Congrats to the Ken and Cheryl and their pending wedding date in 2009. As many may know they were engaged at the VON Conference last month in San Jose. My question? Is the registry on Facebook? Found in Twitter or reachable only via a handheld device?
Over the weekend James Body of Truphone mentioned hearing something about a Skype To SIP gateway platform with Voxeo. Now PhoneBoy tips off the world. All I know is the calls to the PSTN of late have been excellent from Europe.
A report from Frost & Sullivan points out the growth that hosted VoIP providers will be seeing. This is good news for the cBeyonds, Call Towers and client Junction Networks. Unlike the all you can eat pricing model of Skype, these companies actually make money on calls, as well as services. It’s one reason why … Read more
AT&T’s Uverse is growing, report’s Om Malik. I’d make it my third ISP in the home office if they would open it up to us. I can see the Central Office and I know they’ve already done the work getting it to the box 100 yards from my house. The issue is though that my … Read more
I’ve been hearing rumblings for some time out of the land of the rising sun that a VoIP phone with mobile capabilities is coming to a carrier. The rumor mill being what it is has Jajah supplying the underlying core technology to make it possible to happen in Japan. Anyone for sushi?
This post by “the UnWired” blogger Arne Hess has me wondering if you need to by a data plan for light use in the USA is you want data over a pre-paid SIM on AT&T. My guess based on Arne’s reference to WAP is that the service is generic GSM/GPRS data that chews up time..For … Read more
Last week eBay’s new leader told the Financial Times that a decision on Skype future will be made at the end of this year. This week new Skype prexy Josh Silverman said eBay is giving all kinds of support to achieve synergies. This is corporate chess and more importantly, well orchestrated positioning. It keeps Skype … Read more
Let’s face it. This is nothing new. For years one of Cisco’s channel partners has been SBC, Bell South and other now AT&T owned companies, working on the front lines as integrators as far back as at least 2001. AT&T has also been one of Cisco’s best customers, buying lots of routers. The big honking … Read more
Skype has listened and learned from their customers. Last year Skype was offering USA and Canadian residents “unlimited” dialing plans. Now they are offering them to the world at monthly rates which basically make Skype Pro for many a thing of the past, with a near global calling plan for 9.95 a month as of … Read more
The people involved in Muni Wi-Fi are all wet. From the manufacturers to the consultants who advised the cities to the city folks themselves. Talk about playing into the hands of the big telcos and cable operators. Not a one figured that the cable guys could be their best friends and none of the efforts … Read more
