Given the business model transformation that service providers have demanded and vendors have failed to deliver for VoIP, I think 2013 showed some strong momentum for an emerging voice delivery model that addresses that need. Here at Alianza we believe a new technology and business model is essential for VoIP given market dynamics and the...
Service providers have a high-wire act to pull off: they must balance the need to have voice services in their portfolios along with the mandate to reduce spending on that very network.
LINDON, Utah, December 5, 2013 – Alianza, Inc., the leader in cloud voice platforms, announced today that Kevin Dundon has joined the company as Executive Vice President of Business Development. In his new role Dundon is responsible for overall revenue growth at Alianza, including partner development and strategic customer relationship management.
Since joining Alianza in March I’ve spoken with a number of industry analysts about VoIP market dynamics and why there is a compelling need to change how voice services are delivered. Some analysts I’ve know for many years since my days as a member of that same institution of industry illuminators or from my time...
I absolutely love this new article by Geoffrey Moore on the power of software as a service (SaaS) business model. In SaaS’s Real Triumph he writes: “by far the greatest contribution of SaaS is to free the enterprise from the tyranny of the product release model.“ He cites the operational burden, enterprise-wide distraction, and associated...
At last month’s Competitive Carrier Association Convention I was interviewed by bnetTV about the Alianza VoIP solution, working with mobile providers and why the CCA is an important organization. Here is the video clip of the interview.
There was an interesting article yesterday in Light Reading about a new TDM replacement (to VoIP migration) solution from a next-gen voice vendor. It features financing, new equipment purchases, and a decade-long commitment to maintenance and support. One of its central tenets is the cost savings from power and real estate. Yes, moving to VoIP...
I’ve just returned from the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) annual convention held this week in Las Vegas, a great event for education and networking in this tight-knit community of independent mobile operators. We joined CCA earlier this year as we think our mission to radically transform voice aligns nicely with member needs as they deploy...
Last week Level 3 Communications and Alianza sponsored a COMPTEL webinar focused on a transformative approach to delivering voice services. In the webinar, The Clear Choice for Voice: The Cloud Outsource Model for Carriers, Level 3’s J.P. Gonzalez and I talked through the market dynamics forcing change and how the cloud can transform the business...
Yesterday we announced a new hosted fixed LTE voice over solution (VoLTE) that enables mobile service providers to further monetize their LTE spectrum with easy-to-launch and profitable VoIP services. This is ideally suited for the rural, regional and competitive mobile network operators (MNOs), but it works for any mobile operator that wants to add additional...
