pocket Lawyer for Filmmakers inspired a couple of thoughts as to what independent telcos should be doing concerning Local Content, which they probably are not doing today. Club Viodi members can read these thoughts in the rest of this post. [hidepost] An Independent Entity & E/O Insurance One of the first things that…

By Alan J. Weissberger, alan at viodi.com, www.viodi.com/weissberger/ In our last article, we noted that fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) is one of the big drivers for IMS. Recall that IMS is designed to deliver ubiquitous IP multimedia telecommunication services to any user, connected through any device, across any access network (fixed wireless/wireline or mobile). However, a…

One of the more fun demonstrations at NAB 2007 was a demonstration of a 3D world from a company called Immersive Media. Using their technology, I was able to take a virtual tour through a Florida community that had been devastated by a hurricane. Immersive Media has been driving around the country side in a…

This article by Tim Wu, originally published in Forbes, argues that cellular and wireless networks need the equivalent of the 1968 Carterphone decision that decoupled telephone devices from the network. It has been argued that this decision opened up innovation and competition and Wu argues the same thing could occur in the wireless domain and…