I heard through the grapevine that Roam4Free is going live tomorrow. While I have yet to see any real details, the source that tipped me off is impeccable and has never disappointed me. Here’s the official word from Pat.
Add Engin to the list of companies offering VoIP on the Nokia N80 Internet Edition. Engin is based in Australia. This means the list now includes Abbeynet, Gizmo Project, AQL and TruPhone that work with the portable phone when it’s in a WiFi environment.
SunRocket continues to be one of the leaders in being cheap. Their new plan for calls to Asia is one of the lowest priced plans on the market. What’s interesting about SunRocket is their WalMart approach to pricing and their clear understanding of niche marketing.
Trustive, a WiFi hots spot aggregator and the cloud, one the the UK’s leading hotspot companies have joined forces.
Pal Paul Kapustka on Thursday had a very good summary of the latest Skype foray into finding more dollars. He also links to two very interesting posts, one by Skype Journal and the other by Mr. Blog. I am not sure Skype is looking so much for a defined revenue model that will satisfy the … Read more
USA based IPTV providers may want to send their market research folks north of the border into Canada to learn what makes consumers desirous of IPTV and all that it offers. After reading this article I’m much clearer on what IPTV could mean to the USA market than after pouring through all the rhetoric from … Read more
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.
