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Mitchell Crase

How Telecommunications Is Changing Work for Nonprofits - 0 views

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    This article suggests what the telecommunications solution should look like. A secure VPN to share files, Instant messaging to cover long distance calling, web conferencing for a more personal long distance interaction if and when needed , VoIP and PBX which might be the most prominent. Keeping the workforce strongly connected over long distances makes people more productive and happier.
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    I think this best represents the standard platform but there is much more available now ( look to mobile for growth )
Andrew Frederick

Let's Compete on Innovation Rather Than Patents - 0 views

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    I found this article to be very interesting, especially relating to the comparison of the U.S. and Chinese patent system. China is increasing it's supply of patents, hoping to stimulate innovation and start-up inventions in the country. China is starting to heavily invest in 4G telecommunication. Wadhwa is offering a different perspective on this issue and ultimately plays down the hype of this story. He asks for the U.S. to concentrate on being a leader in innovation, rather than patents, which seem like nuclear weapons in an everlasting tech arms race that doesn't seem to allow for revision.
Andrew Frederick

Europe Seeks Ways to Lower Data Roaming Charges - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • BARCELONA — Neelie Kroes, the European telecommunications commissioner, said Monday that she was likely to seek new regulations to put an end to the “rip-offs” that Europeans face when using data services on smartphones outside their home countries. Speaking at the opening day of the Mobile World Congress, the industry’s largest convention, Ms. Kroes said limits placed on the charges operators charge each other for mobile data roaming, which were enacted in 2007, had failed to significantly lower the charges consumers paid.
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