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More Business Disruption: Telecom’s Move to IP

In the late Nineties, the Telecom business was dominated by big companies who had built their phone network over many years using switching technology. But a massive storm was on the horizon as the same IP technology which helped revolutionize commerce on the world wide web started to be applied to phone-based voice communications. Early…

May 31, 2018James Rafferty1 CommentBusiness Models, Communications Standards, Communications Technology, Enterprise Communications3GPP, Business Disruption, IETF, IP, ITU, Microsoft, SIP, Telecom, VoIP

Communications Advisor: Starting Up

I’ve decided to begin a new blog to talk about trends in communications technology. During the nineties, my company Human Communications offered innovative advice, consulting services, a newsletter and training to a broad roster of clients around the world. I also wrote, edited and managed communication standards in several standards groups including the Internet Engineering Task Force,…