In what is another entry in the converged device universe, Linksys and Vonage have announced the release of a combined WiFi, router, access point and Vonage telephone adapter. This appears to be the same product with a different product code that BestBuy already offers from CallVantage. I’ve e-mailed Vonage spokesperson Mitchell Slepian to ascertain if … Read more
Another leading online etailer, Buy.com has jumped on the VoIP sales train with CallVantage. CallVantage now has Amazon.com, TigerDirect and Buy.com selling the service as well as a direct sales model online, in addition to some of the better retailers. The relationship works in both directions as the links above show that you can find … Read more
Give Jeff Pulver the credit he deserves, he clearly looks out for more than himself in VoIP. While Pulver’s company develops their own services and solutions in addition to VON, he clearly gets that being interested in what’s best for everyone in the VOIP space is more important than just his business. Today he brought … Read more
Yes, that is me next to Microsoft Blogger Robert Scobble. What, did you think I would be next to an PSTN telco dude? Searles blog has more photos from BloggerCon. My pic for coolest babe at the BloggerCon…Mia from SixApart. She’s smart, hot and knows how to MoBlog.
Tell me what readers don’t already know. As a long time believer that the future is WiFi handoff by cellphones when the connection is better, I’m not at all surprised to see the ongoing development of interoperability and interaction. Already the products are arriving ahead of the standards and the carriers are deploying them or … Read more
When AT&T announced they were downsizing and heading to VoIP Wall Street noticed. So now SBC has done the same thing but instead of being smart like Dave Dorman was and say they have a VoIP strategy to head towards, SBC just blames the new emerging technology as well as cellular as reasons why customers … Read more
South Africa has been one of the coutries that has been fighting the arrival of VoIP for many years. While the country has a very advanced wireless community, the incumbents have been keeping PSTN rather closed off. Well, times are changing. Smart business executives are bringing VoIP to the bottom of the dark continent and … Read more
Verisign wants to be the carrier neutral switchboard, something we reported on before. Now Business Week has an interview with one of their executives. The big advantage is their DNS translation ability can lead to both names and phone numbers and that makes them a huge switchboard operation.
Global analyst firm Analysis is touting a report on the rising threat to the telcos by next generation phone technology platforms like Skype and Peerio.
I just read a story about how VoIP will eventually be legal in the Philippines. The government is working in that direction to bring VoIP there. Actually, it’s already there.
