We’ve all heard the model of calls where in Europe and the UK the Calling Party Pays. Here in the USA when it comes to a cell phone to cell phone call, both parties pay per se, even in an unlimited plan model. Now out of Israel comes a Spikko, which envisions a world of … Read more
I just read the soon to be released report on Video Communications that Cynthia Brumfield has authored. It’s a neat compendium about Video Telephony and Video streaming that covers more than the usual suspects. If Video is something you care about, you’ll be able to obtain a copy from Cynthia when she gets back from … Read more
Talk about smart. Adoobe has made their fortune first on the back of Apple with Photoshop and Illustrator, so it’s no surprise that they’re keen enough to jump on the back of the iPhone and host an iPhone Developer’s three day camp at their San Francisco headquarters. Given Flash assets and other tools, this is … Read more
I happen to always enjoy reading Ike Elliott’s analysis of companies in the VoIP space that are publicly traded. God does his microscopic analysis remind me of what we used to see from James Enck before he ran off from being simply watched by the Japanese for every move he made with the EuroTelcoBlog to … Read more
Martin picked up on my post of earlier in the week where I through down the gauntlet to get some bright minds thinking out loud. Sir Martin really hit the mark on the integration of web and telco as this past week we saw Comcast and Vodafone grab address book managers Plaxo and Zyb. Give … Read more
The cable industry is showing that it can really play the “takeaway” game when it comes to telephony in the home based on what I’m reading over at IP Democracy this morning. What does this mean? Here are some thoughts about the landscape that runs over cable and why the cable guys are winning. 1) … Read more
I’m a wine lover, but I still have a traditional landline, VoIP lines and mobile phones, plus of course Mobile VoIP. So I found pal Dean Bubley’s post about the stats and relevance around “cord cutting” very interesting. I also now see it in my own home office where my two blogger relations and conference … Read more
J.A. Watson chats about the new “text” chatting features found in the latest version of Gizmo. But the commentary by J.A. is only an appetizer, as this post from the Crab Apple Forrest blog is one to really sink your teeth into. Some of the best insight I’ve seen about Gizmo and SIP calling in … Read more
If you want to know about another player in the mobile VoIP space called TringMe, check out Ken Camp’s long post. It tells me a lot, maybe more than TringMe would have. Way to go Ken.
I just read Jon Arnold’s piece about “Life After VON.” It’s worth a read. Candidly, at this point VON is history in many people’s minds, but not mine. I feel for the business people who weren’t paid the money they were owed and sadly the wrong people will get blamed. I heard a story from … Read more
