Andy Abramson

MCI Moves Closer To VoIP

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I have been saying for a while that MCI is a sleeping giant about to wake up one day and be a major player in the B2B and Consumer VoIP market. This move only foreshadows that end result.

Cable Companies Getting Hotter With VoIP

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I think this is the tip of the iceberg in VoIP stories related to cable companies. VoIP is a wonderful way for the the MSO’s to carve into the RBOC’s market share. Given they already have the last mile solved it’s only a matter of time before they make a big push. I’d say it’s … Read more

Skype For Mac In Early Beta

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Skype are masters at building hype. Now they are dripping their software out in the Mac community. Actually, my gut says if Apple was more cooperative and thought to make Skype the defacto voice app, and blended it with iSight, that Skype would rapidly clean up the video chat business….but Apple really isn’t about being … Read more

Red Herring On Packet8

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Red Herring, which is about to go weekly and hard copy has a story about VoIP focusing on the Packet8 PicturePhone, something we’ve been telling you about for a while.

Is Vonage Another Netscape?

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Just read Om…great stuff…wishI said it. Glad he did….but candidly, Vonage needs a big bucks investor and not of the VC kind. The best is an exit to a big Telco…MCI, Verizon and SBC lead my list.

Going Global

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Going global? Want a London or Paris number? Well, that’s going to be easier. Primus, the company behind Lingo has added that ability for under $10.00 a month. See Om’s post. Now, what Om didn’t tell you 🙂 This was front page USA Today news on the index/contents and then the story was front page … Read more

Vonage Hires a CTO

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Not to rest where they are, Vonage has brought in a veteran IP CTO type to keep their platform humming. I often speculate that MCI is an ideal buyer of Vonage. Why? Their Chaiman and CEO Michael Cappellas is a deal maker and he knows when to buy rather than build. While this is pure … Read more

VoIP Really Under Fire

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A Virginia company has deployed the battlefield phone booth using Cisco IP phone software and Gateway notebook computers by combining satellite and PCs plus some software. Remember, military grade technology eventually ends up working for the masses so think of this as a trail by fire for Segovia, Inc., the company that was awareded the … Read more

The Portable Internet

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The ITU will issue in September a report entitled “The Portable Internet” and the tease promises details on “disruptive technologies.” Certainly WiFi has been and will continue to be disruptive as it has leapfrogged GPRS and EVDO in many ways when the idea of Portable versus Mobile is applied. That said, in the portable arena … Read more