Nice of the author to establish the link to one voice article but his homework is incomplete to suggest that OK the Irish Company is the first two establish the remote as we all know.
Especially since one previous article made claims that the Irish Company was the first which we know so untrue.
They may be doing a good job of trying to market their business plan which incorporates the remote with the media center and by providing the media center hardware. Very Limited in their vision or capabilities of the Artificial Communications efforts in other words yes that is in other words (not another words)they don't have the capacity to go beyond the HTPC environment into the full spectrum of Telecommunications with a Telmex or MTNL etc etc etc.
There are more than one solution to the problems. Marketing is key to bringing your product to the public. Some efforts take time to become establihed.