Is the Phone Number (DID) Dead?

I had this idea to share with the world of telecom-related providers that the phone number is not dead, even though we have social networking, cell phones,email, instant messengers, and tons of unified and converged communications solutions.

So, I emailed Hugh Goldstein my idea in the form of a Power Point presentation. And ... ITEXPO West has accepted.

Topic: Voice Interconnect and Peering Conference during ITEXPO West! Visit http://www.itexpo.com/ to sign up to attend, sponsor, exhibit.

Description: As VoIP services, presence, app markets and social networking begin to merge and dominate the consumer's Internet focus, are e.164 telephone numbers a thing of the past? Evidence suggests this is far from the case, in fact, LNP and DID wholesale providers are opening up new opportunities for e.164 numbers to enable new communications services and take a key functional role in the integration of new Web communications platforms and experiences. This panel will explore the trends and opportunities, and give use cases for social networking, Video telephony and nongeographic number business and use scenarios.

Session Title: Be sure to come to the Apps & Numbers: How 3.164 Numbers are Enabling New Communications Services session at http://www.itexpo.com/.

Speakers:
Rod Ullens Co-Founder & CEO -Voxbone
Bryan Hertz CEO, VoxOx -TelCentris
Suzanne Bowen Vice President, Super Technologies, DIDXchange, Techistan

Date: Oct. 5, 2010 Tuesday at 9:30 AM

Place: ITEXPO West at the Los Angeles Convention Center

Visit me Suzanne Bowen and some of our DIDX Team Members, DIDX Customers and Vendors, and open source developers at booth 143 during ITEXPO West Oct. 4-6, 2010. You can sign up now. It's in Los Angeles.

.. other blogs from our Super Technologies' team at http://blogs.didx.net/ and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/, our online magazine at http://www.techistan.com/, our iTunes channel, and DIDX podcasts. Find out how to bring new customers to your telephone company with local phone numbers from 70 countries. We are excited to be a part of helping 1000s around the world start a business, have success and connect with others via our Super Technologies' services such as DIDX, Techistan, Virtual Phoneline, CFMS or HVOIP white label business and more.

Treat Yourself to Paul Dunay and Bonaventure Brewing Co.

Monday, August 31:
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm, Paul Dunay talks about social media and the social future, sponsored by Avaya, at Westin Bonaventure, 404 W. Figueroa, must register at this link to get in: http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/conference/west-2009/attendees/w09-avaya-workshop.htm. You also need to be an http://www.itexpo.com attendee. Get a free signed copy of Facebook Marketing for Dummies and after the presentation, enjoy handcrafted on the rooftop patio of the Bonaventure Brewing Company.

Thursday, September 3:
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm, Suzanne Bowen interacts with the audience on Global Collaboration via Social Media and Marketing for Business.

New online media and marketing tools have made showcasing your innovative IP communications technologies and services a breeze. Or have they? It moves some out of the comfort zone and others in. Resources like Blogger, Facebook, Linkedin, Podcast, TelecomYou, TMCnet, Twitter, Ping.fm, Youtube, QIK, Viddler, Ning, Orkut, Myspace, and others. What ... Read Morethey have in common is they offer a way to market products and services in much more interactive and customers-centric ways than ever before. Some espouse cookbook methods; others whatever is most natural or most in vogue at the moment. So, do you mix them up or stay true to a few?

This session will not be a lecture but instead an interactive session. It will leave participants – whether geeks, marketeers, intellectuals, developers, CXOs, early adopters, or other interested parties – confident to set their own goals and start acting on making global business collaborations via social media and marketing.

Sign up to attend at http://www.itexpo.com.



... browse some of our team's other blogs at http://blogs.didx.net and http://blog.tmcnet.com/monetizing-ip-communications/. You're welcome to comment, contribute, and collaborate any time.

ITEXPO and 4G Wireless Evolution Conference Team Plan

ITEXPO and 4G Wireless Evolution conferences are co-located Sept 1-3, 2009 at the Los Angeles convention center. Not exhibiting? We are at #125. At least invest in bringing five or more from your company and business partners on the Diamond Team Plan. What do you get?

1. All the conference sessions where you will gather excellent information and connect with people and businesses all around who are serious about business development and collaborating with you, providing services to you, or purchasing services from you.

2. Complimentary and delicious lunch and breakfast each day.

3. Full expo pass to visit the exciting companies who are providing excellent opportunities for helping you take your business to more success.

4. All breakout sessions

5. All workshops

6. All keynotes and panel sessions

7. Unlimited exhibit hall access

8. All networking receptions

Sign up and start making concrete plans to place your company, entrepreneurial idea, and business development to ITEXPO. BTW, DIDX is hosting a Lucky Strike Bowling Alley Party with few other exhibitors at ITEXPO and we are looking forward to seeing you there.

ITEXPO West 2008 - See for yourself!

... pictures will be added regular on many Facebook friends' ITEXPO West 2008 photo gallery folders such as mine, Max Glucksmann's, Suzanne's Picasaweb, and on ITEXPO site. Know someone in the Facebook or Picasaweb galleries? Feel free to tag and comment. (Be nice please.)

Check out the Toyota Prius that someone will win on Thursday. You can join the ITEXPO Group in the groups section and Networking Event Area in the events section on Facebook now.

FIFTEEN Educational Tracks at ITEXPO West 2008

Want to see real accomplishments of your telecommunications goals whether you are a consumer, student, open source or IPTV enthusiast, smb, sme, carrier, itsp? The TMC team are real people who really talk to you about your needs and follow up with what you will see is the best Internet Protocol-related communications event for 2008.

This year's ITEXPO West 2008 features fifteen distinct educational tracks, including nine that offer a professional certification from TMC University upon completion: Microsoft OCS, trixbox training, SIP Trunking, Reseller Solutions, Voice Peering, FMC/Mobility, Open Source, IP Network Security, Unified Communications, SIP, Software as a Service, SIP in the Contact Center, and Next-Gen Call Center Management. Apply for a TMC University scholarship to take courses at ITEXPO West 2008.

See for yourself. I encourage you to download your personal copy of the
complete event brochure here:
http://images.tmcnet.com/expo/west-08/art/itw08-brochure.pdf

As a decision-maker in the communications space whether in your home, university, organization or business, there is no better investment in your company's infrastructure and your career than attending ITEXPO.

Sign up at http://www.itexpo.com and then add yourself to the Facebook pre-networking group at ITEXPO West 2008 on Facebook.