Back when longtime eBay executive Henry Gomez began to be involved with Skype as part of the eBay transition team, at the suggestion of now departed Spark PR President Lisa Hempel, I took a meeting with the ex-telco PR person from his Nynex era, who was tasked by Meg Whitman to lead the media efforts … Read more

PhoneBoy has a pretty concise summary of client TelEvolution’s upgrade of PhoneGnome to 2.0. There’s a lot to PhoneGnome and candidly, what David and the team have done in the past year really is Phone 3.0. You have to really take a look at what it not visible to the user to appreciate what PhoneGnome … Read more

The more time I spend with friend and client at PhoneGnome, David Beckemeyer, the more we tend to agree. I’m so unimpressed with the Linksys Yahoo Messenger it’s not funny. I mean, if I turn off my PC it stops working…DUH…. Not only that, but the drain on resources on a very fast, high memory, … Read more

Yesterday the news broke that 3G carrier 3 was going to offer Skype calling on their mobile phone service. Today the news out of Australia is that iSkoot is the technology that’s going to enable that to happen as there software will begin being pre-loaded onto Nokia and Ericsson handsets. There is more to this … Read more

Congrats to Luca and the team at Abbeynet for their recent introduction to SitoFono. The concept is very strong, one fee, all your calling and has dramatic ramifications. I contend that one day our phone companies will be global brands, and via IP services like these will be very much the common place offering, and … Read more

geek.com has a review of the new T-Mobile @ Home trial that is going on in Washington state. So far the reports are not very encouraging, but that’s why companies do trials.

Pal Martin Geddes and his co-horts need you opinion. “The Telco 2.0 team is looking to validate our assumptions about the change in the telecom industry. We’re also getting input on timing of the ‘tipping points’ to change, and how telcos should react to the new landscape. We’ve made it quick and easy to complete, … Read more

VoIP News has published a very segmented and rather comprehensive list of who’s who, or who’s really influential in VoIP. Needless to say when it came to the pundit category, Jeff is number one. He should be. He’s been at it the longest and is the leader. I’m honored just to be in his shadow, … Read more

The New York Times syndicated a story on VoIP phones. Unfortunately most of the phones they detailed are not the most recent, nor are they the best ones out there. Granted the NY Times is a mass circulation paper, but the inclusion of the UT Starcom F1000 for Vonage is a sin. The phone has … Read more

I just spotted a news item out of the UK about WiFi phones making inroads at one of their biggest retailers, Tesco. All are using SIP and while Skype and Yahoo have locked models being sold now, the real future is in the BYOD market. Companies like BroadVoice and VoicePulse are ideally positioned to sell … Read more