<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>All featured posts</title><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com</link><description>A feed of all new featured content on Convergence Conversation</description><language>en-gb</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:21:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright: (C) 2012 Convergence Conversation and contributing authors.  For full copyright info and terms of use visit http://www.convergenceconversation.com/</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>Convergence Conversation</title><url>http://www.convergenceconversation.com//lib/img/rssimg.png</url><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com</link></image>	<item><title>How to Reach the Digital Millennial Generation</title><description><![CDATA[comScore released a report highlighting the results from a recent market study that identifies the unique characteristics of the Millennial generation -- defined as persons born between 1981 and 2000. The study examined the Millennial response to different types of advertising, including TV and digital -- compared to older generations -- and how marketers can most effectively target this large and important segment of the marketplace. "The 79 million Millennials in the U.S. have an estimated purchasing power of $170 billion per year, making them a highly attractive segment for brands to target,"]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/how-to-reach-the-digital-millennial-generation</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/david.deans/how-to-reach-the-digital-millennial-generation</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:31:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>BYOD trend means BYOSP (bring your own service provider)... and will driveTelco-OTT services</title><description><![CDATA[One of the largest trends in enterprise IT right now is “BYOD” – standing for “bring your own device”. This is just a snappy acronym for what’s been happening for a while – employees using their own mobile phones, tablets or other products for work as well as in their personal life. Previously, it was given the less-cool name of “consumerisation of the enterprise”, although pedantically that also implies the use of consumer-grade services (eg Skype) as well as hardware.BYOD is important for a whole host of reasons relevant to enterprise CIOs and their suppliers – security, management, fit with IT applications and so on.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/byod-trend-means-byosp-bring-your-own-service-provider...-and-will-drivetelco-ott-services</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/byod-trend-means-byosp-bring-your-own-service-provider...-and-will-drivetelco-ott-services</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Joy for Apple, Samsung and Verizon FiOS; pain for AT&T, Google, Nokia and O2 - Telco 2.0 News Review</title><description><![CDATA[Strategy & Finance: Smartphone Q4s: Apple, Samsung, Nokia, AT&TBroadband Connectivity: Verizon, AT&T, TWC Q4s: fibre and cable beating VDSL soundlyGoogle: Wallet chief quits, troubled fibre project, privacy row, search criticised, chromebooks don't sellCustomer Data: O2 tells everyone your phone number, Facebook IPO watchTechnology Disruptions: Must-read - are we risking a repeat of the 1986 Internet congestion collapse?The Sixth Bullet: Why can't you have the MWC agenda in your calendar? [Ed: This is the last week that 'Early Bird' rates will be available for the New Digital Economics Brainstorm in Silicon Valley on the 27th-28th of March, so book now if you can.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/joy-for-apple-samsung-and-verizon-fios-pain-for-att-google-nokia-and-o2---telco-2.0-news-review</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/simon.torrance/joy-for-apple-samsung-and-verizon-fios-pain-for-att-google-nokia-and-o2---telco-2.0-news-review</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:44:08 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Frictionless Loyalty - Two biggest loyalty launches this year</title><description><![CDATA[In the last couple of months, two new massive loyalty initiatives have been launched - and nobody really noticed.Together they cover over 16 billion purchases and almost 1 billion people. They come from two of the largest brands in the world, one of which is rated number 8 in the top 100 Best Brands for 2011.It's probably no real guess that these two brands are Facebook and Apple. However, what might be harder to pinpoint is the loyalty initiatives that they have launched.Loyalty doesn't always have to mean points = prizes.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/mark.sage/frictionless-loyalty---two-biggest-loyalty-launches-this-year</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/mark.sage/frictionless-loyalty---two-biggest-loyalty-launches-this-year</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:05:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Extending Coverage: Distributed Antenna Systems</title><description><![CDATA[With Super Bowl XLVI around the corner, as a wireless engineer I always wait with bated for the performance of the network. How many calls did we drop? What was the congestion and customer satisfaction? How did we fare against other operators? Well these and more questions will always be on my mind as I [...]]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/harish.vadada/extending-coverage-distributed-antenna-systems</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/harish.vadada/extending-coverage-distributed-antenna-systems</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:40:27 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Telco-OTT Strategies report now published</title><description><![CDATA[The report is now available.135 pages88 operator services mentioned4 service categoriesContent, video &amp; portalsCommunications, social &amp; identityCorporate &amp; cloud&nbsp;ConnectivityComprehensive discussion of what "Telco-OTT" means, why it's inevitable, and key success factors for making it work. Covers everything from VoIP to femtocells to SaaS to IP-VPNs to portals to IPTV-anywhere.More details coming over the next few days.For pricing details &amp; to purchase the report, please email:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/telco-ott-strategies-report-now-published</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/telco-ott-strategies-report-now-published</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>New EU Data Protection Proposals: what you need to know</title><description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s blog post is courtesy of my friends and colleagues Clive Gringras and Claire Walker who have published a helpful guide to the new European Data Protection proposals. &#8220;Today, 25 January 2012, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for far reaching changes to EU privacy legislation. We foresee the Regulation being in force by 2015. Every aspect of an organisation&#8217;s compliance obligations will increase – and there will be fines of up to 2% of global turnover for breach.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/new-eu-data-protection-proposals-what-you-need-to-know</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/rob.bratby/new-eu-data-protection-proposals-what-you-need-to-know</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:42:41 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Peak Telephony - why voice has to be about more than phone calls</title><description><![CDATA[This thread is from my Facebook page. The original poster is a 23yo friend, others range up to about 40-45yo. I thought it was worth a post as it highlights the reason why re-organising a trillion-dollar industry about something as near-obsolete as the 100-year old &quot;phone call&quot; is so dangerous.[Note: I don&#39;t know &quot;Samuel&quot; who defends the phone call, but by an interesting coincidence there&#39;s someone on LinkedIn who&#39;s a &quot;technology analyst&quot; with the same age &amp;]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/peak-telephony---why-voice-has-to-be-about-more-than-phone-calls</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/dean.bubley/peak-telephony---why-voice-has-to-be-about-more-than-phone-calls</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Google Fiber Trouble</title><description><![CDATA[For a number of weeks now, we've been hearing that Google has entered some troubled waters when it comes to its Kansas City Fiber project. The first customers were supposed to be connected in early 2012, and that's clearly not the case. Furthermore, local newspapers report that the fiber network deployed by the Mountain View giant is far from being ready for commercial operations. The delay, it seems, is due to Google and local stakeholders disagreeing on the conditions and rate at which Google should be able to access the poles to attach its fiber to.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/benoit.felten/google-fiber-trouble</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/benoit.felten/google-fiber-trouble</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate></item>
		<item><title>Thinking Long-Term</title><description><![CDATA[I was reading the november issue of Wired on the plane this week (the beauty of digital copies on tablets is that you can catch up on past issues!) and something struck me while reading the article on Amazon and Jeff Bezos entitled Jeff Bezos Owns The Web In More Ways Than You Think. I wanted to share that short quote (and strongly recommend reading the interview; it's a clear illustration that the Apple model is not the only option...) because it's relevant to infrastructure discussions:  Our first shareholder letter, in 1997, was entitled, “It’s all about the long term.” If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people.]]></description><link>http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/benoit.felten/thinking-long-term</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.convergenceconversation.com/posts/benoit.felten/thinking-long-term</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:56:11 +0000</pubDate></item>
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