Tom Keating has some insight on Google looking at ringing in PSTN calling with Google Talk. Can’t say anyone is surprised. In my view it will only be a matter of time for the big G to roll out additional features. Google has audience. For starters if they simply connect callers to pizza parlors, airlines … Read more
Jeff Pulver points out a problem that I think needs to be recognized by hotel operators. The company that provides broadband to his hotel seemed to not really be supporting the hotel. I for one have begun thinking about starting a blog that is nothing more than a list of comments about my hotel experiences … Read more
One of the ways to know if something is going to be great is how fast it takes to get someone to say “cool.” In the case of GaBoogie, a new web based conference calling platform and service, that took all of 10 seconds. Without a doubt the ease of use, feature rich service is … Read more
Friend Esme Vos provides her take on the impact WiFi VoIP from companies like SipPhone and Truphone are and will increasingly have on the mobile operators and some of the tactics the mobile gang is taking or will take to make VoIP calls more difficult.
Well a few month back I wrote that Cisco and Microsoft are not friends and explained why. So today Reuters has picked up on the theme with a story about how both companies are approaching VoIP. On of the quotes is hilarious, with Cisco claiming they pretty much invented VoIP. Even so, the story is … Read more
Its getting harder and harder in my mind to not view Skype as a phone company without a Central Office. With the release of Skype for the Mac 2.6 they added the long wanted “call transfer” function. Unfortunately when Ken Rutkowski who had yet to upgrade and I tried the feature to transfer a call … Read more
In what has to be the echoes of the sounds from the tribes starting to play the death drums for Vonage on Wall Street, the New York Times Small Business section today had a story about alternatives. What’s interesting is that the story listed both Verizon’s VoiceWing and AT&T’s CallVantage, two products that have had … Read more
Over the last few days client Truphone has been in the news in the UK. Starting with their appearance on the BBC and then in the Times, the Mobile VoIP player is generating lots of coverage for WiFi powered voice.
A must read story about where money is in VoIP can be found in Mobile Business from the UK.
While I’m awaiting my Medion UMPC that is supposed to be here this week or next, it seems the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg got to play with a pre-release model of the Samsung Q1 Ultra. His comments both in the video and in his column makes one realize that this is not a device … Read more
