Andy Abramson Years ago Microsoft had a partner in the early days of VoIP with Net2Phone. Those days seem to be over as Microsoft is rolling out their version of Click2Call (likely leveraging the Teleo technology they purchased sometime back) to work with Verizon. Update—> Thomas Howe has an interesting perspective on the whole approach Microsoft is … Read more
Vodafone, one of the top three mobile operators in the world, and a partner with Verizon in Verizon Wireless here in the USA, has announced a new lower priced mobile data plan in the UK. The plan at 7.50 pounds per month covers 120 megs of data, much lower than T-Mobile’s 1GB plan at the … Read more
Om Malik at GigaOm is reporting that Amp’d Mobile is in deep trouble and that creditors may get burned. Let’s face it, MVNO’s in this country don’t make it regardless of how sexy they may look on the surface. Too much me too, not enough me different. Not one of the MVNO’s has embraced the … Read more
Check out this new, inexpensive, Linux based VoIP phone that is being sold in Europe.
Off On Another Tangent highlights Mobivox and their low cost IVR driven solution in a recent post about Free Calling Options Revisited. That got me thinking how services like Mobivox, Jangl, Jajah and those from agency clients Truphone, iotum, GrandCentral and TalkPlus actually are driving the use of cell plan minutes. Here’s my logic: 1) … Read more
I admit I’m a bit more towards the side of high maintenance when it comes to what I want in a business grade hotel but as a person who is spending more days a month on the road than in my own house I’ve pretty much nailed down what I want and need in order … Read more
Forget PSTN. As nations emerge from third world to second world status they don’t mess around with old technology. They move right to what is at the top of the heap. In the case of Vietnam they are rapidly moving towards VoIP.
TechCrunch does a seven month update on GrandCentral which is really a review, much in the mode of what TechCrunch was when it started.
Much to my surprise the “free” morning paper all the years I’ve been staying in Hiltons now have a charge. USA Today, which for many years gave papers away at hotels in order to boost their circulation now carry a charge of .75 cents. If you don’t want it, you have to tell the front … Read more
An absolutely terrible experience in the heart of Silicon Valley. In the middle of my mail sync with Exchange I got a pop up saying the hotel has detected improper activity coming from my computer (a Mac Book) and slowed my speed to 56k (not that it was great before with speeds in 200k download … Read more
