Judi Sohn, whose matter of fact style keeps me reading her blog, just laid the smack down on Verizon, and for good reason. Press releases sent out before the sales channel is ready is what you expect from rookies, not companies like Verizon who have veterans. What’s irritating is they have a customer wanting to … Read more
I was approached at eComm by a new telecom blogger yesterday and wanted to welcome him to the open world of blogging. He’s never hit my radar before, but new players are always a good thing. If anything we need more bloggers to replace some who have seen to move in new directions in life. … Read more
Despite all the hurdles first time events have, eComm came off basically without a hitch yesterday, and by the looks of some early “press” the event seems to have hit the mark the right way. Sure, everyone will like some speakers and find faults with others. That’s the nature of all conferences, and thankfully, we … Read more
I received a odd message in Facebook this morning that invited me to a demo of Marratech next Monday, the video and web collaboration platform which Google acquired a year ago. A lot of the Facebook page is in Spanish and the note is not from anyone whom I can tell is connected to Google. … Read more
I just got off the phone with a very elated and happy Paul Kapustka. The long time telecom industry reporter and editor, who most recently was helping Om Malik at GigaOm, as well as with his own SideCut Reports, has returned to the PulverMedia organization. Kapustka, whose has a hard hitting, find the story style … Read more
Startup RingCentral has landed a big fish in BT for its web based phone calling service according to the Red Herring. The net net here is that the play whicht RingCentral is pursuing to clone is working with other carriers, and using them as their channel partners versus trying to sell uphill direct to small … Read more
Longtime VoIP industry folks know the online publication, iLocus. Well it’s still around and still a useful source for information about new and emerging companies as well as agents of change in the telecom industry. This week they published an interview with Truphone’s CEO, James Tagg on the prospects for Mobile VoIP.
All I can say about in flight broadband is….BRING IT ON! Seriously, one of my favorite pastimes when flying is to get work done. With more and more of what I’m doing leveraging Web 2.0 (SaaS, ASP model) and even Web 3.0 (yes 3.0) approaches to business that combine device and cloud combined technologies the … Read more
It looks like the idea of cheaper calling still is on the mind of the opinion leading journalists as members of the public still look at how they can do that to keep phone costs down. What’s rather rewarding to see is while the services all use VOIP in the middle, providing evidence that the … Read more
VoIP News has a top forty, just like Billboards hot hits. Worth a read…and congrats to the seven Comunicano clients as well as the other thirty three. SightSpeed PhoneGnome Truphone Mobivox Grand Central TalkPlus iotum
