The Comunicano Daily for Tuesday December 24 2013

    The Comunicano Daily         So back in the summer when I got asked to speak at two conferences in Bangkok I made a wager with myself. First that the weather would be brutal in the USA starting late fall so why deal with that…I was right. That decision led me to go … Read more

RingCentral Files Their S-1

In an era where VoIP companies like 8×8 and Vonage are in the public markets, as is MagicJack, you don't normally see that many others throw their hat into the public market that often in the USA. But that's not stopping RingCentral from seeking an IPO of $100,000,0000 dollars, as their S-1 hit the SEC … Read more

Boingo Grabs Airports in Portugal

Since I'm heading to Portugal I was happy to read about yet another leading airport group's operations for WiFi being taken over by Boingo, a former client whom we worked with up through their IPO period. While Boingo users previously could roam onto the Portugal Telecom run hotspots, now it standardizes things and means that … Read more

Nice To See He’s Back Too-Alec Saunders

Image by brycej via Flickr He's been swamped making Calliflower a rock solid flat rate conferencing platform. And his blogging suffered. And now…HE's BACK. The he is Alec Saunders who for a while was spending more time running his business and a lot less time blogging. Well, he's back. And that's a good thing. Alec … Read more

Skype’s IPO Tender Was Really a Route to Another Sale

Wired, Reuters and others are reporting that Skype is in talks at preliminary stages for various types of tie ups with FaceBook and Google. No surprise. In the past Google took a good hard look at Skype and bought Gizmo instead, but that doesn't keep the corporate development teams from kicking the tires. Ever since … Read more

Happy Days In Los Angeles-Boingo IPO Raises $77 Million

In the world of startups, you hope one day for an exit. In the case of many at Boingo it’s been a long time coming. Pal Christian Gunning has been there since the beginning, from it’s days inside an incubator called eCompanies Wireless, the Sky Dayton/Jake Winebaum progeny that was a JV with SprintĀ in Passadena … Read more

Boingo Adds Unlimited Europe

Image via Wikipedia I've been using Boingo as my Wi-Fi provider of choice for more years than I care to remember, so for those of you in Europe a new pricing plan for unlimited access just arrived. For me, their Global Unlimited plan is all I need, but one thing tha helps is knowing locations … Read more