Om Lands Skype’s Big Fish
Be sure to check out the Skype CEO interview on GigaOm.
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Signs of The Times-VoIP is Here
Yesterday I posted that agency client Truphone was covered by the New York Times. A few weeks ago it was the Wall Street Journal. This morning pal Dean Bubley tipped me off to a story in the London Times that ran with Truphone getting the top slot in coverage and high praise for their Apple … Read more
Tesco Launches a Very Interesting Mobile VoIP Play
Earlier this week I alluded to the fact that Tesco would be coming out with a VoIP play that was based on their Freshtel acquisition as they’ve been selling FreshTel for sometime in the UK as a reader also commented. Now today, the other shoe dropped and is it an ever inviting whopper. I say … Read more
Is Your Information At Risk Via Skype
This story in the Register is very, very disturbing. Not only does it replicate a few emails from both friends and readers about the dramatic drop off in customer service as Skype has grown to the size they have, but it also seems to underscores possible flaws in the eBay architecture overall since both Skype … Read more
SideCut Reports Where Xohm Goes Next
Give pal Paul Kapustka credit for being all over the WiMax story. He has the goods on where Xohm will roll out after it’s initial launch. Philadelphia, Boston and Dallas are tee’d up.
HTC Google Android + T-Mobile + 1700/3G?
If I was a betting man, I would expect the new HTC Android device to be one of the first 3G devices on the new T-Mobile 1700 megahertz range network. Why? It’s an instant market differentiator, and it puts data plans on a network that was licensed and built just for that. I mean, how … Read more
Austria Mobilkom Launches SIP SoftPhone
Xnet’s iSoftPhone is being used as part of a launch of a new service called A1 over IP, a new telephony offering coming from Mobilkom Austria. Xnet has developed the new A1 iSoftPhone for the Mac OS X they say to deliver Carrier-Grade Voice Communications. The Xnet Mac softphone is a worthy rival to Counterpath’s … Read more
EQO Goes Boldly Where No Other Mobile VoIP Client Has Gone Before
Ok, so I took the line and some journalistic license in the headline, but the news out of Vancouver from EQO is simply this. EQO has announced an IM and Mobile VOIP client for the Blackberry Bold that just came out this week. That makes me wonder if they’ll have it working on the new … Read more
More Mobile VoIP Clients Out
VoIP News in the UK reports about a new mobile VoIP client from Vyke being released. This comes on the heals of the Wall Street Journal and Business Week stories of last week and this week. Clearly this shows that Mobile VoIP is very much alive and well and that the interest is jumping from … Read more
Business Week on Mobile VoIP
Business Week’s Olga Kharif writes a very good summary article about Mobile VoIP, which includes client Truphone. Olga’s points about Mobile VoIP and who the players are makes a nice compendium. What this means is that Mobile VoIP has gone well beyond the blogosphere and is now going to become more mainstream. Sadly, the carries … Read more