Andy Abramson Juniper Research has issued a report on the expected growth of VoIP and drawn some conclusions. While most are obvious to those in the VoIP industry (i.e. space) the call for the need for standards and to me, interoperability is the most important. Sure service offerings that are bundled (i.e. phone, email, internet access etc.) … Read more
Yesterday at the annual shareholders meeting of AT&T (NYSE: T), Chairman and CEO Dave Dorman spoke about the next steps for AT&T as they forge ahead as the major player in IP based services. In watching and listening to the speech it was rewarding to hear how much of commitment the company is really making … Read more
How does VoIP work? The Associated Press has a nice recap that is making the rounds of online newspapers.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto’s best newspaper, has a very nice profile with the founder of Skype. Can you say PR in action? I can.
Skype’s founders announced yesterday in Toronto at the VON that they will have two flavors of SKYPE this August. Skype Plus will offer an area code chosen by the user and voice mail. SKYPE OUT will let you call to PSTN or other VoIP phones with a normal phone number. SKYPE is sounding more like … Read more
Business 2.0 (Subscription required) has a nice profile on both Vonage and AT&T’s CallVantage offering. The last few paragraphs are indeed interesting thoughts about Vonage future. IPO or will they be acquired, that is the question. Their founder, Louis Holder is on the speaking circuit, talking at the Morgan Stanley conference soon. Those types of … Read more
Voice over data networks, which is the basis of VoIP will grow. Now reports are starting to come out from research houses basically saying as faster and more access to high speed comes along that will drive voice over packet usage. What I like about this recap is how it links together various communication platforms … Read more
When AT&T Wireless was spun off a few years back by AT&T, the big T did a licensing deal with them for the AT&T name. With the sale of AT&T Wireless to Cingular, the name, not the network still belonged to AT&T, sans wireless. Now AT&T, not more than a few months before the deal … Read more
No one ever gets fired for buying IBM or Cisco is an axiom that makes the rounds when smaller less established companies decide to use the either of the two giants. So decisions will now only be easier, and likely more expensive, as the two venerable companies join together to go after the corporate enterprise … Read more
Business Week has a story about some of the pitfalls facing VoIP users when it comes to 911 Emergency services. While the issue today is a big deal, I don’t see that it will remain over time as much of a problem. First, if the FCC wants to get into the regulation of VoIP it … Read more
