this just in On September 22, 2007, Skype reached its 20 millionth registered user in North America, doubling from 10 million registered users in just over the last 12 months. Or think about it this way – nearly 10 percent of the more than 232 million Internet users in North America have now downloaded and … Read more
A new dating site called WooMe is using VoIP and it looks like a real winner. The use of VoIP makes it possible to talk, then hook up, or even hang up on the love, flame or to just arrange a romp in the hay.
In what could possibly be a longterm blow to MagicJack, i2Telecom looks like they are on their way to winning a few patents on their VoiceStick technology. When I spoke with Magic Jack’s folks a few weeks ago I raised the similarity to i2Telecom’s USB implementation, but they seemed to be unmoved by the assertion. … Read more
David Pogue story on Cubic Telecom is out today in the New York Times. He points out numerous pros and cons to the new service from blogger Pat Phelan. It’s not all glowing, and appears very balanced showing me that Pogue really did use the service before writing the review. This service looks appealing to … Read more
If you’re a part of the VOIP, Mobile or Telecom economy and have a viewpoint or perspective the Telco 2.0 Survey is one of few the must take surveys around that I endorse. The folks at STL who put on Telco 2.0 are some of the brightest and most insightful consultants around. Their upcoming event … Read more
Its only fitting that in the land of wireless phones and mobile technology, San Diego, the folks at Truphone came to play. And play they did at DEMO showing of a range of new devices that their mobile VoIP technology will be working on in the future, for that is the essence of DEMO. The … Read more
As DEMO officially starts this morning I’m overjoyed by the WiFI bandwidth that I’m seeing. This is a conference done right. Close to six megs down, and over 1.5 megs up…but the key is less than 15% latency for the round trip to the Speakeasy test site in Los Angeles found via speedtest.net Remember…all broadband … Read more
You read the headline right. I’m looking forward to Spring VON 2008 in San Jose even though 2007 Fall VON in Boston hasn’t happened yet. After catching up with Jeff Pulver over the weekend and hearing his vision and direction for the granddaddy of VoIP conferences it was rewarding to hear the energy and enthusiasm … Read more
It was nice to see Singapore based blogger James Seng write a post about VoIP even if he basically says nothing is new. Om Malik riffs on the theme presenting both sides of the coin. He’s right in my opinion about the price game. I’ve said for many years now that its about the apps … Read more
