In what is clearly their Rising Sun strategy, James Enck tipped us all off to a deal with LiveDoor in Japan for Skype. On the heels of their Chinese announcement earlier, this clearly means that either Korea, Vietnam, Thailand or India are next.
I have been saying for over a year both on KenRadio.com and here that the telcos are the next television threat to cable, not satellite. Verizon TV is a huge threat, if the Telcos can pull off more than the pipe to the home, which in itself is no easy trick. Can you spell ISDN … Read more
Unwired VoIP is due in 2005 down in Australia. While some form of PSTN termination is needed, what everyone has to realize is that just like mobile to mobile minutes being free in all kinds of deals globally on the same carrier (though I used to get free T-Mobile to Cingular for a while) VoIP … Read more
In China VoIP is being looked at very favorably according to this China Post article. Will Skype and VoIP lead to a revolution in China? Well possibly a Telecom one, that’s for dog gone sure.
Eurotelcobloger James Enck aka “das Enckster” recaps what the Skype-Tom announcement means. For those too lazy to click through, or those blocked by the Chinese (fire)wall, basically given the growth of Skype via a similar partnership in Taiwan, Skype should end up with more users in China than any country in the world based solely … Read more
A very good write up was flagged by Jeff Pulver. It comes from another Andy over on O’Reilly Network site and has lots of the key points at VON.
As you read this, it makes more sense why the Pulver Communicator is heading in this direction. Wanna bet that others start going in this direction? I can see XTEN developing an app, as well as a few others. As a RIM original user who is now on RIM generation III version hardware, their vision … Read more
What’s all the broohaha about 911. Call 911 from you cellphone in California and you want the local police, and you have to go through the Highway patrol emergency operator, which can take many minutes, not seconds. I think the FUD about 911 is overhyped and the alternative routes to reach the emergency operator are … Read more
I just received word that I’m now officially registered in BloggerCon 3. I booked my flight and have scored my Hotel rooms. I’m looking forward to seeing who else from the Telecom blog world makes it there. This is not about VoIP, but all about the power and the future of blogging.
The power of the blog. I got a call from the PR firm working with VoiceGlo. The rep, who seems far superior to their last rep was candid. The number VoiceGlo released was indeed people who signed up/downloaded the client. That does not mean they use if, for as SkiBare pointed out to me, there … Read more
