MVNOs are Just CLECs
In the cellco space, DISH is crashing. Almost filed BK, own billions to Crown Castle, Am Tower and other supplies for towers and fiber after they acquired Boost Mobile from …
AI is really ML
Great read from an opinion piece by an analyst on Fierce about AI and the hype. The main point that AI is really machine learning is interesting. The term “Artificial …
The TSBs Don’t Act Alike
Channel Dive (Informa) has been writing about the only public TSB, Scansource/Intelisys. The hardware distributor side of the business can’t understand why the TA side of the business (Intelisys) won’t …
Why is Every UCaaS Company Doing AI?
It started with Dialpad, but now every UCaaS company – Net2Phone, IPFone, RingCentral, 8×8, yadda, yadda – has added AI to their platform. Why? One reason is that the sales …
What I Have Learned About AI in 2025
I was invited to speak to a group of Broadband Operators yesterday on #AI yesterday. I am not an expert. I have spent most of 2025 taking classes, watching demos, …
C&W Grew the Channel
Many partners came out of MCI and C&W. The largest CLECs would recruit on college campuses. College students could be exposed to telecom. Today, no CLECs. No college recruiting. Most …