BT’s 21st Century Network Test Sites Chosen

British Telecom which has to play major catch-up in the VoIP game and next gen network world has identified where their 21CN starts. I’m guessing Martin or James will have some commentary and insight as they’re right in the middle of all that in the UK. The Ovum report seems to indicate BT has some … Read more

Pulver on Gizmo

Jeff and others have started to comment on ProjectGizmo from the king of disruption, Michael Robertson. Reports are that while Robertson’s newest idea is working using his SipPhone architecture, that the real strength behind the service is his termination deal with SingTel. Pulver picks up on Om’s comment about Gizmo not really being that open … Read more

Another WiFI/GSM Combo Phone

I’ve been keeping an eye on the is company, Calypso Wireless, which is in the business of making trans-platform wireless handsets. They seem to be approaching the market the right way and getting validation at each step of the process.

Blog Panel @ Fall VON 2005

I’m moderating another Bloggers Only Panel at VON this September in Boston and starting to get excited about it. While the list is not yet complete, the line up reads like the “Dream Team,” “Murders Row” and an All Star line up in Baseball, where everyone is Ted Williams at the plate when it comes … Read more

Rogers Telephone Service

Jon Arnold has some valuable insight, as always, on the Rogers Cable telephone offering detailing what it is, isn’t and may indeed be one day. He links to fellow Canadian, Mark Evans comments as well. Between these two, I wonder what the Globe and Mail was left with to say that made what Rogers announced … Read more

Mr. Blog on Gizmo

I’m trying out Gizmo and have found a problem. Some calls just don’t terminate properly, if at all. Mr. Blog spots a few other issues. Erik has some additional comments.

Live 8 Thoughts

For those who don’t know, I was one of the guys who got involved in streaming media back in the 90’s. I’m constantly amazed at how in some ways other than there being more pipe (i.e. better, faster bandwidth to the home) and better compression technology, not much has really changed. That was until today. … Read more

Ultimate Disruptor Unleashes A New Gizmo

Michael Robertson is the ultimate disruptor. First he brought out MP3.com, then Lindows. Each caused controversy. Now he’s rolling out Gizmo, a softphone based telephone service with realistic pricing, In and Out features, interoperability to SIP networks and using the SIP standard. While the service, client and web site are all just in BETA, and … Read more