A few years ago BT got out of the circuit switched mobile business. Now with a relationship with maverick Hotspot network FON, the opportunity for BT to be in the HotMobile business is creeping back in. What’s more FON defeats the need for international roaming costs if you can log your IP phone onto their … Read more
Ted Wallingford is my favorite Mac blogger because he’s not so overboard. He’s pragmatic and he understands a lot more tech than I ever will. That’s why I’m very happy to point some link love his way. His post about Apple is well worth a read and his position is one that has meaning to … Read more
If you want to learn how to get the most out of Trixbox, now is the time to go to one of their training sessions.
I’ve had a chance to play around with the T-Mobile @ Home service @ home with their special router and I liked it, but the last thing I needed was yet another phone and phone number, so their test unit sees limited use. Well with my new Blackberry 8320 I’m in VoIP heaven. Staying at … Read more
Pal Rich Tehrani likes the ring of RingCenral’s new features and some look like they are worth a try. Personnaly I have to wonder I really want/need another softphone and Unified service? Between the combos of GrandCentral, PhoneGnome and SipPhone’s Gizmo Project I can have all that they are offering it would appear. A ton … Read more
First Cisco bought WebEx. Last month IBM purchased client Web Dialogs. Now AT&T has made a “me too” type of acquisition with the purchase of Interwise. Clearly this bodes well that the online collaboration space is hot and that the big companies want to be able to offer the full suite of services. In my … Read more
A big management change at Skype has occurred with Niklas Zennstrom resigning as CEO and Henry Gomez returning to eBay. This tells me a few things. First that the eBay leadership is not happy with the direction Skype has been going and is looking for a leader who can really run the company globally as … Read more
Dan York sums up a problem that many of us RoadWarrior types experience. I’ve run into similar issues and thanks to Dan now see how to resolve them.
PhoneBoy reports about more JaJah around the world. This news comes out at a time when many think JaJah’s moment in the sun is fading. On the subject of Jajah, marketing guru Don Thorson has split from Jajah to go over to another Silicon Valley startup.
A post on the Consumerist takes another shot at Comcast. Honestly, this post makes the phone company look good these days. But its more than Comcast that needs to retool how they deal with their customers. A recent experience with a new defective Blackberry 8700 and RIM had me spending more time in hours to … Read more
