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’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
I’ve been a fan of GizmoProject for a very long time, and while I’m using it less and less, and other apps more, I still never forget how much innovation resides inside their team. Many people forget that Gizmo was birthed out of SipPhone, and SipPhone has a ton of standards based capabilities and relationships, … Read more
A quick read of a press release from Campbell, CA based research and analyst firm Infonetics shows that VoIP usage and uptake continues to grow the world over. It also points out who the big players are. Comcast in the USA leads the pick up here in the States. Orange in France is selling VoIP … Read more
Uber Analyst, Jon Arnold, is back from vacation and he has his game face on. In a TMCNet post Jon drills down on the reasons why BT was so fast to pay what the did for Ribbit. He then goes on to highlight Mobivox’s moves with Jajah and the reasons why ifByPhone are both companies … Read more
This is the kind of story I like to see, not only because it has direct benefit to clients (Truphone and Boingo) but also because one of the company’s whose advisory board I sit on Agito, is smack in the middle of this whole Voice over WiFi game. Voice over WiFi works. And it works … Read more
Over on DSL Reports is a note that AT&T has stopped putting new customers on their VoIP platform called CallVanatge. While current customers are not affected, it looks like any new additions are a thing of the past for the foreseeable future. As a CallVantage customer, I have yet to have any major issues other … Read more
Baron’s Blogger Tiernan Ray thinks the long rumored Google phone is on hold at HTC for a variety of reasons.
If you haven’t seen the news lately, client Fonolo, started by pal Shai Berger, is on a roll. Originally called FonCloud, they changed their name last spring, and debuted at eComm, showcasing their deep dialing end to customer service frustration for consumers. At eComm everyone from eTel founder Surj Patel to organizer Lee Dryburgh told … Read more
If you’re really into developing software for the telephony market or adding the best of what’s new to your IP based phone system, the ClueCon conference here in Chicago was the place to be. Brian West has grown this ultra-geek-tech event and broadened the appeal to the point of where without VON this year the … Read more
