Inteliquent Acquired (and other UC M&A)
Inteliquent is an interesting bird. It is one of the largest VoIP/SIP providers in North America, primarily known for VoIP orig/termination and DIDs. They cover about 94% of the rate …
Telecom
Is MDF Just Signaling?
In this article about Super Bowl ads, GapingVoid points out that it isn’t so much advertising as Signaling. A Super Bowl implies, “It sends consumers the message, even subconsciously, that …
Where Does the 2000 come from?
I often quote 2000+ hosted VoIP providers in the US as the number of competitors. Here’s how I came up with that number. There are roughly 850 members of NTCA …
Friction
In 15 years, cloud communications had not even hit 15% penetration of the market. A pandemic pushed it to 25% (maybe 30%). That means it wasn’t really anything the CSPs …
Hard to be a Buyer of Telecom
It must be hard to be a Buyer for telecom services. The old acronyms – PRI, POTS, T1 – are hard to procure. In some cases, even buying a PRI …
What to Look for in 2021
Don’t expect the vaccines to change the landscape in the short-term (for many reasons – call me if you want me to elaborate). Even Dr. Fauci predicts Fall of 2021. …