Telecom power house, TNCI, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the weekend.  Telecom agents and customers are scrambling to find out what this means for their service and commissions. TNCI was famous for their “Agent Alliance” which promised an equity partnership which would reward agents with a huge payout if, one day, the company was [...]

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.  Because, almost everything – all external expectation, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.” [...]

Settle in my friends, for today we have a tale of trouble, trickery, and tribulation to tell as April lived up to her stormy reputation.  By now, even monks living in Tibetan caves know that the world economy has rarely been worse, and when times get tough – the tough get nasty!  Several of the [...]

CNBC is reporting that Microsoft may be planning to announce a new Zune phone as soon as the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this January.  As cool as that may sound to some, it could also be a big mistake for Microsoft. For years, Microsoft has been trying to get mobile device manufacturers to use [...]

In yet another sign of the times, Cisco Systems is looking to slash one BILLION dollars from its spending budget in the immeadiate term.  To do this, they will shut down for one week during the holidays.  This is an unprecidented action from the networking equipment manufacturer. Cisco is a powerhouse and a key peg [...]

We are in the middle of a major change in the way wireless carriers and others handle their Early Termination Fees (ETFs).  Until recently, if you ended a Wireless or Internet contract early, you’d be charged an average fee of $200 (or more) to cancel your account.  An inability to get out of contract with a carrier who [...]

Nearly a third of US companies were unprepared for the current economic crisis; however, an average 80% of European companies were prepared.

While some remain fixated on whether the new T-Mobile Android (Google) phone is an “iPhone (Apple) Killer,” I’m transfixed by how both devices are killing the old telecom model and replacing it with something much more dynamic and innovative. The new Android phones won’t kill Apple, nor will the iPhone kill the drive to build newer and more creative devices. But they are both forever changing the way we all view mobile devices and what we use them for.