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VoLTE doesn’t just mean Voice over LTE. It also means Video over LTE. IMS/LTE includes support for IR.94 which describes how to make conversational video calls over LTE. Video has been possible over 3G networks. However, monetization of video calls has proven elusive and companies that catered...

For those of you may have missed the press release last week, Release 2. 0 of The DiaStar TM Server is now available for Download at www.projectdiastar.org . This new release brings a variety of video features from the Dialogic® product portfolio to the Open Source/Asterisk® marketplace...

One of the more interesting challenges wireless service providers face in rolling out video in 3G networks is the amount of spectrum bandwidth they have to support real-time video calls or conferencing. The issue is particularly challenging in the sense the uplink bandwidth is more constrained. I...

I had the pleasure of attending CTIA in Las Vegas this past week. While CTIA tends to be more North American focused, they put together some good discussion panels. Some of the more interesting ones had to do with Messaging, Mobile Search, Mobile Video, Femtocells and User Generated Content (UGC). Of...

Will we ever see "the next big thing" in our life times? Sometimes I wonder....but I think that we will...In fact, I believe that it's already beginning to emerge. Although there are other potential candidates emerging in the marketplace today, two technology areas that are particularly...

Last week, I was at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where I gave a talk on web and mobile video to students in the Computer Science Department. In our industry, we often get all wrapped up in attending conferences and reading blogs from industry analysts; sometimes we need to remember that...

Last time, I wrote about mobile video and whether it had a place in the enterprise application space. Yes! To continue that thought, think about some of the applications that might be possible. Mobile banking is gaining in popularity. If you can look at a menu and see the choices - how much money...

A few weeks ago, I was in Istanbul with some customers and prospects. As I've written many times in this blog, the promise of adding video to an already existing voice and/or text mobile application is compelling to use, and compelling as a value-added service to offer. So it's a win-win given...