Streaming video has been available on mobile devices for several years, but the London Olympics are the first truly worldwide use of wireless networks to stream video to millions of consumers, including me. It is not a substitute for watching on an HDTV, but is great for having a look
When I first started in the telecom business I worked for a guy named Charlie Snell. Charlie left General Motors after more than 20 years because he was fed-up. Charlie would regale us at lunch with tales of an environment that stifled any creativity and innovation. This was 25 years
Yannick Noah was the last Frenchman to win the French Open men’s singles title. That was in 1983. This past summer, that long streak was in jeopardy as Parisian Gaël Monfils advanced to the quarterfinals. His opponent at Roland Garros would be the great Roger Federer on the afternoon of
There was a time, not all that long ago, when telecom executives could understand all the major technology trends expected to impact the business over the next few years. For example, if you wanted to know why packet switching was more efficient for data traffic than circuit switching, you talked
Chris Volinsky, Director of Statistical Research at AT&T Labs delivered the keynote address to the communications industry track at the 2008 SAS Global Forum. At that time I wrote a blog entry about Chris's hobby, competing for the $1,000,000 Netflix Prize. The Netflix prize is an example of using mass collaboration.
