Vonage and Uniden Cordless VoIP

An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the  consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more

Vonage and Uniden Cordless VoIP

An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the  consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more

CES Comes To Life Tuesday, January 3 2006

My crystal ball tells me there will be a host of announcements from the usual suspects this week during CES in Las Vegas as VoIP goes even more mainstream this year. Of course Bill Gates will make some new Microsoft product announcements mostly geared around the home and VISTA. Linksys will expand beyond the regular … Read more

Why Smart Apps Are Needed

We’re in an age of always being on. By that I mean, always connected. While cell phones have on and off switches, I don’t know how often people turn off the phone versus just not answering it when it rings. We are also living in a time where tecnologies like Find Me/Follow me exist, but … Read more

Skypho and SoftPhones

This looks like a trademark infringement case ready to happen. That aside, this also appears to be a SIP based phone service that uses the CounterPath X-Lite softphone. 2006 will be the year of the SoftPhone. Yahoo’s new Messenger-especially the enhanced new Mac version that is being built from the ground up, the PhoneGnome SoftGnome, … Read more

Mr. Humble-Aswath Rao

Aswath is a friend, is someone who I really feel is working way below his abilities. He’s one of the smartest telecom people I know and he blogs. No often, but when he does, he provides really solid technical insight. In an era where so much of how we decide is based on analysis, it’s … Read more

Joi’s Disconnected

Joi Ito suffered through a long trip where he was disconnected, despite being on a flight and in an airport that were both supposed to provide WiFi. I don’t see how his Macintosh was the issue at Frankfurt’s airport. I was able to log on there but did have issues with VoIP. With the Boeing … Read more

2006 What Will It Be Like

It’s time for predictions. 1. Vonage–There will be some sort of exit, but not one that will be as loft as some might expect. Someone may buy them for their customer base and blend it into their own VoIP platform. 2. AOL Voice–AOL starts to make moves in the space. Already they have built a … Read more