Google’s Nexus One – Beware Problems and HUGE Termination Fees
Google entered the mobile world with the introduction of their open-source operating system dubbed Android a little over a year ago. Several phone manufacturers have jumped onboard and decided that concentrating their R&D dollars on hardware development rather than the OS shows real promise for companies like Samsung, HTC, Motorola to name a few. Recently, [...]
Just Because He’s A Technology Expert, Doesn’t Make Him A Billing Expert
The other day I was talking to a prospect about telecom and technology and how far we’ve come along in just a few years. His eyes lit up when we chatting about how the infrastructure of carriers was changing dramatically. We went on about network topology design, and telecom architecture management. When the talk shifted [...]
Oregon’s Cell Phone Misuse Cost Taxpayers $588,000. You Should Be Outraged, But For A Different Reason
Residents of Oregon would be shocked to learn that a recent study conducted by the Secretary of State indicated that the inefficiency of cell phone use by some state agencies and government institutions cost them over half a million dollars. A report by the Oregon Catalyst indicated that mismanagement and waste were the primary culprits [...]
This One is Worth Watching Magic Jack To Offer Free Cell Phone Calls
The founder of magic Jack, Dan Borislow the provider of cheap phone over the internet service for consumers is at it again. It looks as though they are looking to hammer your phone bills by using similar technology plugging a small device into a computer, essentially a small cellular tower for you home that would [...]
RIM Outage, Why Your Company Should Not Delay
Reasearch In Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry network had yet again another outage effecting users of it’s smartphone devices. For those who rely on the Blackberry this could be have been anything from slightly annoying to a major issue depending on each user’s reliance on the phone. RIM is hardly the only network that has been effected [...]
Texting While Driving – Don’t Do It. You and Your Company’s Liability
Late 2009 and having gone into effect January 1, 2010 many states have enacted regulations regarding texting while driving. Without a doubt, the laws being enacted are designed to be tougher on all devices that can take away your attention rather than drive. Everything from GPS devices, requiring hands-free devices or even prohibiting ANY driver [...]
Shrugging Shoulders and the Passing Telecom Mistake
I used to work with an associate a number of years ago who prided himself on his knowledge of computers and being a resource for all things technical even though he had no training in IT whatsoever. In presentations he would extol the virtues of services and products with absolute confidence that people readily believed [...]
Goodbye Landline, We Knew Ye Well — Too Well
Happy New Year, it is hard to believe it’s ALREADY 2010. I think I dated something 2005 the other day when I was filling out a form… So with 2009 in the rearview mirror and the future ahead of us, what do we have to look forward to regarding the telecom industry? Well to start [...]
If You Have a Blackberry on Verizon – Did You Notice Something Change?
If you happen to use a Blackberry Storm 2 on Verizon’s network you just discovered how much control actually have over your choices. Where you could once search via the web using the search box and select search engines such as Google, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia etc. You now only have one choice – Microsoft’s Bing search [...]
Say Goodbye to AT&T’s Unlimited Mobile Data Plans
It was really a matter of time before this happened. The smartphone users with the flat-rate unlimited data plans of AT&T that people have become accustomed to are going to be going away in 2010. AT&T’s 3G network has had it’s pains with it’s network suffering from the increase of traffic primarily from the iPhone, [...]
Benny Carreon is the President and CEO of GrayBear Resources Group. GBR is a next-generation telecommunications consulting firm. We aren't a telephone company's vendor disguising itself as a consultant. We don't sell carrier products that would conflict with out mission - our goal is to work for our clients by reducing costs, streamlining services, eliminating waste and fraud while providing the least disruption to your business.
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