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
If you want to cut down on hardware bloat the new Alcatel mobile phone may be one answer. Featuring a USB web cam, the new phone can likely be used, once tested, with Skype and SightSpeed. This is perfect as laptops become smaller and don’t all have the built in web cams like MacBooks do.
When you look closely at the stats around Fiber to the Home/Premise/Curb and the markets the RBOCs are going after, you have to realize that the roll out map isn’t where there’s a lack of broadband. It’s going right after the customer who already has it. The cable market’s existing customer base. That’s because the … Read more
Both GigaOm and Voxilla have stories about the deluge of new hardware from all the major players presently in Beta that will work with Microsoft’s Office Communications Server. You will note that like almost all the VoIP players which have commercial services up and running, that Microsoft has put its weight behind SIP, not gone … Read more
Skype is announcing a new retail distribution channel partnership with Wal-Mart, in which a number of Skype Certified devices (webcams, handsets and headsets) and the first pre-paid cards for Skype ($20 Skype Credit and a three-month subscription to the Unlimited Calling plan for $8.85) will be sold in more than 1,800 stores in the U.S. … Read more
