Telecom Junkies

Examine the significance of the FCC's new guidelines on customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and what steps should your enterprise take right now in response.

Get behind the scenes of Consumer Reports’ annual, consumer-oriented study of cell phones and wireless networks. Find out how the magazine picks what it believes to be the best wireless networks, cell phones and smart phones.

Join the Junkies as they recap highlights from VoiceCon Spring 2007, where more than 6,000 communication technology professionals gathered to hear the latest on unified communications-related partnership and product announcements.

Join the Junkies as they ponder the necessary attributes for a suitable PBX maintenance provider and what you need to include in the RFP to make sure you get what you want from the relationship. Bachelor #1, how fast will you return my phone calls?

The claims carriers make about their wireless broadband networks range from “largest and fastest” to “most reliable.” With so much hype out there, the Junkies break it down and give you some straight talk.

What's the best way to secure the smart phones your enterprise deploys? The Junkies, three recognized mobile industry experts, debate the policies and tactics companies are using now and what they should be doing to tighten security. Plus they go over new hacker tricks to watch out for!

Apple and a host of other providers and manufacturers unveiled their hot new gadgets at CES 2007. Hear the Junkies hash out which snazzy new smart phones offer the most for enterprise use.

Don’t think that federal telecom regulation doesn’t impact your enterprise. Hear our Junkies - a telecom manager, a regulatory expert and a telecom attorney - weigh in on exactly how special access rates, USF reform and net neutrality could impact enterprises this year.

Hear the Junkies' list of must-do things for 2007, from better wireless policies to overall telecom expense management. Just a few of these could save your enterprise thousands!

Text message use is escalating at a pace of 8% at enterprises, but few are related to work. Three wireless cost management experts share their strategies to rein in this growing expense.

Telecom expense management can put even the savviest communications pro in a fog. The Junkies clear the air for you as they breakdown TEM solutions, including 5 core focus areas and available delivery models.

Hear the Junkies debate the merits of unified messaging and if legacy voice mail has one foot in the grave.

See how you stack up against your communications peers and what skills you should have now to get that raise. The Junkies discuss the results of Voice Report's latest salary survey and give you tips on how to increase your value within your enterprise.

Why should Telecom Managers be concerned about local access? There's more to it than just costs and bandwidth. New alternative access technologies, like WiMAX, may offer more than traditional T-1s for converged networks. Join the Junkies for a taste of the new flavors in local access.

Now that the carrier mega-merger dust has nearly settled, there's a new twist to telecom negotiations. And with a technological revolution going on, deal-making is trickier than ever. Listen to a panel of negotiating veterans, whose grasp on the market would strike fear into the heart of any carrier rep, as they assess new strategies for enterprises in the post-merger world.