Andy Abramson

Seems a second company is out in the Video Skype arena, all before Skype does it themselves. Om has a report.

Tom Keating speculates that Linksys will go into the SOHO phone system space with an IP-PBX platform. If they do then one of their biggest customers, Vonage, likely won’t be too happy, as Vonage is already trialing a Cisco box to manage a hosted Virtual PBX solution…one wonders if the right hand knows what the … Read more

Will the FCC really go to the same level of requiring warning labels that the FTC has done with VideoGames and tobacco products?

MCI has quietly launched their own residential VoIP service called Neighborhood Broadband Calling. Nothing out of the ordinary but I’m looking into it for future commentary. I wonder if this is their own platform or if they have wrapped their network with someone else’s offering to be able to get to market faster.

Jeff shares his high perch viewpoints about the future of VoIP in a Reuters news story that moved around the world earlier today.

They say all it takes is a spark to cause a fire and yesterday’s move by Yahoo to buy six year old Internet phone company Dialpad could be the first of the moves made in the VoIP sector that triggers consolidation. The reasons are not that hard to figure out. First the recent FCC E911 … Read more

i just got off the phone with the Joanna Stevens of Yahoo’s management team who confirmed Om’s news account and my earlier opinion. While Stevens was unable to release any details on the transaction, she was able to confirm that the deal was done with the Dialpad team and that the key reason for making … Read more

Om Malik has a scoop about Yahoo possibly buying Dialpad. What Om missed…first Yahoo’s head telecom honcho is Brad Garlinghouse who was the past leader over at DialPad, so the Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. While I have yet to talk to anyone associated with the deal here’s what I think. First it … Read more

An effort by WiFiSalon to build out quasi municipal hotspot location is growing in New York City. What is more interesting is how they are also layering in VoIP services which clearly will put some heat on Verizon. The key element in my mind is the amount of bandwidth and the speeds they are able … Read more

In a poorly explained press release a Norway based company has announced a mobile phone cable bridge that makes Skype mobile phone accessible. I hope to get more clarity as this sounds interesting.