Andy Abramson

Skype and 3 Moving Closer

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When I was in the UK last weekend for a few days before heading to MIPCOM in Cannes France, I took the advice of Truphone’s James Body and signed up for a pay as you go SIM with 3, the Hutchison mobile play in the UK that is called the “fifth” carrier. Like T-Mobile they … Read more

Hotel Report-Madrid, Spain

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I’m in Madrid Spain at the Hotel de la Letras, one of the hip and cool places one finds on Tablet Hotels. They have WiFi and wired options available. My WiFi connection yielded me over 2.5 megs down and just under 512 up, consistently. The broadband connection is so good that VoIP really works well, … Read more

eTel Cancelled

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The folks at O’Reilly have cancelled the planned 2008 eTel that was slated for next March in San Diego. This may have something to do with Surj Patel, one of the minds behind it, deciding to pursue other opportunities. Or it can just mean that their eTech conference will have some VoIP in it… I … Read more

New VoIP Player Debuts

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A new player, SinglePipe Communications wants to offer Vonage customers a safe home with what they claim is a built from the ground up VoIP solution. I’d be interested in hearing from any of their wholesale customers to see what they have to say so comment away.

Cisco Goes On The Road

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Cisco is taking their VOIP show on the road, in Ireland. The idea of taking the technology opportunities to the customer isn’t new. But in this era where so many companies only excel in the art of selling in, not selling through, it is enlightening to see Cisco (who know all about selling through) expanding … Read more

DeviceScape Scores Big With Nokia

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I’ve had the good fortune to have DeviceScape on one of my panels and to get to know the company rather well thanks to their bubbly and outgoing Marketing lead Beth Rogozinski. They will be returning to a panel I’m moderating at MuniWireless later this month, so the news about their relationshp with Blogger Relations … Read more

Why FON Has Some Acceptance Problems

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Glenn at WiFi Net News posts about FON and some of the issues he has with the social WiFi service that says “you share me your’s and I’ll share you mine.” On paper the concept is very good, but in reality broadband varies by installation and FON is thus a “free and best efforts” type … Read more

Video Conferencing In The News

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Video Conferencing is hot. White hot. It’s in the news and its all being driven by the big boys. HP Cisco Polycom More and more news about the space keeps pouring out all over the place. Here are some stories that have caught my eye. Los Angeles Times-Using a video camera to monitor elderly folks … Read more

Something’s Brewing With Broadsoft, Jon Arnold

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Broadsoft is one of the big players that has been growing their business. As a competitor to Comverse, Alcatel, Nortel and others, they have been making strides and seem to be entering a growth phase. Pal Jon Arnold is heading towards Phoenix and is promising coverage of their Connections event that starts this weekend. Jon’s … Read more