Is VoIP Spam Coming?

Experts disagree but a Frost and Sullivan report indicates that Voice Spam is more a when than an if. Years back ARAVOX was building a SIP firewall, as their inventors saw the pitfalls of VoIP and SIP. Companies like Dynamicsoft will be the ones to watch in this space as they understand SIP very well … Read more

AT&T CallVantage Gets BestBuy

In what is rapidly becoming a clear cut roll out of AT&T’s CallVantage’s strategy to insure that anyone who wants to have VoIP in their home, the telecom giant has announced a relationship with BestBuy, one of the nations largest big box retailers of home electronics and appliances that makes it easier for consumers to … Read more

Wanadoo VoIP, WiFi All In One

Wanadoo, which has already rolled out it’s LiveBox in the UK is doing the same in France. The box combines a router, Wi-Fi and VoIP. As someone who has used the Zyxel WiFi phone successfully with some wireless access points, but not others, the enjoyment of no ATA needed to make calls is killer. On … Read more

Forbes Falls Down On VoIP Coverage

It what has to be a “we need to write something about this situation” type of story, Forbes writes about VoIP. Obviously this was written before last week’s AT&T announcement about working with the cable companies, so that transgression is understood, but to lump Verizon in with AT&T and call their service fast growing compared … Read more

Maybe They Will Get Fired for Buying Cisco and IBM

There is an old adage around the telephony world that no one gets fired for buying Cisco or IBM. So it’s no surprise that the two companies which have written the book on how to sell, um, strongarm may be a better term, in new products and services that effect telecommunications have seem to have … Read more

New Provider Promises New Features

WorldWide Telco is boasting that it will offer new features, which it feels, and I tend to agree, will be the decision point for how companies and consumers decide on a VoIP provider. What makes WorldWide Telco unique as a carrier is they are using their own equipment end to end, something that is both … Read more

VoIP And WiFi In NYC?

Nancy Gohring at WiFi Net News has a nice post and links to a story that seems to be building in New York to use WiFi and VoIP together. The whole idea of WiFi phoning is something that I feel will be totally disruptive to the cellular industry, which is why T-Mobile is involved so … Read more

Softphone and T-Mobile Not Ready for Prime Time

This afternoon I was in a Starbucks where the hotspot operator is T-Mobile. Offering full T-1’s I figured with bad cell reception in the coffee shop, that it would be a perfect time for me to use my Vonage softphone and the Clarysis handset. What a dissaster. Even with the excellent bandwidth at Starbucks that … Read more

ZD Net on CallVantage

I’m not sure I would call $2 billion chump change, but that’s what ZD seems to ask. But read what Dave Dorman is saying and then realize, that sometimes, underselling and overdelivering is the mark of a smart marketer. What’s better? Saying to your board that you missed your numbers, or you overshot your goal … Read more