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
Long time VoIP personality Jeff Pulver, is back in the communications business with the recent funding of Zula, his cloud based mobile collaboration venture that he's starting with one of the original founders of DeltaThree, Jacob Ner-David. Pulver is best know for the VON Conference Series which he once sold, reaquired and then saw pulled out from under … Read more
Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast – nearly completed, photographed 3/14/08 Español: Comcast Center, la sede del Comcast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While many in the business of business telecom may be surprised to see Infonetics Research reporting that Comcast, along with Verizon, are topping the list of business VoIP deployments, I'm not at all. You … Read more
Pal Tom Keating over at TMC Net has written a review of the newer Ooma and gives it high marks. What I liked about the review was how Tom intelligently compared and contrasted the services to NetTalk and MagicJack, as well as Vonage. Related articles Get an Ooma Telo home phone system for $139.99 (news.cnet.com) … Read more
8×8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), today announced it has some changes at both their board and management level. Mansour Salame was named to its Board of Directors, effective January 2, 2012. The Company also announced the resignation of Donn Wilson from its Board of Directors, effective the same date. But the really big news is that that … Read more
A lot of people think of Skype as their phone company. Many, like me, who have Skype In and Skype Out use it as a way to replace, or as an alternative, to their landline with devices that are far more universal (not to mention more atractive) that the old fashioned telephone that connects to … Read more
Image via Wikipedia U.S. mobile operator Metro PCS, which was first out with LTE, will deploy VoLTE (Voice over Long Term Evolution) reports Kevin Fritchard of Connected Planet. The public acknowledgement that the new, next generation of cellular voice will be VoIP is in many ways refreshing. For years telecom companies have been shying away … Read more
