Jeff Belk On The Move

For those of you in the mobile industry at any kind of senior level, you will know the name of my good friend and local San Diego telecom marketing guru, Jeff Belk. For many years Jeff has been a fixture at Qualcomm, and while he’s still there, he’s actually on the move with his family … Read more

Skype Keynoting at Developer’s Conference

Hats off to Rich Tehrani and the team at TMC for landing a big fish to talk to the developers at next months conference in Santa Clara. They got the big Kahuna Paul Amery from Skype who is honchoing the Skype Developer’s Program. With only a month to go before the big eBay shindig in … Read more

RebTel Busted By ZDNet Blogger

I had a sense of DejaVU and did some sleuthing with the help of a friend after receiving a note from RebTel which directed me to a post on their blog about the Nokia N95 modifications being made by Vodafone and Orange that was previously reported here on VoIPWatch a few weeks back. That’s when … Read more

Jim Courtney on The Nokia N800

Jim has become a rabid fan of the Nokia Internet Tablet called the N800, and so have I. Jim can’t wait for the Skype client to come out for it, something I hear from Skype’s PR agency is coming, but with no firm release date. Now in fairness, Nokia is my agency’s client, but before … Read more

Two Pops In One Day

Today was a great day. My company was recognized by Paul Gillin in an Ad Age article, then Olga Kharif at Business Week recognized my FON post as being meritorious. Paul recognized us for our work that we’re doing with GrandCentral and Nokia and how our innovative approach at blending bloggers into outreach is shaping … Read more

FON Inks Deal With Time Warner Cable

Since 2001 I’ve had WiFi in my home office and been a heavy user of public and private hotspot operator’s networks the world over. That’s why I was always surprised to see the cable MSO’s so invisible when it comes to WiFi in public places. With cable strands running beneath the ground, and access already … Read more

CounterPath Doesn’t Have a Windows Mobile SIP Client

Second Update: It appears the company marketing the X-PDA software for Pocket PC’s is Global IP Communications, a company that is based in Pennsylvania. On their “About” page they state “we’re now Preferred Development Partner of CounterPath Solutions with customers all over the world, developing ground-breaking software for the VoIP industry and our hardware is … Read more

Skype Not Supporting Users?

When I was in London a very well connected telecom executive I know shared a tale of woe about the lack of support he’s finding with problems associated to Skype and his account. It seems his Skype In numbers just “vanished.” While we were chatting he pointed me to a series of similar comments inside … Read more