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Watching that CH,it sure looks like its ready to bounce.
Been knocked down hard.
WASHINGTON - The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. And new Defense Department figures obtained by The AP show that the Air Force more than doubled its monthly use of drones between January and October, forcing it to take pilots out of the air and shift them to remote flying duty to meet part of the demand.
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The dramatic increase in the development and use of drones across the armed services reflects what will be an even more aggressive effort over the next 25 years, according to the new report.
The jump in Iraq coincided with the build up of U.S. forces this summer as the military swelled its ranks to quell the violence in Baghdad. But Pentagon officials said that even as troops begin to slowly come home this year, the use of Predators, Global Hawks, Shadows and Ravens will not likely slow.
"I think right now the demand for the capability that the unmanned system provides is only increasing," said Army Col. Bob Quackenbush, deputy director for Army Aviation. "Even as the surge ends, I suspect the deployment of the unmanned systems will not go down, particularly for larger systems."
For some Air Force pilots, that means climbing out of the cockpit and heading to places such as Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, where they can remotely fly the Predators, one of the larger and more sophisticated unmanned aircraft.
About 120 Air Force pilots were recently transferred to staff the drones to keep pace with demands, the Air Force said.
Some National Guard members were
Another EXCELENT call CH. GO DAWGS! EM
I need to make a small change to that last post.
It should say when 'MORE' people start realizing...
A few smart ones already have...
When people start realizing what the IPO
share price was for COPI and what the shorts and the land sharks did to it,and now that (((((((CORNELL IS GONE))))))
IMO this share price will...
well lets just say, get back to
FAIR VALUE...
just take a quick look back at the share price,and decide for yourself what direction this is headed.
MarkeTel Teleblock Integration: This is when the company was still private. Makes you wish we could go back and do some PR's
on news like this now that COPI is a public company.
MarkeTel's vision of maximum productivity for call centers is further realized through seamless integration with Call Compliance TELEBLOCK® system. "It only makes sense!" states Keith Gill, MarkeTel's past C.E.O. "It isn't very productive to have agents listening to blocked calls, we want them talking to customers. We even took it a step further and added a separate TELEBLOCK® cache so that we don't call blocked numbers in the future, while still allowing managers the flexibility of changing lists whenever they wish."
"Call Compliance takes great pride in staying on the cutting edge of technology," stated Robert Kobek, Executive Director of Business Development of Call Compliance. "Putting our revolutionary TeleBlock® Do-Not-Call Blocking System together with Marketel's innovative call center solutions creates the best of all possible worlds for telemarketers. The 'seamless integration' of our blocking technology with Marketel's dialers allows any telemarketing operation to maintain the highest levels of both efficiency and compliance, which is an absolute must in today's challenging and complex calling environment," added Mr. Kobek.
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Call Compliance, offers clients a robust array of both viable compliance solutions and compliance-related resources. TeleBlock®, our cornerstone compliance product, is a patented call-blocking system that automatically blocks calls to state, proprietary or third party do-not-call/do-not-fax lists. This multi-award-winning product - which is available nationwide across all telephone carriers - has been successfully deployed by hundreds of clients for over three years, without their receiving a single compliance infraction. Complementing its TeleBlock® flagship product, Call Compliance offers customers DialBlockSM, a dial-in do-not-call blocking system for small and home offices, TeleStop®, FaxStopSM and CelleStopSM annual subscription services which allow consumers to add telephone, fax and cell phone numbers to the Call Compliance proprietary do-not-call/do-not-fax databases. Leveraging our compliance expertise and providing significant added-value to our customers, we offer Counselor's Corner - the latest news on compliance and regulatory issues - on our website and will soon release TeleGuide®, an interactive, Internet-delivered training and certification program, intended to enhance the knowledge of telemarketers via its in-depth, privacy/compliance curriculum.
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Speaking of XO and COPI,here is the area XO serves in the u.s.
