I wrote a byline article on why guranteeing high quality is the holy grail of video UC communications
http://www.telecomengine.com/article/high-quality-video-key-unified-communications

Read my new article in Connected Planet on "Implementing 2-sided revenue models in IMS: challenges and opportunities"
http://connectedplanetonline.com/IP-NGN/news/implementing-two-sided-revenue-models-in-ims-challenges-and-opportunities-0919/

Role of Interconnect Network in enabling HD Voice

VoIP traffic has been growing exponentially in recent years in both fixed and mobile networks, as enterprises and consumers seek to improve efficiency and reduce costs by increasing their adoption of IP services. At the same time, the emergence of HD voice promises to deliver on the potential of VoIP by offering clear and life-like reproduction of audio.

http://emags.tmcnet.com/emags/2011/uc/UC_Jun2011.pdf

Beyond the Border: Differentiating IPX services with value added features

Beyond the Border: Differentiating IPX services with value added features

http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/columns/articles/114420-beyond-border-differentiating-ipx-services-with-value-added.htm

IPX - Connected Planet Article

Connected Planet Article:

http://connectedplanetonline.com/IP-NGN/news/sonus-plays-ip-match-maker-with-ipx-ipv6-solutions-0603/

Moving up the Value Chain and Capturing New Revenue Streams with IMS

NGN Article: Moving up the Value Chain and Capturing New Revenue Streams with IMS

http://www.tmcnet.com/ngnmag/features/articles/147370-moving-up-value-cha-and-capturing-new-revenue.htm

Smartphone OS update

In an earlier blog posting, I had commented on the smartphone OS market. Since then, Symbian Foundation has transitioned to a licensing body and Nokia has taken full ownership of the Symbian OS. Today, very few other handset manufacturers use the Symbian OS in their products. However, recently, Nokia released some smartphones based on the Symbian OS (such as N8 and C3) that seem to be doing very well in the market.

I continue to believe that, in the long run, Android and iPhone OS will triumph in the marketplace. The iPhone OS relies entirely on iPhone sales. Android, on the other hand, runs on a variety of phones from different handset manufacturers. As a result, in the long run, Android will be the No.1 smartphone OS in the market. Windows has a good product in WP7, and there are rumors that Nokia will OEM MIcrosoft's WP7. However, it is unlikely that WP7 will take away any market share from Android and iPhone OS. In the long run, there will be only 2 OS running on smartphones - iPhone OS running on all iPhones, and Android running on all other smartphones.

My ranking of smartphone OS:

• Android
• iPhone OS
• BLackberry OS
  
• Microsoft WM7
• Symbian
• Linux-based