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Everyone who has asked me about Vonage rolling out in the U.K. can now rest easy. Given they have linked with Tesco, a large supermarket retail operator, they have fired a shot for global telephony branding in the right direction.
Blogging Blahs
Of late I’ve had the blogging blahs…there is so much out there, but given the holiday season, it’s a bit slower for me and I’m a tad distracted. I’ve also had a back up system failure. The reliable Mirra box seemed to develop a bug, my system last week was hit by a Virus that … Read more
Covad VoIP Now Nationwide
Covad has announced that they have service available in more than 900 cities nationwide. Given their footprint they are sure to become a bigger player next year.
HTC Really Sticks Their Chin Out
HTC, considered the best assemblers of tiny devices like the PDA phone that is marketed by many wireless carriers really wants to piss off their customers in the cell phone business–THE CARRIERS. They want to bundle in Skype with Microsoft Smartphones. I think Microsoft may be concerned too, but not that much. For Skype to … Read more
Packet 8 To Ring Up Smiles For Kids In Hospitals via Santa
Packet8 gets to the heart of the matter this holiday season. Kids. And they’re making sure that the kids who find themselves inside Childrens Hospital in cities around the United States don’t miss the chance to virtually see Santa Claus thanks to their videophone service. My view though remains that if companies which are thinking … Read more
IT Observer on Skype
The IT Observer asks if Skype is the Google of VoIP. I say it’s the eBay of Voice with all that is springing up around Skype.
The Next Communications Company?
Could an alliance between AT&T and Intel be world changing? When you think about it, Intel has chips inside just about everything that is Technology. Sure they have competition from TI, Broadcom and Qualcomm to name a few in the telecom space, but while none of those companies have an alliance with a state of … Read more
Who Gives A Sip?
I do. Chris Holland says everyone should have a SIP address over at the Broadband Daily.
What is Videophone Service
Aswath continues to be the go to guy when you want analysis that takes where those of us dive below the surface and then takes the issue down to the ocean floor. Yesterday I was questioning the demand for videophone service that Vonage (and VoicePulse) have announced. Well Aswath really rips into what is being … Read more
Who’s Buying Who?
Om makes a stab in the dark about Vonage being bought by a company with a big IM base. While his logic is as always sound, I don’t think that either MSFT or YAHOO need to buy Vonage, but both always do work in that direction when it comes to buy or build.