Markets Served
Phoenix Arizona, AZ
Los Angeles California, CA
Santa Ana California, CA
San Diego California, CA
San Francisco California, CA
Denver Colorado, CO
Ft. Lauderdale Florida, FL
Miami Florida, FL
Orlando Florida, FL
Tampa Florida, FL
Atlanta Georgia, GA
Chicago Illinois, IL
Baltimore Maryland, MD
Boston Massachusetts, MA
Detroit Michigan, MI
Minneapolis Minnesota, MN
St. Louis Missouri, MO
Las Vegas Nevada, NV
New Jersey, NJ
Pennsauken New Jersey, NJ
New York, NY
Columbus Ohio, OH
Cleveland Ohio, OH
Portland Oregon, OR
Allentown Pennsylvania, PA
Conshohocken Pennsylvania, PA
Austin Texas, TX
Dallas Texas, TX
Houston Texas, TX
San Antonio Texas, TX
Memphis Tennessee, TN
Nashville Tennessee, TN
Salt Lake Utah, UT
Seattle Washington, WA
Spokane Washington, WA
Washington DC
Virginia, VA
Maryland, MD
Thanks Five,
I feel a little anticipation around here for this market to open back up.
'-)
NICE NICE DD 5* Now thats some MORE good company to be with.
other revenue sources including its online guides, VoIP services, and its new product, Enhanced Caller ID.
We can now add TELEBLOCK OFFICE to this "other" revenue sources list.
If I was a betting man,Id be betting COPI reports positive earnings. next qt.
Just wanted to put this AireSpring COPI NEWS
back up for any who may not have seen it.Read it over and see just how big this news looks to be for the industry.From
the response it is receiving on its roll out and with COPIS
DNC technology as DNC solution over VOIP it's sure to become a nice revenue part for us going forward IMHO.Keeping an eye on AireSpring news for some Dec.sales numbers on this system.
November 15, 2007
New AireSpring SIP Trunking Product Gets Big Response
By Tim Gray, TMCnet Web Editor
U.S. telecommunications carrier AireSpring (News - Alert) fielded a record number of queries from call centers last month for their first facilities-based VOIP a SIP trunking service.
The Los Angeles headquartered carrier recently launched the service, which includes key functionality vital to high volume call centers needing to keep their costs competitive without risking "do-not-call" list non-compliance.
While VoIP services is a hot button business issue from big boardrooms to mom and pop operations, managing high levels of voice traffic over the Internet can be tricking gambit, says Daniel Lonstein, chief operating officer for AireSpring.
"The primary challenge we faced in building this product over the past two years was developing a network infrastructure that could support the intensive dialing patterns that are unique to the call center environment," said Lonstein.
In fact, says Lonstein, almost all the carrier grade VOIP switching equipment and session border controllers were designed for standard call patterns. “They simply don't support the high intensity characteristics of call center traffic." Lonstein also noted that AireSpring tested numerous vendor' gear before finally arriving at its' current multi-vendor solution.
AireSpring is now one of the first major providers to offer these technologies to call centers, including The Teleblock "do not call" blocking service for VOIP. The service helps outbound call centers comply with critical Federal and State Do Not Call Regulations by blocking calls to consumers on the respective Do Not Call lists.
"Every time a call is made, the service does a database lookup and blocks the call if the destination number is listed on the Do Not Call list," said Lonstein. "While the service exists on a number of TDM/Circuit Switched networks, we are incredibly proud that AireSpring is offering the Teleblock service for VOIP."
The AireSpring SIP Trunking product allows customers with IP enabled telecommunications equipment to connect directly to AireSpring's next generation VOIP network for call transmission and termination. According to Mr. Lonstein, customers have the option of "connecting via a private IP backbone or public internet connection", and the service "enables an end-to-end all IP network for PSTN call termination or toll-free origination". Additionally, AireSpring is offering comprehensive U.S. DID availability as well as International DID's from over 40 countries worldwide.
Customers using a public internet connection to access the AireSpring network can be turned up in 24 - 48 hours.
