Author: Timo
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Canadian Telecom Summit – Day 1
What a Day ! A big thank you to Jaime Leverton and Cogeco Peer One for feeding me dinner and a lovely networking event at the end of the first day of the Canadian Telecom Summit. Viewing the day from an international telecom lens there were no specific panels or keynotes that were directly relevant…
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Canadian Telecom Summit 2018
Monday, June 4 is the start of this year’s Canadian Telecom Summit to be held at the Toronto Congress Centre. This is the 17th Canadian Telecom Summit (CTS). I have been blessed to have attended each of these events, put on by two friends of mine Michael Sone and Mark Goldberg. CTS was originally formed…
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Mother’s Day
There is a great anecdote in the book “Eccentric Orbits – The Iridium Story” that I reviewed in a previous post. It was May 9, 2004. The technicians at the Network Operating Centres for the Iridium satellite system in Hawaii and Arizona noticed a high level of dropped calls (more precisely failure to connect) and…
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Tales from the Telecom Trenchs
I am a long time voracious reader. It is a habit developed as a kid and I’ve kept it up throughout my life. Usually, in the hour before going to bed I try to turn off all electronics and spend some time reading. Often, I will also cart my latest book(s) with me to lunches,…
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Global Local Numbers
Your new Direct-to-Consumer luxury fashion business has taken off. From your home base in Montreal you’ve got the attention of discerning fashionistas in London, Milan , Hong Kong and Tokyo. Now how can you further serve your customers by making it easy for them to reach you when they have questions or concerns that just…
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Fraud Protection – Caribbean
In our last few posts we have outlined some of the fraud threats that we face in providing international voice termination. Specifically we have looked at International Revenue Sharing Fraud. See my posts here and here Today I want to alert you to the new hotspot for fraud, the Caribbean. Certain carriers in the Caribbean…