Monthly Archives: November 2005

It’s Mobicents day!

One question that might come to mind is, if Mobicents exists, why would Ernie?
Well, that’s an excellent question. From where I sit, I would answer it like this: If C++ exists, why then have Visual Basic? Well, the answer to both is that sometimes you need to script a solution, and sometimes you [...]

Open Source IMS

Well, I found this excellent post quoting the leader (Ivelin Ivanov) of Mobicents.org. For those of you who don’t follow it, mobicents is an open source implementation of a JSLEE platform. From their site:
Mobicents is the first and only Open Source VoIP Platform certified for JSLEE 1.0 compliance. Mobicents brings to telecom applications a [...]

Ernie’s been PodCasted

Sometimes speaking is easier than writing - Adam Uzelac interviewed me for his podcast. I’ve tried to put down some of where I think Ernie is going - have a listen.
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
Next Generation Telephony Consulting
howethomas@aol.com
(508) 364-9972

Ernie has it’s first sponsor!

Hey - a big shout out to cape.com, for agreeing to sponsor the Ernie server. Currently got plans to unveil the big Ernie site right after New Year’s… so now Ernie has a home. Thanks!
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
Next Generation Telephony Consulting
howethomas@aol.com
(508) 364-9972

Ernie Application : *P

This is an excellent one from Alec. Basically, a standard way to make payments from your phone using a PayPal Web 2.0 API. Just press *P.
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
Next Generation Telephony Consulting
howethomas@aol.com
(508) 364-9972

Om Malik’s Applications

More examples of great applications that Ernie could enable, and supporting Adam’s thoughts, this time described by Om Malik. The future will certainly contain multi-player games.
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
Next Generation Telephony Consulting
howethomas@aol.com
(508) 364-9972

Jon Arnold with an Application

Jon’s looking for those applications too… from his blog:
The best takeaway message for me was the importance of having applications that cater to the specific needs of a law firm. Peter explains how it’s great to use VoIP to replicate what they had before - law firms are not early adopters, and are not [...]

Ernie’s Alive!

Or getting there… I’m busy documenting the basics of Ernie on my site, and will forward that link when I’m done. Until then, look! Ernie has a rough architecture diagram!
Thomas S. Howe - http://www.thomashowe.com
Next Generation Telephony Consulting
howethomas@aol.com
(508) 364-9972

More Ernie Applications

From an e-mail conversation with Adam Uzelac, a whole host of potential Ernie applications… Not fully baked, but very exciting…
How about this one…think houseingmaps.com - I am a person that islooking to buy a house in an area that I do not know. So as I amdriving around looking at the general areas, [...]

How many VoIP Providers are there?

A note to all of you out there: here’s a pretty interesting site looking to rank the VoIP providers in the world, based on price. What’s even more interesting is the criteria they use for ranking : price. Hmmmm…. Alec is right. We are acting like a commodity market.
Thomas S. Howe - [...]