Rob’s Digital Life

The observer today suggests, in a comment article, that Pierre Danon has walked from his post at BT Retail. The article states there was ‘blood on the walls’ following a bust up at a BT board meeting. We’ll find out if it’s true soon enough.

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Hank likes to flatten things..this made me laugh as it’s so original and it’s not tongue in cheek.

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It looks like Vonage will launch in the UK this December which looks very interesting. The triple play is still the ideal that most providers are working towards but I think people want all three for sure, but they’ll want to buy which ever suits them and put that together into their own package.
The killer [...]

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On holiday this week.
I’ve taken some time out to clear out my inbox at home. I’ve been so busy at work that it’s got a bit out of control so I took a day out to clear out the inbox and 4 shoe boxes of stuff that accumulated over the past few weeks. Dave [...]

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This is a really interesting article, Heinz has 37 sites and created it’s own VOIP infrastructure to supply it’s voice requirements.

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Paul R. La Monica thinks that AT&T and MCI aren’t getting ready to ‘go to the Prom’. He thinks that they are just trying to save their business and who’d invest in a business with a 10-15% annual decline in revenue…yeah who would?

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Yep, the only difference appears to be a better screen and bluetooth. I don’t think that’s worth the upgrade. Same memory, same camera and no wireless support in my view not good enough.
I’m now very happy that I made the jump back to two boxes and ditched the jack of all trades master of [...]

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I’ve added this subscription to my Ipodder.
http://www.wizardsoftechnology.com/podcasts/rss.xml

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Reading the Guardian today and it mentions the launch of Geo yesterday. It says the Hutchinson Whompoa owned company launched with 5 customers. So this is why when we spoke to Hutchinson Network Services a few days back they were very cagey about there new presentations. Now I know why ..they were rebranding.

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Yet again…this guy sets the standard…he’s good…this is his latest post which I’ve picked up several links to

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It’s still hard out there and I read on a weekly basis of some asset write down problem for a telco or manufacturer failing to sell it’s gear. MCI are suffering again and have written down more of it’s voice assets as the big telco’s are realising that VOIP is coming and it’s going to [...]

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My T3 is upto scratch now and it works a treat. Bluetoothing to my new Z700i works a dream and get’s me onto the net real easy. I’ve got most of the key software onto it, but there’s some missing which i’ll fix over the next few days…so I’m more than happy with both [...]

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Another busy week, I’ve had a meeting with BT at IBM Warwick yesterday and we have a new Global account Director. It was interesting to listen to their pitch about the being a global player, behind AT&T and Equant.
I have a new North Region PTSL lead, somebody has been appointed to my old role. I’m [...]

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The post below comes from Primetrica
The UK broadsheets The Times and The Telegraph are both reporting that tensions in the BT boardroom are rising, after the outspoken head of the group’s retail division, Pierre Danon, went public with plans for his division, BT Retail, to invest millions in the group’s telephone exchanges. In what has [...]

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The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia of Finland, has seen a sharp fall in its third-quarter profits while revenues remained stagnant. The company has been cutting the price of some models in an effort to win back market share, and though the move has worked, with Nokia’s share of the handset market rising from [...]

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