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To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (17100)	10/6/2006 9:05:05 AM
From: Lhn5	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 46821

There is only one reason for this abysmal performance. Intel has awful management. It remains the world's largest one product company -- namely the chip for the IBM (and now Apple) PC. Everything else it has tried has failed -- from video conferencing to telecommunications and in between. All this is known. What you're about to read is not known. Many years ago, I published a magazine called Computer Telephony. As editor, I was very close to the pre-eminent supplier in that industry -- a company called Dialogic Corporation. In 1999 computer telephony was hot. And Intel bought Dialogic in 1999 for close to $1 billion. It proceeded to bury the company within the gigantic Intel bureaucracy. Most of Dialogic's senior management quickly left. By the Spring of this year, I was reading in the trade press that Intel was cleaning house and divesting itself of various businesses it had bought over the years and turned into drek -- also called Reverse Midas Touch. On June 27, 2006 Intel announced it was selling its communications and application processor business to Marvell Technology Group for $600 million. I knew that didn't include Dialogic. I got to thinking. Maybe I could buy Dialogic? I contacted two of Dialogic's original founders, who were now rich, semi-retired and bored, and said "Let's buy Dialogic back." They loved the idea. Continued at technologyinvestor.com note that the link always gives the current day's blog so if you look after today you may need to find the entry from October 6 2006

To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (17100)	10/6/2006 4:42:37 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Peter, In another forum that we both sometimes visit I think we know a couple of semanticists with puritanical leanings who'd have a field day, in fact you'd make their week, with: "all bits are not of equal value." I understand, or at least think I do, what you mean, contextually, but if you'd step up to it a few more notches and explain yourself it would be appreciated. Your distinction between effectively and efficiently is also interesting, and well received. FAC

To: Peter Ecclesine who wrote (17100)	10/11/2006 2:58:49 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 46821

BelAir's WiMAX Mesh Roadmap to Expand to 802.16e BelAir Networks outlined its strategy and product roadmap for its WiMAX mesh portfolio. The company currently utilizes 802.16d WiMAX radio modules operating in the 2.3GHz and 2.5GHz bands. These modules fit in its BelAir100 and BelAir200 mesh nodes and have been deployed by current spectrum holders for mesh backhaul between nodes. In June of this year, BelAir?s module became the first and only FCC-certified WiMAX mesh product. BelAir now plans to expand its WiMAX portfolio to include 802.16e. The company will deliver 802.16e radio modules for use in both backhaul and access applications. BelAir plans to use Intel?s latest 802.16e technology to deliver 802.16e mobile WiMAX basestations. The new 802.16e modules, operating in the 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz bands, will fit in the BelAir100 and BelAir200 mesh nodes as card upgrades. Carrier trials are slated for mid 2007 and general availability is expected in the second half of 2007, in line with widespread adoption of WiMAX-based devices. belairnetworks.com 10-Oct-06 * Earlier this month, BelAir Networks, a start-up based in Kanata, Ontario, raised $21.4 million in venture funding for its mobile wireless broadband mesh network solutions. * In June 2006, Fujitsu Network Communications announced plans to offer a metro wireless mesh solution for North American telecom carriers, cable/MSO operators, utilities and municipalities, based on BelAir Networks' platform. ------