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Rebtel has partnered with EasyJet to make their version of mobile VoIP more widely accessible to the travel market.

I’m a Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and I can’t use a lot of programs on my Mac to connect to cloud based services like my Gmail account using MailPlane (but I can get to the mail via the browser or Apple Mail.) Eyebeam from Counterpath won’t get around the ports that are likely blocked, but … Read more

GigaOm’s Liz Gaines tonight unveiled something very radical and exciting. It’s called the NewTeeVee Station and is it ever hot…. Check it out…..

Reports out of Europe and the UK (where I’ve been last week) have the Mother of All European Equity Plays coming down the pike the second half of the year. KKR (the investment bank that knows all about LBO’s and takeovers) is the likely lead making a very substantial play likely rolling up a series … Read more

Doug Mohney, now at Fierce VoIP, provides a very cryptic and tight analysis about MagicJack. While it’s not free, the crowd the service is catering too is almost the same.

I read the New York Times article on UMPC’s and had to chuckle. This clearly tells me that all the companies entering the UMPC space, a sector really fueled by Intel to sell more lightweight, fast processors and to provide convenience to users is sorely needing a lesson in messaging. About the best source for … Read more

Skype keeps acting more and more like a real phone company (read telco) with the ability to now display Caller ID in North America. With this move Skype continues to pass the “duck test.” While you can also opt to display your mobile phone number, I think it’s far better to use your Skype number … Read more

I can’t say I’m surprised. MuniWiFi is on the cancer trail. First Earthlink. Now Metro-Fi. Bye Bye because no one cared to buy… Sooner or later someone will figure out what many of us knew….The model was all wrong.

John Biggs of TechCrunch has the details on a new VoIP service from iCall for the iPhone that on the surface may violate a lot of what may be Apple’s view of what can be done with VoIP on the iPhone.

It looks like three companies in Japan are going to jump into the Mobile VoIP game according to this Business Week news story. I’ve heard rumors that Jajah is powering eMobile over WiFi, but the entry of JCI (Japan Communications) using 3G to make and receive calls is totally new to me.