Mobile Mavne Colin Gibbs at GigaOm, writes about Verizon Wireless blocking SMS messages from 4Info that are ad supported. I’m trying to sort through this in my head, but I think it comes down to Verizon gearing up to be an ad sales force of their own. You see, networks by their very nature sell … Read more
Let’s try to clear up the rumor that a Google Phone that reportedly is coming out in January. That is if you can believe any blog that tells you its a rumor. First of, one has to expect that the phone would not be for the traditional mobile network. Honestly if I was Google I’d … Read more
Why does my iPhone run through battery power on AT&T like a hot knife through butter but in Spain on Orange the battery life is far better. Well at least with 3G data off. My guess is that the 3G radio in the iPhone and the sparse number of AT&T towers, or under capacity, leads … Read more
It was Coffee Time. Now it’s wine time. I’m in Madrid so that means tapas, tavernas and tasty times.
Skype for SIP is now live and in my view Skype just created a massive pipe into the corporate market. While some may immediately want to draw unfair comparisons to SIP Trunking, I’d dubbed this the “Skype Pipe” as in all reality now Skype has the pipe into the business phone market that have for … Read more
It looks like with Google’s buying of Gizmo that the world of SIP origination and termination via anyone who has the ability to be a SIP or Asterisk based origination and termination player will rise to the surface. Earlier this week we saw the arrival of Localphone.com and now it’s Super-Phone.com which is offering voice … Read more
As an experiment I turned on my fully charged iPhone at 1000 AM today. After three hours of very light use I am now at 65% of battery life left compared to 90% on my Droid which is seeing heavy use. By that I mean I have push turned off on the iPhone while the … Read more
Wireless Moves has a very good summary of just how many voice calls can travel over LTE compared to GSM, UMTS and HSPA. The key though in reading the post is in the summary: The numbers are stunning and offer interesting opportunities in the future. According to these numbers LTE is 10 times more efficient … Read more
If you have PSTN numbers for Gizmo In service you may not have seen this language on the administration page: We are currently working on a migration strategy. No call-in numbers will expire at this time. We will provide ample notice for you to have uninterrupted service. What does that mean for users? One of … Read more
Novatel Wireless pioneered the concept of the MiFi, introducing it for the first time at CES in January, 2009. Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, a year earlier had introduced a similar product idea, but it was Novatel who pushed the idea of MiFi to the limits, and pretty much built the market for PocketSpots as … Read more
