Covad Making Moves

Covad, which already has a consumer VoIP deal with Earthlink for Line Powered Voice service, is finally putting their GoBeam acquisition into play in bigger ways. This week they made a move to expand their reach with a reseller deal for the business market. Covad, even with their direct model really is trying hard to … Read more

Keating On The VoIP Difference

Tom Keating has a very well written and almost a rebuttal to a lame press release put out by a VoIP company. Tom’s reasoning is not only sound, the case he builds up about why and how to choose a VoIP company almost mirrors my thinking. The key to choosing a VoIP supplier should not … Read more

Milton Keynes To Get WiMax In UK

Years ago when I was working in sports and arena management I first heard of the city of Milton Keynes in the UK when the parent company I was working for received the management contract for the new venue. It was the first major arena to be built in the UK in many years. Now … Read more

Logitech’s New VoIP Gear

I call it Craze Jumping. You know, when a concept becomes hot, jump in. That’s what Logitech is up to as the are (re) introducing a line of VoIP products according to Let’s Go Digital, a UK based online mag for digital lifestyle folks like moi. I’ve always found Logitech products to be well designed, … Read more

Boingo Rasies Lots of Cash

Boingo, one of the larger hot spot aggregators in the USA has raised a whopping Series C round of $65 million dollars. Clearly on a growth spurt, Boingo will be a crucial part of the Fixed Mobile Convergence world in my mind as their footprint and roaming ability will make it easy for users to … Read more

Boingo Rasies Lots of Cash

Boingo, one of the larger hot spot aggregators in the USA has raised a whopping Series C round of $65 million dollars. Clearly on a growth spurt, Boingo will be a crucial part of the Fixed Mobile Convergence world in my mind as their footprint and roaming ability will make it easy for users to … Read more

8×8 Building Up A Patent Chest

8×8, the company behind Packet 8 has of late been on a roll when it comes to patents, and today announced they have been awarded a patent for what appears to cover what an ATA does. If this is indeed what the patent covers, then the folks at Cisco, who first licensed, then had Linksys … Read more

Cable Is Winning

If you’re in the VoIP business and the cable systems aren’t part of your sales roadmap, then you’re going to be on the short end of the stick in the long run. Take a look at the post over at IP & Democracy and read it closely. The cable MSOs are ramping and clearly winning … Read more

MVNO Not Seeing The Growth

MVNO’s are seeing slow growth according to a report from Strategy Analytics. This is all a result of the continual “Me Too, Me Also” approach that the MVNO’s are taking, largely dictated by the host network operator’s on deck applictions set. The Off Deck market is where the action is, and the first MVNO to … Read more