Andy Abramson

WiFi Mobile’s investors have added CallKey to their cadre of services giving them an eventual fixed, mobile and WiFi play in the voice services arena.

Pinger a new service launching today is setting out to redefine mobile messaging with a new service that lets you send a voice message to anyone up to five minutes in length. This is a not a new idea, but one that has been brought down to mortal like prices. Back in the day services … Read more

Pal Jim Courtney has penned a very good round up piece about Skype on the Go, and had it posted on GigaOm as one of the guest blog postings that have been appearing there in Om Malik’s absence. As someone who has been using the 3 Skype phone, I can tell you it is a … Read more

If Vonage wasn’t publicly traded, hadn’t dropped to 2 bucks a share one has to wonder if this would be news. My take is that Vonage has put their legal woes behind them, knows what they have to pay for technology royalties and may just be on the road to a more measured balance sheet … Read more

While it’s late here in California, this just crossed my screen. Trolltech recently acquired client Fonav. Now they appear to be getting bought by client Nokia…all very interesting. More from the Wall Street Journal.

As a frequent flier, road warrior, now a regular international traveler and just someone who is by nature globally nomadic, the idea of Voice in the Sky is something that is very appealing to me. PC World’s VoIP Blogger, Kathryn Vercello, asks the question if we think it will fly in her post of Friday. … Read more

Our friends at TMC have pointed out a report on hotspots and why they are a hot sector. For me, I’m a victim of the hot spot fever. I always need to know where I can jump on, juice up and get my wireless fix.

It seems that the lawyers at Sprint are done looking at store leases and have gotten around to chasing patent violators as a follow up to their big win against the just sue me folks at Vonage. Now Sprint is suing four smaller players according to Jeff Pulver. This comes on the heels of Verizon … Read more

The Castro in San Francisco is one of the more “colorful” neighborhoods in the city by the bay. It’s very trendsetting in a lot of ways, so it is not a surprise that the folks at FON are saying “share the Castro.” With the city of San Francisco’s WiFi program on a perpetual hold cycle … Read more

In what looks like a move that could push video conferencing to new heights, Verizon Business has rolled out high definition video conferencing.