"We do a short interop (interoperability) test with the customer and they are ready to go," said Lonstein. "Compared to dropping DS-1 or DS-3 circuits and the traditional turn-up process, it's so much more efficient. Of course, customers also have the option of buying a private IP connection in which case AireSpring's on-net Service Level Agreements apply."
The AireSpring VOIP product has been in beta testing since June, with thousands of channels already in service. Lonstein added that "AireSpring has designed flexible pricing choices offering extremely competitive rate structures in both a blended price format, as well as all the way down to the NPA (News - Alert)-NXX-X level. We built the pricing with our customers' needs in mind."
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Tim Gray is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To see more of his articles, please visit Tim Gray’s columnist page.
Internet Protocol (IP) X
IP stands for Internet Protocol, a data-networking protocol developed throughout the 1980s. It is the established standard protocol for transmitting and receiving data in packets over the Internet. I...more
Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) X
SIP is the real-time communication protocol for VoIP. SIP is a signaling protocol for Internet conferencing, telephony, presence, events notification (emergency calling) and instant messaging. SIP...more
Voice over IP (VoIP) X
A real-time communications system that converts voice into digital packets containing media and signaling data that travel over networks using Internet Protocol....more
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) X
A PSTN number is a dialed call which is switched or connected via a CO switching system called a Class 5 End office or in SS7....more
(source: http://sip.tmcnet.com/topics/enterprise-communications/articles/14662-new-airespring-sip-trunking-product-gets-big-response.htm)
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWGS!
GO COPI!
Ready to role!em
I also hope to see more info on the international growth in this industry,and some of the companies world wide using OUR DNC solution .Ive noticed from some of the recent post we look to be expanding our share holder base throughout the world.
ITS ALL LOOKING BETTER THAN GOOD!
understatement '-)
and we could get a nice surprise or two with other
companies systems being integrated with CCI'S DNC solutions.
Im not going to be surprised to see
a PR with that possibility mentioned.
What would be good to see is a summation of whats happened here this past month or so in 2007,from cornell to IRG,the AireSpring product role out,some TELEBLOCK OFFICE info,and maybe some going forward outlook from management for 2008.
Looks good CH,even with the very conservative numbers you used.
Now figure it with numbers we have seen the last two qts,and then throw in AireSprings product,TELLEBLOCK OFFICE,
and any other new contracts we may have picked up.
Indeed it is,more eyes.em
Let me re word that CCI REPS,it may not have been Dean.
It also says something when the CEO of COPI
and Verising reps,meet with the FCC officials over National Compliance questions.IMHO
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From 2004
In a Jan. 27 letter to the FCC, Call Compliance described a meeting earlier in the month involving FCC officials, itself and its business partner, VeriSign, in which it said it would make the portability database available to telemarketers. VeriSign is a telecom network provider that provides backbone technology to Call Compliance
I agree ,and in COPI'S case its like
going on a treasure hunt.
'-)
entire,i need a drink. em
Works for me,it may not for others,but they can be directed to the 8k for intire read.
and thats fine, if thats the case,its guess work on some things,but
if thats the deal,ok by me.
It may be we HAVE to keep them happy.em
I would thing the TELBLOCK office is
a pure CCI product. I wonder also about the Aire Spring Voip
product and CCI may be getting more out of that deal than just VRSN call counts.
kinda ot CH its no big deal but that first letter in my alias
is a small letter L it stands for LIMA Lenord metal craft.
bought at 4 bucks a share that made me a LMIALOVER.
That article also brings up another point.
Has COPI now positioning itself to market its systems and products DIRECTLY to the maket,taking more of the middle man out of the picture?
"Call Compliance does not offer its services directly to telemarketers. Instead, it partners with telephone carriers, which offer TeleBlock to their telemarketing customers as an add-on service"
CH That brings up this 2004 article on CCI
not sure of any other ways to tap into the cell phone market,but it looks like COPI had the answer to the compliance angle years ago.
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Compliance providers are getting closer to establishing a system that will help telemarketers avoid calls to cell phones in the era of wireless number portability, according to papers filed recently with the Federal Communications Commission.
