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AIM Phoneline = Free Phone Number

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

Sprint Going WiMax

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

SIPCat-Another Software PBX

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

Broadband Fax

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

GoogleTalk Gearing Up

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

GoogleTalk Gearing Up

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

At The Whiteboard

I recently spent some time “At The WhiteBoard” with the folks at ZDNet and AT&T talking about and explaining some of what the world needs to know about VoIP, VoIP Security, WiMax and Voice 2.0 applications. You can watch the videos here….While I don’t expect to win any awards the whole process was quite educational … Read more

Skype Is Everywhere

Skype is being credited with being everywhere in this news account. What it is about is called a “market domination” strategy that is very similar to what I used over 14 years ago to help build the market wide reputation via PR and Sports Marketing for a sports licensed products company that caused the leading … Read more

Mike On Innovation or The Lack Of With Telcos

Over a week ago, Mike at TechDirt posted this very much, right on analysis about telcos and the lack of innovation. He focuses on the why they’re not and what it means. But what is really interesting is the “debate” of sorts below Mike’s post that makes this a worth reading post.