Andy Abramson In what must have been one of the hardest decisions of his life, this morning Jeff Pulver resigned from the Board of Directors of Pulver Media, the company which now only carries his name, but since the beginning of the VoIP era has embodied his spirit and vision. Obviously, given the uncertain state of Pulver … Read more
The Daily Mirror points out that in the future video conferencing will be standard part of everyone’s life, and that we’ll have locator chips embedded so as we get on in years we can be found. The SFGate news site touts how green telecommuting is. Candidly we’ve been on that push since 2006 when my … Read more
Someone has finally found a reason for Twitter. To offer people in need some help. Yesterday pal Mr. MaxRoam Pat Phelan was delayed at Heathrow airport as he was leaving London (my flight to London from Madrid into City was early.) Pat fired off a Twitter note about being delayed and someone inside Boingo sent … Read more
In a move that totally pre-empts the likes of FON and other “social hotspot” networks, BT has taken the concept of openness to a new level with the launch of a HotSpot available option at all TOTAL BROADBAND locations. In their announcement they are actually promoting VoIP so this is a good sign for client … Read more
They call it “white label” so no one knows who is providing the service. So Voxeo ends up letting the world know, or equals does, so now everyone knows thanks to our pal Tom whose behind the new social voice platform. It seems they are going with a hybrid ad funded and subscription model. In … Read more
Congrats to the Ken and Cheryl and their pending wedding date in 2009. As many may know they were engaged at the VON Conference last month in San Jose. My question? Is the registry on Facebook? Found in Twitter or reachable only via a handheld device?
Over the weekend James Body of Truphone mentioned hearing something about a Skype To SIP gateway platform with Voxeo. Now PhoneBoy tips off the world. All I know is the calls to the PSTN of late have been excellent from Europe.
A report from Frost & Sullivan points out the growth that hosted VoIP providers will be seeing. This is good news for the cBeyonds, Call Towers and client Junction Networks. Unlike the all you can eat pricing model of Skype, these companies actually make money on calls, as well as services. It’s one reason why … Read more
AT&T’s Uverse is growing, report’s Om Malik. I’d make it my third ISP in the home office if they would open it up to us. I can see the Central Office and I know they’ve already done the work getting it to the box 100 yards from my house. The issue is though that my … Read more
I’ve been hearing rumblings for some time out of the land of the rising sun that a VoIP phone with mobile capabilities is coming to a carrier. The rumor mill being what it is has Jajah supplying the underlying core technology to make it possible to happen in Japan. Anyone for sushi?