Wireless number portability, which lets consumers keep the same phone number when they switch from landlines to wireless or switch cell phone providers, has been around for two months.
Telemarketers still have no way to keep track of consumers who switch landline numbers to cell phones. The FCC bans all telemarketing calls to cell phones when using automated dialing equipment, including predictive dialers. Telemarketers previously were able to remove blocks of telephone numbers set aside for wireless phones from their calling lists.
However, likely solutions to the problem are growing clearer. Call Compliance Inc., which provides a no-call compliance system for telemarketers, said last week it expects such a service to be available in 60 to 90 days.
Additionally, a letter filed in December by the Direct Marketing Association and Neustar, a private telecommunications network administrator, indicated that the two have settled an often cantankerous relationship and that the DMA is helping Neustar produce a solution of its own. Neustar maintains the database that tracks telephone numbers that have been switched.
The Direct Marketing Association filed a petition yesterday asking the Federal Communications Commission to create safe-harbor rules for telemarketers trying to avoid calls to cell phones in the era of wireless number portability.
The petition, filed jointly with the Newspaper Association of America, asks for standards that would give telemarketers some level of protection from prosecution for accidental violations of the ban on telemarketing calls to cell phones using automated dialers.
An FCC spokeswoman did not return calls for comment last week. Though the FCC had said it planned to enforce the ban on telemarketing calls to cell phones after the late November launch of wireless number portability, the agency has yet to file any complaints.
In a Jan. 27 letter to the FCC, Call Compliance described a meeting earlier in the month involving FCC officials, itself and its business partner, VeriSign, in which it said it would make the portability database available to telemarketers. VeriSign is a telecom network provider that provides backbone technology to Call Compliance.
And in a Dec. 18 letter to the FCC sent by the DMA's law firm, Venable LLP, the DMA described a meeting involving itself, Neustar, the Newspaper Association of America and FCC officials.
At that meeting, the parties discussed development of a system by which Neustar would make the wireless portability database available to telemarketers for download via a secure Web site. Details about the download mechanism, how often telemarketers would have to download, parameters of the data file and pricing needed to be discussed, according to the letter.
A Neustar spokesman said he had no further information about this proposal since the letter was filed. But he said Neustar anticipated that such a system would be made available in the future.
Relations between Neustar and the DMA have been rocky in the past. The DMA had accused Neustar of refusing to cooperate in developing a portability compliance solution for telemarketers.
On Dec. 2, the DMA filed a letter with the FCC saying that Neustar refused its request to grant it direct access to the wireless portability database and that it withdrew its previous offer of providing telemarketers with a Web site from which they could download the database. According to the DMA, Neustar offered no explanation for either refusal.
Other compliance options offered by Neustar involved telemarketers obtaining cell phone switch information piecemeal from individual telecom providers that do the switches, the DMA said in the letter. However, with about 700 providers in the United States , such a process would be burdensome, and smaller telemarketers likely would risk fines rather than go to such lengths to comply, the DMA said.
Apparently, between the Dec. 2 and Dec. 18 letters, Neustar changed its mind. The Neustar spokesman said he had no further information about exchanges between the DMA and his company.
Call Compliance's approach differs in that it would not provide a suppression list of cell numbers to telemarketers for download. Instead, Call Compliance would screen outbound telemarketing calls as they leave the call center and block calls to suppressed numbers.
The telemarketer never has to physically download the data, which is maintained by Call Compliance. The solution would work in the same way as Call Compliance's existing TeleBlock no-call blocking service.
Call Compliance does not offer its services directly to telemarketers. Instead, it partners with telephone carriers, which offer TeleBlock to their telemarketing customers as an add-on service.
The carriers have access to the wireless portability database and thus can screen outbound calls, said Dean Garfinkel, chairman of Call Compliance, Glen Cove , NY . About 26 million cell phone numbers are in the portability database out of 160 million cell phones nationwide.
Under Neustar's method, telemarketers would download new data and scrub their lists daily, a potentially burdensome chore, Garfinkle said. With the national no-call list, telemarketers have to download an update quarterly.
