Pat Phelan: Telecomms DisruptorSubverting telecomms from the edge of industry

Palm have all but confirmed that they have entered into an agreement with 02 for exclusive distribution of their much praised Pre.
From pretty limited sources it appears that the Pre has sold 300,000 units in its first month in the USA, this is quite successful especially in a market where the Iphone has been an [...]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for “The Government” maverick (translate fucking eejit who speaks without thinking) Noel O Flynn decides to reignite that other tit Leo Varadkar’s plan for forced repatriation.
“It’s time for the government to look at a package where people are paid to return to their own countries. Unemployed [...]

It was around September 1981 I was 16 and the world was my oyster, I was waiting on my inter cert results and looking forward to going back to school.
Results came 4 A’s 4 B’s and 1 C , Ireland was in the grip of a major recession/depression and I was listening to this amazing [...]

A few friends have added the new super trendy .tel domain to their already super trendy .mobi domains. I had a long twitter discussion with Michele Neylon of the Blacknight who host this blog and come highly recommended on the pros and cons.
Michele suggested that I give it a try and gifted me a .tel [...]

Tomorrow is the day that I shall attempt to conquer the dreaded weed again
Three times in three years and every time I go back my health gets worse. This time I must persevere, my asthma medication is double and I have had 2 really bad chest infections this year already.
So its patches, Allen Carr and [...]

Sometimes things really do come together and todays announcement at Qik was a beginning of a new road and the end of a very long journey.
We had been discussing this product since MWC 2008 so I was so happy to get it out the door.
A few noteworthy people to thank first though.
Tainaste Mary Coughlan, incredible, [...]

I saw a tweet this evening from Craig Walker one of the original GrandCentral founders and now head of Google Voice on their new Google Voice for iPhone application.
This looks really cool and will be a huge hit.
Locals calls
International calls
Free SMS.
Great to see such progress from Craig, Vincent and team.

Carriers never fail to shock me, even in a week where T-Mobile block Skype on the iPhone I thought I had seen it all, until now
“AT&T Wireless terms of service now explicitly prohibit “downloading movies using P2P file sharing services”
AT&T changes TOS to limit mobile video
I know someone will probably kick my ass in the [...]

Just back in my hotel in London after a great night in The Kingdom Pub in Cricklewood.
We got a pretty ok result from the Italian game and myself and John Peavoy done a little jig when Keane scored.
We fell into company with John of the Spirit of 67 Supporters Club and he introduced us to [...]

Sometimes there arrives a perfect solution to a real problem
I came across ARRIVEDOK on Ewan’s blog today and thought what a clever little application.
You know how you arrive abroad and you are trying to insert your MAXroam or find a mobile network to text your loved one/business partners etc etc.
Usually is costs me twice [...]