Nomadic Mobile E911 For Soft Phones

i2Telecom, the people behind VoiceStick have announced that they are now 911 and E911 ready as they have worked with Intrado to provide VoIP functionality through over the 1700 Public Service Access Points. They claim they will also add another 1000 in the next four months. I see this somewhat as a breakthrough and wonder … Read more

Apple and VoIP via Mobile?

A report out of the UK has Apple’s iPhone being released in consort with Helio, though I’ve heard more than likely it will be with Cingular, but since Helio is a CDMA play, they could get it on that side of the world. The key to this is what is tabbed FMC (fixed mobile convergence) … Read more

Who Would Buy Vonage?

CNNMoney.com postulates that Vonage may be a better takeover or buyout category than an IPO. Hmmm…who would want it is the big question? The author suggests Sprint, Qwest or Verizon, but I’m thinking more of someone like a T-Mobile who wants a ground game to compliment their air game. Rumors out of Seattle describe a … Read more

Vonage IPO Is Questioned By CNet

Forget today is April Fools Day. Yesterday, and even before that, the sentiment around the Vonage IPO seemed to be swooning. I’m actually surprised and despite all of my prior skepticism around Vonage as company, all I’ve been hearing from people close to the brokerage business is that for months one of the most asked … Read more

Robertson Has His Head In The Cloud (again)

When Gizmo Project creator Michael “Golden Boy” Robertson launched AjaxWrite and this week AjaxSketch many would have to admit that his head is in the cloud. That’s true, but this is not the first time for him to be here. This is exactly where he was in 1998 with his MP3 Locker concept for music. … Read more

What’s The Difference?

I’m like to use the phrase “Me Too, Me Also, Me Different” when I talk to companies about innovation. Today it really applies to the VoIP market. As we have seen, what one market leader does, others tend to follow. That’s the “me too.” Others take another approach, develop something else but then include what … Read more

Jeff In Israel – A Real Honor

This is an honor for Jeff and shows the respect the true leaders and visionaries in technology have for him. And I’m serious. This is not an April Fools Day post, but heartfelt and warrented. As someone who has been covering the technology world for almost a decade I have watched as Jeff and his … Read more

APRIL FOOLS DAY Edition

Historically on April Fools Day Press Releases and News Accounts Fly Around the news world. It has become a time honored tradition. The following four stories are written in that nature. They are meant to be could you imagine that and are total works of fiction…..

I actually was going to also use a Vonage IPO related post but have deleted it. They have filed and the market will decide if it’s a good stock or not.  Perhaps one could be:

Vonage Buys Qwest. Experts Call It A Merger of Equals!

Another could be

Level 3 Buys A Winery in Napa Valley

Yet another could be

Andy Abramson to Stop Blogging

You see, all these are written in a style that makes you go hmmm…..and for that I say "GOTCHA!"

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