Back on July 12th, while sitting in Paris, I posted that IBBS (Integrated Broadband Services) was going to acquire SinglePipe, a provider of Voice over IP to Tier Two and Tier Three cable operators. Well, it has happened. This is an example of gap filling, while also a “take away” type acquisition. Reports are the … Read more
First Spain captured the World Cup of Football (soccer) in South Africa. Now their rider in the Tour de France, Alberto Contador, has captured the the race. The economy in Spain may be in the toilet and unemployment may be on the rise, but in athletics, a source of pride, these two global titles have … Read more
A few days ago Om Malik drew my attention to the state of the telcos vs. the cable operators and how it’s not only voice that moving away from the telcos. It’s broadband too. The reason in my book though goes beyond simply the speed issue. It’s also about customer service. In the 80s and … Read more
Skype Journal and others are reporting that Skype has decided to NOT charge for mobile calling from the iPhone. The news of the change in direction came as part of an announcement related to a new version of Skype for the iPhone 3GS and 4 editions.
I have always felt that one of the last remaining hurdles that SightSpeed faced in the past to widespread adoption of SightSpeed for Business was the nagging issue of NAT and Firewall traversal, especially in hotel and multi-stage router and access point deployments that we would always seem to run into at the most inopportune … Read more
I’m in Phialdelphia for a family matter this weekend. It was ideal timing as my monthlong tour of duty in Europe and the UK had ended, and the timing of a few family and friends activities made for a perfect mid-point to my west coast return trip the end of this week in time for … Read more
AT&T purchased Wayport about a year and a half or so ago. Wayport was the leading underlying provider of WiFi and Broadband services about a year or so ago. At that time Wayport’s biggest customer was McDonalds. AT&T quickly took over StarBucks via Yahoo’s ad engine as the cost savings driver, and now roughly has … Read more
Your phone number is now no longer important. It’s your identity that matters. And Apple, has once again demonstrated forward thinking vision and leadership. In reality this is precisely what Yahoo started to do under the reign of Brad Garlinghouse (now at AOL) with the YAHOO ID. At Yahoo they envisioned a world where their … Read more
I’ve had two very reliable sources come to me over the last 72 hours with news that cable MSO VoIP provider SinglePipe is going to be acquired, with the likely buyer being a company named IBBS. SinglePipe is one of the leading providers, along with Momentum Telecom, of VoIP services to cable companies after you … Read more
Fring is calling Skype “cowards.” Skype is saying that “Fring is breaching our API Terms of Use and End User Licence Agreement.” My sources tell me that Skype has neither “blocked fring” nor asked them to pull their support for Skype. This is slightly different than what Frings’ angle to the story is. As we … Read more
