Andy Abramson

Follow The Money

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A report from the Dell’Oro shows VoIP revenues increasing all along the food chain. Clearly this is just the start of the VoIP explosion as more countries begin to allow it, and more carriers embrace it.

Start Yaking

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Yak has introduced a VoIP service platform to compete with the likes of Vonage. What I’m most interested is how the price of $19.99 a month seems to be where most of the carriers are landing. I think that’s about right and fully expect to see add-ons down the road being added to the price … Read more

Will WiMax Marry w/VoIP

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Lots of speculation about WiMax being the dial up killer. Intel is playing big in the game. Add in Cisco and you have a major headache for the switch folks. But first there has to be a standard, then some real deployments.

IBM and VoIP

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Internet Telephony uber blogger latches onto what IBM is doing with VoIP courtesy of our friend Keith of voipnuke.com. It is no secret IBM will play in the VoIP world. The question is how? In this move IBM is switching providers for voice conferencing from PTEK to adifferent company.

VoIP Needs Standards

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I may be a day late on this but I have to agree on this point. Without standards confusion will rule and that will lead to government regulation. Remember, the government that governs best, governs least. Self regulation is the key and that means standards.

eWeek Says Hands Off VoIP, Almost

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eWeek in what is more of an editorial than a news story suggests a sane approach to VoIP regulation, largely saying give the government the ability to VoIPtap. I agree, but wonder how P2P systems will be impacted or really, what impact they will have on the market. Andy

DSIA To Go VoIP

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VoIPNuke.com tipped me off to this story about the US DSIA going to a VoIP mindset. In some ways this could be good for MCI, one of the biggest government suppliers for IP network services. It also may be good for Level3 as they have been making in-roads in that direction of late and my … Read more

Primus–Ouch That’s Gotta Hurt

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When I saw this I sure wondered how much this hurts Primus. First they get scorched in India, now in the USA they get hit with a $400K fine for Do Not Call registry violations. If Primus is planning to use Telemarketing to reach their audience for Lingo, that works out to be a very … Read more