Andy Abramson I expect to see a lot more sales, swaps and realignments in the cable business. Today Cox sold a chunk of their systems to a well funded roll-up play backed by some very serious money. This could be seen as good news for Net2Phone, which in 2003 struck a deal with Cebridge. And you wonder … Read more
Funny, I purchased three purple colored clothing items on Saturday when shopping with in the Valley Fair Nordstroms in San Jose/Santa Clara. A t-shirt, a long sleeve pull over and a sweater. I guess I’m getting ready for Voice 2.0 in my own way. That adds to the purple Tommy Bahama that yours truly wore … Read more
PhoneBoy is very excited, and rightfully so about the new SoftGnome from the makers of PhoneGnome. Robyn, at VoIP-Weblog also has some thoughts on the SoftGnome too. Like them, I’ve had the opportunity to play with the BETA version too. I even pulled a few friends in with me who I know have a PhoneGnome … Read more
Nero’s new SipTalk may be worth checking out. Here’s another example, like Belkin, of a company with a solution trying to create a market. The key here is Nero’s using a softclient to break it open for them. Sadly, there’s no Mac client out yet. Nero is working with Global Touch Telecom on the termination … Read more
Reuters is reporting that Level3 has bought WilTel. In many ways this fills in some geographic gaps in where Level3’s network reaches. Here’s Level3’s official statement via PR Newswire. WilTel’s seller, Leucadia National Corp was an attempted buyer at one point of MCI. My guess is being that fizzled their interest in WilTel waned and … Read more
So when you read through this post one thing is missing. VoIP. So that’s where I come in. When Microsoft purchased Teleo everyone wonder where it would fall into the roadmap of service offerings. First thoughts including mine were as part of LCS, which as an underlying foundation seems to make sense. But remember, Microsoft … Read more
This Cisco experiment is clearly Voice 2.0. Enable walkie talkies to communicate over IP. Can you say Push To Talk (PTT) on steroids. Take a look at Sonim and Fast Mobile, two companies already in the space with really good PTT for the non SexTel (Sprint/Nextel) users.
Teledex is a company to keep an eye on. With a little bit of help from some friends they can displace Cisco and Avaya in many ways with their VoIP products. Hat tip to EnGadget.
I just grabbed a pay as you go card from Cingular and tomorrow I plan on trying out UMTS on my new Nokia N90 phone. Between EDGE, UMTS on GSM, plus GPRS I’m very confused but hope to make some sense out of what works where. It seems the Cingular purchase of AT&T gave them … Read more
The late Robert Palmer (known for Sneakin Sally Through The Alley) and later for his collaboration with some of the members of Duran Duran called Power Station-the remake of T. Rex’s Bang a Gong and Some Like it Hot were both killer tunes also sang a song called Pressure Drop. Given the very Jamaican reggae … Read more
