Andy Abramson iSkoot, the company that powered Skype on the Skype Mobile phones originally, and which morphed more into a social networking player in mobile was acquired by Qualcomm today. Reports are that the sale was in the $60 to 65 million dollar range for all the remaining assets of the company. If that’s correct, the investors … Read more
The New York Times has brought to light a new FCC initiative to help cell phone users know more about their cell phone charges so what is called “bill shock” is avoided. This is a real world problem, promulgated by carriers technical issues, with technical solutions to the problem. Basically, all it means is that … Read more
I remember seeing MODU Mobile back in February at the annual GSMA’s Mobile World Congress. Back then they were drawing attention to their uber-lightweight mobile devices. To me the diminutive devices were about serving a market segments wants and needs. Ah. The essence of what Jagger and Richards sang in “Satisfaction.” Well it seems those … Read more
I’m all for believing what is in a press release, unless it comes out on April Fools Day, but when two giants in their respective sectors, telecom and hotels, allow a joint press release to be put out, usually that means reality, not fantasy. You see, if I want to read fantasy, I can get … Read more
I’m all for believing what is in a press release, unless it comes out on April Fools Day, but when two giants in their respective sectors, telecom and hotels, allow a joint press release to be put out, usually that means reality, not fantasy. You see, if I want to read fantasy, I can get … Read more
In hockey, a tie is referred to as being like kissing your sister. Well Skype on the Android, without 3G calling is the same in my book. It’s the kind of thing that shows that “selling out” is not limited to winning teams in sports, as the comment in the RWW article by Skype official … Read more
I was pleasantly surprised to find that ClearWire’s 4G service is lit up here in Los Angeles. Last week we learned from JK On the Run’s James Kendrick that the service is working in San Francisco via Sprint, ClearWire’s partner. While there hasn’t been any official announcements, the 4G service from Sprint/ClearWire is working perfectly … Read more
It’s yet another conference week for me. A circuit that seems to almost never end. Starting today I’ll be at IT Expo, the west coast edition of the twice a year mega-event that has become more than just VoIP with the addition of too many other events under one roof including StartupCamp Communications, the Cloud … Read more
8×8 and my agency’s client CounterPath are both offering something new, and each provides more for their customers. In the case of 8×8 they’ve gotten social, adding social networking information to their Virtual Office Pro 2.0. Basically, for $50.00 a month a combination of features, all running on the 8×8 hosted PBX is being offered … Read more
We all love being right, and in the case of Skype and Avaya, it seems, I was. Back in 2009 when Skype announced their relationship with Shoretel, I felt that Avaya and Cisco would be their next major partnerships and alliances. But Cisco is going their own way it seems, with reports that Cisco wants … Read more
