I call the deals that move minutes from the IP wholesale world to consumers by upstarts “Robin Hood” plays. They take the minutes that normally go to the existing carrier’s retail side and move them over to the wholesale side. In essence they rob from the rich and give to the poor. Here’s an example … Read more
For all the VC’s and investors who thought the idea of minute stealing and the prospect of millions of customers flocking to cheaper calling by VoIP services like Packet 8 and Vonage making their investments the next Amazon, Google, Yahoo, eBay or even Microsoft what may be their worst possible nightmare is now unfolding before … Read more
If carriers keep selling wholesale to those that figure out how to put more than one voice call through either the data or voice channels with compression, we’re going to keep seeing new companies emerge that have figure out how to make money selling for less. Oliver Starr’s post about NimBuzz tells me something but … Read more
Pal Jon Arnold puts his analysts hat on and posts a killer commentary about TalkNow, the new call set up application for BlackBerry users that’s totally relevant.
Om scoops them all with a story about client TalkPlus and a new service called ShadowNumber which is aimed at the adult market. TalkPlus decided to segment their offerings, while using the underlying technology they have built. Om also mentions Jangl and Vivox which are also going after the dating market in different ways with … Read more
Om, your roots are showing in your post about wireless vs. VoIP vs. landline and how to figure out what is really going on. Om used to be in investment banking for those that didn’t know, so he really does know how to crunch the numbers which is why the post by Paul Kaptustka on … Read more
Being that we’re all speculating about iPhone let me ask this question? Wi Apple? Sorry for the tongue in cheek headline and teasing journalist license, as this time the typo is INTENTIONAL. The question in my mind is “why was Apple able to include Wi-Fi in their phone with Cingular/AT&T and companies like Nokia with … Read more
For those of you who grew up watching Cheers, you’ll get the point of my headline. For those of you who didn’t, Tom the lawyer was played by character actor Tom Babson, now part time drama instructor, and a former member of the Celebrity All Start Hockey Team who went on to coach Women’s Hockey … Read more
Check this out. From the people who brought you Roam4Free.
It seems pal Oliver Starr has a crush on the new iotum TalkNow application. A committed user of many mobile devices, Starr is wishing on a star that iotum rolls out TalkNow on more than just the RIM BlackBerry platform