Call Compliance's solution has another advantage over Neustar's in that it is updated in real time, Garfinkle said. The FCC bans all automated-dialer calls to cell phones and does not make exceptions for telemarketers who scrub their lists daily but accidentally make a violation.
PossibleNow comes to mind.
There are also other private compliance based
companies out there,maybe Dean has an eye on that.
Ill go way out on a limb CH
higher than it is now.
LOL
Panel of Tech Experts Sees Recession, Consolidation and Rise of Enterprise Software in 2008
(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
Next year will bring a recession, continued consolidation in the
technology sector and the return to prominence of the enterprise
software sector, according to a panel of distinguished technology media
experts.
The technology journalists spoke before a sell-out crowd of more than
400 public relations and technology industry professionals gathered at
the Computer History Museum for the PRSA Silicon Valley's annual Media
Predicts gala.
The media panel consisted of Don Clark, Deputy SF Bureau Chief of The
Wall Street Journal; Jim Goldman, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, CNBC;
Rob Hof, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek; Victoria Murphy
Barret, Associate Editor, Forbes; Robert Scoble, Blogger and Technology
Columnist for Fast company; and Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor of
the D:All Things Digital Blog and Conference. The panel was moderated
by venture capitalist Ann Winblad, partner of Hummer Winblad Ventures.
Sam Whitmore, editor of Sam Whitmore's Media Survey, served as MC.
The event's gold sponsors were Microsoft and Yahoo!. Bronze sponsors
included A&R Edelman, Access Communications, Burson-Marsteller,
Business Wire, Citigate Cunningham, Eastwick Communications, Hill &
Knowlton, Krause Taylor Associates, Marketwire, Porter Novelli, PR
Newswire, Symantec Corp., Trainer Communications, VisiTech PR, Voce
Communications, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, and Weber Shandwick.
In-kind sponsors included J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, Medialink, Michael
Mejia Photography, Miner Productions, Catered Too and PodTech.
"This year's Media Predicts gala was truly a blockbuster event," said
Paula Dunne, president of PRSA Silicon Valley. "Our panel of top
technology journalists and industry chroniclers shared extraordinary
insights and gave attendees an insider's perspective on the big
stories, trends and issues that will drive technology in 2008."
The journalists engaged in a lively discussion about industry trends
looking ahead to 2008. Among their insights:
-- There will be a recession in 2008 in the U.S. that may spread to
other world economies and have a negative impact on the technology
sector -- Cell phone users will start publishing video straight to the
web from their phones -- Some of the "virtual world" companies will
start to fail -- There will be a wave of tech company mergers -- The
credit crunch affecting the housing sector may spread to the technology
sector, causing some companies to falter -- After several years in the
doldrums, enterprise software is poised for a comeback
"In more than 10 years of working in IR and PR in Silicon Valley, the
Media Predicts 2008 event hosted by the PRSA Silicon Valley was by far
the best event I've attended. It featured an 'All-Star' panel with a
great moderator who wasn't afraid to push the conversation, and
facilitated an evening that was both informative and entertaining,"
said Darin Wolter, Senior Vice President of Marketwire.
Event discussion details, including specifics about technologies,
companies, issues and trends:
http://www.siliconprsa.org/events/blockbuster.shtml
PRSA Silicon Valley: siliconprsa.org
((Comments on this story may be sent to newsdesk@closeupmedia.com))
Thanks eelf,did ya get back in? em
CH That Aire Spring post you made
still has me thinking.What if AS and CCI combined into one company,this is all just conjecture ,but perhaps AS has public ambitions ,we dont know what AS books look like but we do know
they are dept free,the combination of the two companies together would more than likely meet many of the requirements needed financially to go to a big board.
It goes back to that growth statement
it sure looks like any news coming will be good,now the question is
Will it totally knok us for a loop right out of the park?
either way,
Slowan is still the boss here.Slowan Steady...
Better than Roger Ramjet,and Wonder Woman any day.