VoIP Related Death In Canada

The unfortunate death of a toddler in Canada is making VoIP out to be the culprit when in reality technology kills the same way as a gun. It comes down to people. The call being sent to the wrong call center, the one where the family previously had their service forwarded usually occurs as a … Read more

Carolyn Smacks Jajah and Yahoo

Carolyn Schuk is no stranger to the VoIP world and her VoIPPrincess blog is going to be one to keep tabs on. Yesterday she gave a butt whoopin’ to both Yahoo and Jaja…I can only wonder what she’s going to say to AOL!!!

More Reflection on AOL and Open AIM VoIP

AOL has been behind SIP for over three years or more. They are not jumping on board now. They are simply using what little they have left to SPIN this. Alec pretty much nailed it here as did Ken Camp. What’s really here?…and more importantly, is anyone going to use a platform which is: 1) … Read more

T-Mobile 3G May Not Be Data Ready

I’m not an engineering type. I just use technology. So when I read Matt Miller’s post this morning it got me thinking. 3G is data. Voice rides over the data network. What this likely means is the data plans are not ready yet. I mean, TMO didn’t need 1700 mghz spectrum to sell voice. Besides, … Read more

The Public WiFi Game Just Got More Interesting

The downloading of music at Starbucks was tested last year in a few markets. That was with T-Mobile. Then the music stopped. Market expansion stopped. Now the rumor making the rounds is that iPhone customers can get online for free at AT&T Hotspots which will include Starbucks by year’s end. So let’s connect the dots. … Read more

Alec Saunders On The AOL Open AIM VOIP Program

Alec gets up to bat and swings a heavy club this morning as he lays out his perspective based on experience of working with AOL and their now apparently defunct AIM PhoneLine developer program. His event by event account isn’t a pretty picture and should be noticed. It should make for an interesting Sqawk Box … Read more

Business Week About Yahoo and Jajah

I woke up this morning and found VoIPWatch being cited in Business Week’s TechBeat by Olga Kharif. This made me think back to one of the reasons to start VoIPWatch, which was to always be a helpful source of information to the media and to provide a perspective that offers insight and viewpoint. Right after … Read more

Who Needs Paper Boarding Passes?

For years there have been services which let you receive all your flight data via your cell phone, but none have been approved as boarding passes. Now Lufthansa, which experimented with in flight WiFi with Boeing, is making the paper go away on two routes in Germany. This is great for those of us who … Read more

Is RIM Looking at the iPhone

Luca has a post about the potential of RIM being deployed in the iPhone. Since Blackberry Connect is already on the Nokia N and E series phones this is a logical platform move by them.