Although I agree with Matthew that most of the people on the list not only know exactly what Norman states but are a group of the innovators that Norman suggests are out there.
I agree that the likes of Google are going to be one of the leaders of "the digital experience" as will members of this Asterisk group. New disruptive technologies are all ready starting to go main stream. Norman speaks about the integration between voice and presence, has he not seen HUD Lite or HUD? How about the fact the Dell has become a PBX manufacturer with the help of Nortel and Fonality? I agree that there is a huge opportunity out there that will create financial rewards, lets all thank Mark Spencer for his great creation - Asterisk! Norman/Tim, I enjoyed the podcast very much thank you for posting! Derrick Moennick Phonesource Communications Ltd. Canadian home of the award winning PBXtra IP Phone system PBXtra was named Editor's Choice in PC Magazine Sept. 2007 Vancouver 604-628-1764, ext 7008 Calgary 403-668-7077, ext 7008 Toronto 416-907-4941, ext 7008 FAX 866-363-4071 www.phonesource.ca -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Rubenstein Sent: January 27, 2008 8:03 AM To: Asterisk -Biz Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Futures of the telecoms business. Lewis says telcos don't innovate and always accidentally caught up with outside innovation, that telcos act like they've got a "god given right" to make profits just because they've invested money in networks. That IP "telephony" is really beyond telephony into "the future of communications", that the IP convergence is where new money will come from as voice and SMS profits decline. That there's huge new opportunities that telcos aren't able to even think about tapping, or care about until others show how. That voice is about to change after 100 years, in combination with some other info, the huge oppportunity. That telcos have concentrated on merely building infrastructure, and not on exploitation of how people use it. And that the future will require building lots more network capacity. In short, nothing anyone on this list doesn't already know. If he's a "telecom visionary", no wonder the telcos (where he was R&D director for Orange for 6 years) are in the shape he's in. His talk could have been given 5 years ago. I guess it's valuable for marketdroids, telco execs and all the rest still not noticing that the voice networks are now open to innovation like the Internet was open with the Web in the 1990s. But that just shows how far they all have to go, which I'd expect everyone on this list already knows. On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 12:24 +0000, Tim H. Panton wrote: > I've just listened to a great podcast > > http://www.ecommmedia.com/2008/downloads/audio/2008-01-17-norman-lewis-inter view-part1-64.mp3 > Where Norman Lewis talks about the future of the telecoms business. > > Well worth a listen if you want to know what might happen in the next few years. > > It's part of a series that lead up to ecommmedia conference in March. > http://www.ecommmedia.com/ > > I'm speaking too, but it is going to be hard to compete with Norman ! > > Tim. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz -- (C) Matthew Rubenstein _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz