News & Events
TelAuthority Blog Re-purposed on Von.com
Acknowledged as an industry thought leader, VON Communications has solicited Mr. Wilson’s insight and has established a page on their Network Convergence website that highlight the TelAuthority’s CEO thoughts. The VON blog can be accessed at the following link:
http://www.von.com/blogs/telauthority/blogdefault.aspx
Skype Embraces SIP For Business
By W. David Gardner
InformationWeek
March 23, 2009 11:52 AM
Excerpted from Information Week Article
Even with its strong user base which includes many businesses, Skype may have a difficult time selling its SIP-based service, according to Pete Wilson, chief executive officer of telecommunications consultancy TelAuthority.
“If voice services are mission critical to a business, the risk/reward equation does not justify using Skype,” said Wilson in an interview. “Clearly the reliability of this service has a ways to go to even be on the same field with the legacy landline services.”
Wilson also questions whether typical small businesses have the “IT savvy” to manage the sophistication of the new Skype SIP-based service.
“Also,” he asked, “Where’s the economic beef? Competition still thrives in the legacy voice business and if a business has even good price point — not even the best pricing — it makes it impossible to justify the Skype business case. VoIP has never taken off like expected and continues to be held back by constantly falling voice prices which makes it difficult to justify capital outlays for new equipment like phones and PBXs to say nothing of the more expensive technical resources needed for maintenance.”
To read the full article click on the following link.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/telecom/voip/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216200107
Destin resident leaves retirement to help businesses cut costs
Feb 18, 2009 (Destin Log – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — “We know how the game is played,” Pete Wilson of the Destin based TelAuthority company says. “We helped create the game.” “We” is TelAuthority founders Pete Wilson and Bob Arnold, former telecommunications executives who now use their experience running a company to teach businesses how to get a “worldclass contract” when negotiating for services.
To read the full article click the following link:
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/02/18/3997470.htm
Bright Spots in Recession’s Gloom
Despite Massive Layoffs by Major Companies, There Are Success Stories in Telecom and IT if You Look in the Right Places
01/27/2009
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Underlining that truth, telecom business veterans Pete Wilson and Bob Arnold said on Monday they are launching a new Atlanta-based consultancy, TelAuthority, to help enterprises “quickly reduce [their telecom] costs and improve efficiencies.”
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To read the full article click the following link:
http://www.von.com/articles/bright-spots-in-recessions-gloom,p2.html