Unbound Spiral has a short review/preview of the Skype Answering Machine. Clearly we are seeing the start of the Skype cottage industry being built and it a community without borders. If anyone has a handle on the Skype community it’s Stuart Henshall. He’s been keeping tabs on it closely, possibly the closest of any blogger … Read more

A German company has come up with an interesting way to connect DECT phones to Skype or Messenger type software clients on a personal computer. This means equipment that could have been obsolete has a new life. That also mean potentially faster adoption of Skype and other no-charge VoIP services.

I started VoIPWatch in 2003 because I saw the future growth VoIP would be seeing and to help others understand what is going on in the space. Now it seems that Red Herring is saying that VoIP will be a big deal in 2005…well that’s a big DUH! The real vision about the market is … Read more

Back in February, Cisco said they would include Video in their Meeting Place suite. Now they have. This puts added pressure on both Packet8 and XTEN to gain momentum with their video products but also serves as a proof point that Video may have a role in future communications.

The Rabbi of VoIP, Jeff Pulver, has explained in rather clear words what is going on with VoIP in Israel. I have to admit, regulation in Israel is a foriegn matter to me, but Jeff’s view sounds rather accurate.

The State of Pennsylvania has given into the Verizon backed legislation about WiFi being deployed by governments. It basically says if a municipality wants to deploy a telecom venture that Verizon has to be involved. My guess is some city will challenge the law in court. Earlier in the week Verizon said they won’t stop … Read more

Longtime VoIP industry watchers will recall that the State of Minnesota was the first state in the union to seek to put a tax on Vonage for their VoIP service. Now the state utility regulators have announced they have backed off. While this cannot be viewed as the way all states will behave, certainly last … Read more

A report out of Asia shows that 20 percent of the companies surveyed are planning VoIP deployments while another 42 percent are planning to test. This is good news for the Cisco’s of the world as well as the application, switch and IP based carriers who have a global sales operation. Adoption and deployment of … Read more

VoiceGlo keeps publishing statistics about the number of users but I keep wondering if they are actually referring to downloads. For example, I once downloaded their software but never found anyone using it that I was communicating with online so I dumped it. On the other hand I use Skype all the time. The Skype … Read more

My guess is someone like James or Om can provide a better viewpoint on what this deal means to Nortel’s stock price, but clearly it shows that when it comes to VoIP switching Nortel is winning business from the big carriers. While Nortel has had their share of accounting and management related irregularities they still … Read more