Lean by Design

In an earlier post I wrote of the decision by Eriksson to drop their investments in WiMax, and the fact that this should be considered carefully by those in the wireless industry. I have also expressed concern over Nortel’s ability to execute successfully on their stated 4G strategy, given their exit from UMTS (for a [...]

For years now, those of us in the Telecom have speculated over where some of the tentative moves by computer software and system companies like MicroSoft, IBM, and Sun might lead. During the early round of digital convergence in the mid to late 90s, these companies began introducing Telecom products and “partnering” with the big [...]

I apologize for filling too many of these posts with commentaries related to Nortel. There are many other vendors worth commenting on, and there is nothing terribly unique about Nortel – really. The company has seen its share of exceptional talent, and at the other end of the scale, it has made some pretty amazing [...]

It appears that the North American based Telecom vendors are takking a portion of their businesses toward a Voice 2.0 vision of the future – at least based on public announcements. CISCO is marching to a slightly different drum beat as they slowly morph the company into more of a consumer focused enterprise. However, the [...]