I never got excited about GloPhone. They were one of those companies that I thought from the start was more about being a stock play than a phone company despite all their claims. Well Om busts a move and gets the story out that they’re no longer glowing at all. Seems they have come loudly, … Read more
Dean at VoIPUser has quoted a Google executive Isabel Aguilera who is based in the Iberian peninsula and oversees Google’s activities in Spain and Portugal regarding the real activity involving the development of a Google Phone. To my knowledge this is the first public comment by anyone officially connected to Google that has made the … Read more
Om talks about Twitter today.
Does voice have a place with Web Portals or is Voice really an Internet play, not a portal play? In the movie Jerry McGuire, the character played by Cuba Gooding, Jr. tells Jerry to “Show me The Money.” I say the VoIP portals should be less worried about showing me the ads, and more concerned … Read more
Over the last few weeks I’ve heard rumblings that Tello, the highly visible Silicon Valley startup that offered great promise, was on the ropes. Unfortunately despite their dream team investor line-up, they always seemed to be one step from greatness and another step from utter damnation. Well it seems Om has broken the story wide … Read more
A few years ago in the Dave Dorman and Kathy Martine era AT&T had a vision of being a global communications company. To get their they began a long range sponsorship of Formula One automobile racing sponsorship. That vision has turned into reality this year with their sponsored race team receiving the benefit of all … Read more
Fring is improving its platform and has added SIP integration.
Paul Kapustka and Oliver Starr have excellent perspectives on the possible collusion by carriers to drive the free conference folks out of business.
Cisco bought WebEx today and certainly is showing they are going head first into the fray versus Microsoft. That’s a rather interesting situation as they are not friends but there has to be some semblance of balance between the two tech titans. Microsoft bought TellMe to bring IVR to a higher level for their apps. … Read more
Vodafone is making some moves into VoIP. According to reports out of Europe, the world’s largest mobile operator is planning on using VoIP to move calls around, and is experimenting with Skype. My instincts and sources lead me to believe that Vodafone won’t be tied to any one VoIP service or IM player, but instead … Read more
