VoIP is Irrelevant

I love it when the wave of humor descends on an industry. VoIP is Irrelevant, shouts the headline in a Phone+/VON web site story today. Catchy. Witty. Snarky. Yes to all three. Because we know VoIP is irrelevant as it has converged each day, deeper and deeper into the calling experience of so many people. … Read more

Jajah’s Twitter Play Sliced, Diced and Gutted

Stuart has taken either a bayonet or a surgeon’s blade to the recent announcement/attempt by Jajah to catch onto the wave of hype surrounding Twitter. It is a masterfully written post, that only someone who has spent the time to really care about what can be done, and truly studied the possibilities could author. I’ll … Read more

Is Clearwire Suffering?

From the outset, as an early adopter, I’m very intrigued by the prospect of mobile WiMax, and even more excited about fixed WiMax. The two big players in those games are Clearwire in mobile, and Open Range in fixed. Well despite the hype, the always very much user oriented DSL Reports, has a post today … Read more

Verizon Chief Says Ditch Your Landline-Sorta

In what has to be a very broad swipe at AT&T, Verizon chief Ivan Seidenberg is basically telling the investment community to cut the copper cord and get on a fiber or copper light diet. In a speech yesterday Seidenberg disclosed that he may have been a tad behind the curve in realizing what the … Read more

HD Voice Is Growing

Hot on the heels of the HD Voice Summit in New York this week, it seems that a Moldavia mobile operator is rolling out HD Voice on a Nokia handset, or so reports Telco 2.0. This follows client Voxbone’s announcement to embed HD Voice in their network, something that Robert Poe does a very good … Read more

New Meaning for Broadband in a Box

BT over in London are opening what are being labeled, broadband shops, to show off their new fiber to the cabinet service that delivers 40 meg connections into the home. In years gone by, the cable operators had town by town customer service locations, but those have gone bye bye for the most part. Given … Read more

For the Record-Will T-Mobile Buy Sprint

MobileCrunch and others are reporting that Sprint may be bought by T-Mobile. For the Record- I prognosticated that one almost two years ago here on VoIPWatch, suggesting that the German owned operator was a better fit. Now let me elaborate on the scenarios that I think would play out: 1) T-Mobile buys Sprint-plans to migrate … Read more