Yesterday Bloomberg and others reported that Vonage founder Jeffrey Citron purchased 1.26 million dollars worth of Vonage Stock. It looks like the profits he reaped on his original sales tied to his warrants are now being plowed back into stock. That’s like playing at the casino on their dime after the number hits on your … Read more
Vonage in the UK goes mobile VoIP with calls now being made in London’s Financial District called the City. This is an area I am keenly interested in, and I fully expect Telecom WinePal Steve Howe and his Earthlink team to nail down how to do this here in the USA in the SF and … Read more
If we have seen the rise of the alternative voice services in 2005 and the first half of 2006, I’m fairly confident that the balance of 2006 and into 2007 will be the rise of the category I affectionately have tabbed, the minute stealers. Geek.com highlights the roll out of iSkoot and Skype, something I … Read more
New sound libraries and a mechanism to call phone numbers found on web pages are the new features found in Skype 2.6, an unsupported PC version that was pushed out today. The click to call feature is very neat, but that feature has been around the block before with some Firefox plug ins that worked … Read more
AIM PhoneLine is offering a free phone number and soon a lot more. I say that largely based on plans discussed in an open session yesteday by pal Ragui Kamel at the VOIP Developer’s Conference about a new program that is now in place to provide developer’s the toolkit necessary to produce applications that work … Read more
Sources in San Diego tell me that the Qualcomm folks have their paper bags out in light of the Sprint WiMax announcement. It seems all the years of working with Sprint on deployment of CDMA, going back to the Q Phone, meant nothing as Sprint confirmed their going with WiMax. Check out Katies handiwork on … Read more
Is SIPCat the next Asterisk? It seems another “software in a box” type of operation has been launched out of Belgium. The new PBX replacement looks promising with: Features like Full voicemail system with many delivery options. Integrated conference rooms. Multiple Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems Extensive call queues for call center management. Intelligent routing … Read more
It seems that the sharp minds at Sharp have come up with a Broadband fax machine that lets you create files in PDF and TIFF format. While handheld and desktop scanners let you do the same thing, this new desktop device lets you eliminate the computer and send the files right from it. If the … Read more
It looks like GTalk will have more and more life down the road, if this news account about a new GPhone is on the money. Squarely taking AIM at Skype, Google’s licensed phone will no doubt likely be the standard new fashion accessory for trendy twenty somethings tooling through the totally GooglFi-ed town of Mountain … Read more
It looks like GTalk will have more and more life down the road, if this news account about a new GPhone is on the money. Squarely taking AIM at Skype, Google’s licensed phone will no doubt likely be the standard new fashion accessory for trendy twenty somethings tooling through the totally GooglFi-ed town of Mountain … Read more
