AOL-VoIP Is On The Right Track

I spent an hour on the phone yesterday with AOL’s VoIP honcho, Jim Tobin and continue to be impressed by how strategic AOL is with their VoIP plans. Tobin who serves as vice president and general manager of advanced voice services along with his team have charted to be able to be a player in … Read more

I’ve Got My i730

Engadget dreams of the i730 but mine arrived yesterday. So far it’s living up to the billing of being real Pocket PC phone and is it tiny. Smaller than the Blackberry, with WiFi, Bluetooth and EVDO. I’ll be loading Skype on when I get back to San Diego along with a few other goodies (maybe … Read more

Erik Clarifies His XTEN Status

Erik Lagerway makes thinks clearer at XTEN and provides some insight about his future. Whatever happens with he and Mark, I sure hope the new team in place keeps the development of the best softphone client going.

Too Many Conferences??

Mark Evans has a viewpoint on the expanding world of tradeshows and conferences surrounding VoIP. I’m convinced that going to trade shows and conferences is about to become a full time job for many again. Being on the professional conference circuit requires money and access. Even if you have the passes to get in, you … Read more

Traditional Telephony Dying

A report out of Europe shows that VoIP and Mobile Phones are quickly replacing traditional (PSTN) phone service in Western Europe. I think you are also seeing the end of traditional PBX and Centrex services as part of this migration to an always on, always connected IP environment for voice and more advanced services.

SBC and Boingo Tie The WiFi Roaming Knot

The value of a Boingo account just got bigger as they are combining with SBC to offer each other’s customers roaming between both networks hotspots. While the agreement opens up many of the hotspots that SBC built out (i.e. UPS Stores) it excludes the McDonalds restaurant locations as those are Wayport built out properties.

MCI Coming Out Of The Closet With VoIP

Today Reuters broke the story about MCI’s plans for consumer VoIP in the USA. Sort of. Over a week ago when I first commented on MCI’s launch, their PR team was rather tight lipped and seem to be remaining so. Basically this is a trial, or in real consumer marketing speak, a “test” program to … Read more