XTEN has a new relationship with Symbol Technologies. This is one more indication that the market for soft-phones is growing.

Jon Arnold points to a collection of small wired markets which are gearing up for VoIP. While many of these operators have already been the target of Vonage, Net2Phone and others, none has really gained any traction that is of significance. These small regional local exchange carriers taken individually are a small market, but when … Read more

Skype Journal points out that your Skype buddy list now resides on a central server. I’m very happy to hear that. Having to re-add all my buddies was a lot of work with each new Skype enabled device that came along.

I’ve heard the same rumors as Om about Vonage seeking more VC money. This round will likely be what is called a late stage investment, and may even involve taking out some of the current investors and shareholders at a fair multiple. That said, I’ve also heard the Jeffrey Citron has about $70 million of … Read more

Om points out that Skype is really now going after the same market as Vonage and really all the rest. I don’t fully agree, but feel he’s looking the right way, just not going as deep as one can. For 30 euros a year you get a phone number that rings in with SkypeIn. That’s … Read more

Already masters of Viral marketing, Skype has added an affiliate program via Commission Junction that creates a Skype Sign Up for Premium services and yields the advertiser some revenue.

When I read this, I immediately knew the answer. MEDIAFLO, a new Qualcomm effort to deliver radio and tv like content using CDMA and EVDO. There is only one problem. The signal can’t go everywhere and 802.11n will help the content go where EVDO won’t take it.

The Toronto Globe and Mail has a very good article on the future of IP Convergence and brings to mind that VoIP may indeed be the first of the applications which causes that.

Yesterday Om Malik and I met for coffee in San Francisco. Surprisingly Om didn’t look like all of Mom’s cooking had taken any effect on him, other than he admitted he could now get back to blogging beyond what he’s been able to do. One of the subjects we talked about at the Starbucks (where … Read more

An InformationWeek article calls into question what VoIP will do to existing ISP’s infrastructure and thinks the upsurge in voice traffic over networks really only built for certain traffic levels will cause a strain.