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There is also the issue of "What do we do with Qik?" on the table.
The Sunday Morning Post-Why Is Skype Putting IPO on Hold?
Image via Wikipedia First the Wall Street Journal reported Skype may be putting their planned $100 million dollar or greater IPO on hold. Then out came TechCrunch with more fuel for the fire. So while I think the slowdown has everything to do with figuring out how to make money, not just gain m...
Uh, Andy, Skype has been trying to get into the business market for the past two years, starting at Astricon 2008.....
Skype And Avaya-The Crystal Ball Was Right (Again)
We all love being right, and in the case of Skype and Avaya, it seems, I was. Back in 2009 when Skype announced their relationship with Shoretel, I felt that Avaya and Cisco would be their next major partnerships and alliances. But Cisco is going their own way it seems, with reports that Cisco ...
Rumor? I believe this is fact. Shortly after the current FCC administration started making noises about changing the regulatory environment, Verizon said they were not starting "new" FiOS deployments.
Needless to say, cities like Baltimore are Not Happy that they aren't going to get the latest shiny broadband offerings.
The "rumor" part to this is that Verizon has slowed/stopped deploying new fiber builds because it's expensive to deploy fiber and the uptake on FiOS has not been as good as the company needs to get good ROI on the deployment expense.
The true question is if Verizon has "halted" FiOS rollout until there is better clarity on the regulatory environment (or until the next set of Republicans roll into the White House) or if there is an actual real-money driver to the move.
- Doug Mohney
Rumor Department: Verizon Is Stopping FIOS Expansion
A comment from inside Verizon made to me casually recently was that Verizon has really stopped further development and expansion of FIOS. We've seen this before with them. Some years back they experimented with WiFi around Manhattan using the phone booths as hotspots. The idea was killed. Now I'...
Baltimore isn't on the map, but that's probably more indicative of the continued screwball relationship between Sprint's Xohm and Clearwire.
Clearwire Brings Truth in Coverage to Light
Hats off to Clearwire and to SideCut Reports for bringing to our attention the new Clearwire coverage maps. The map provides the most honest look at where service is, and more importantly, isn't.
Typically people IPO and then go use the (now public) stock to buy another company.
Trying to acquire another company within an IPO filing period (rather than acquiring a company that has filed or an IPO, to be clear) sounds like a big pain in the neck since you'd have to redo and re-file a lot of paperwork very quickly.
Is Broadsoft Buying Tango Networks?
I keep hearing through the grapevine that IPO quiet period company Broadsoft is pursuing the purchase of Tango Networks. My email to Broadsoft PR from a few weeks ago has never been replied to, which only adds to the speculation. All comments are welcome...
You have to remember that after the dot.bomb phase of IPOs, everybody (well, PR types) got more conservative.
Add in the "What is social media?" factor and confusion reigns.
The problem is that you can't appear to be hyping the stock/IPO, otherwise you end up in the penalty box (fines, delay of IPO), but you CAN continue to conduct normal business operations.
Let's say, for instance, that Mitel put out about 3 press release a month on average. If they started putting out 3 press releases a week just before an IPO, well...
I'm also not sure if there are significantly "different" rules for Canada than the U.S...
Mitel files for an IPO (again)
Over the holidays I was pleased for all my friends still at Mitel to see in Techcrunch that Mitel filed for an IPO on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. The timing, just a couple of days before Christmas, was definitely not good for publicity, but I'm guessing that they had some reason to file it befor...
Dongle should be USB, so it's a matter of someone getting around to write/hack software. Shouldn't be that bad; Mac and Linux support should come out at the same time.
3G/4G Dongle Hits The Streets from Sprint
Sprint is rolling out it's 4G service as fast as it can and to prove it they have announced the 3G/4G dongle/broadband modem. Right now it's Windows only, but I have to figure a Macintosh version will be out soon. One thing to note, is that 4G broadband is unlimited, while 3G has transfer capaci...
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