Andy Abramson

Client VoIPSter is causing a bit of a stir with their open source approach to VoIP. They announced OpenZoep and their Firefox Browser plug in that turns the popular browser into a softphone. Bruce Stewart has the details.

Client iotum and their co-founder Alec Saunders seem to have hit stride at the ETel conference already.  Bruce Stewart of Emerging Telephony, a new online VoIP news site, was suitably impressed. You can read Bruce’s thoughts here.

Reports are there are some new features coming from Packet8 soon. What they are are yet to be known, and I figure with their earnings call due in a few days that it will happen after that. There’s also the new P8 softphone, which is due soon too.

I heard through the grapevine that the in production version of Yahoo Messenger, that is being rewritten from the ground up, for the Macintosh will include Video. I’m also hearing that the USA launch of VOIP with Y! Messenger is likely within the next month or so, and certainly before VON in March. It seems … Read more

A Cambridge University professor feels Skype could be the best friend of the BotNets and that’s not good. It’s the same kind of fear that used to run through companies IT departments about IM back in the 90s. Seems history always repeats, but with more online users now than ever, and more broadband out there, … Read more

Check out the peering going on with xConnect. This is much like what Cable Labs is seeking to accomplish here in the USA to keep calls always on-net.

Internet Telephony editor isn’t dreaming. My sources tell me that xConnect has a series of announcements coming out on Wednesday.

Proving the convergence of VoIP to Mobile is upon us, today Skype let me know that in Sweden, mobile operator 3 and Skype have collaborated to combine mobile communications services. 3 and Skype will be offering a joint mobile broadband subscription with unlimited usage, a PC-card and a Skype starter kit with a traditional SkypeIn … Read more

Despite all the help that iBahn offered, it seemed that a card that handles a batch of the rooms at the hurricane impacted Marriott Marina in Fort Lauderdale, FL could not be fixed. The solution. I moved down the block to the Renaissance Hotel, another Marriott property. Not only are the rooms nicer, the broadband … Read more

There’s more value in Net2Phone these days, with their being awarded a patent. This is likely part of what they are supplying to MCI (shhh it’s supposed to be a secret) and the rest of their customer base to keep things working better. Congrats to the team there for the award and all that goes … Read more