Andy Abramson The power of the blog. I got a call from the PR firm working with VoiceGlo. The rep, who seems far superior to their last rep was candid. The number VoiceGlo released was indeed people who signed up/downloaded the client. That does not mean they use if, for as SkiBare pointed out to me, there … Read more
In a move worthy of the biggest of kudos Skype has announced numbers of downloads and simultaneous users. So in what is a so obvious and typical Dot.Com era tactic of coattail hype building via a press release, the people from another Voice over IP company, appear to be making an Enrob/WorldCon/Andersin era style stock … Read more
James has a very interesting perspective on the role VoIP will play in Europe for AOL and seems to give them some good advice on how to market it to the various pockets of users.
Why go to VON? The people. Jeff Pulver has been able to breathe life back into the conference industry, which is no easy feat. So while the Red Sox winning the ALCS has taken the town over, the people who have come to VON have made this a great event for me. Bloggers. Clients. Former … Read more
Computerworld has an article on the changing telecom business focusing on Skype. When you add in companies like Popular Telephony who were profiled in Business 2.0 by Om Malik, you begin to see a new concept coming alive. It’s not disintermediation of the telephony. I call it reintermediation. Here’s why. These companies are not seeking … Read more
Phone Plus has a report about the rapidly growing VoWiFi market. First there may be something new about the Net2Phone WiFi handset compared to the Pulver Innovations unit and the Zyxel Presige that has been out for over six months. According to one of the Net2Phone folks the the firmware is different. As a service … Read more
Just read it This is better than I could have done given my time was all taken with meetings. I am so happy Martin captured the essensce of what is going on, being said and how VoN looks.
I can’t see the Sun. There’s no Apple in my eye. Guess neither have a VoIP play. Yahoo is all over the place with a few ranking executives. Macromedia is here too walking the floor. But AOL who is going to roll out a dial up VoIP product via Level3 is nowhere to be heard….
Hiawatha Bray, technology pundit for the Boston Globe is working on a story about Jeff Pulver and the growth of VoIP. I wish Hiawatha would have asked me for the skinny on Jeff. My sidekick on the World Technology RoundUp Ken Rutkowski used to host an online radio show with Jeff called Voices On the … Read more
Back in what was the Spring or Early Summer I posted that Speakeasy was going with the Level 3 solution over Covad’s Go Beam based platform. Seems I was early, but right on given today’s announcement.
