Skype wants to own the trademark, “the whole world can talk for free.” With the price of telephony dropping to zero one has to wonder how about the implications like Russell Shaw ponders on in his post today.Now, Skype does have things going for them. 1. They have been using the line2. They do enable … Read more
Cynthia Brumfield did a better job at explaining Skype and their contribution to the eBay balance sheet than eBay’s own people did.See her candid observations here.
Mark Evans entitled his post on Gizmo Project move to what is basically free calling, "Telco Hell". That sorta implies that my pal Michael Robertson is the devil in disguise (something at least a few people at Microsoft would likely agree with,) but to many he’s really an angel, with a bad boy streak who … Read more
The last VON event in San Jose the FCC was noticably absent. Now through some soft shoe work Jeff and the team at Pulver are working hard to ingratiate themselves once again with Chairman Martin and others. It’s called detente, and Jeff has been VoIP’s lead ambassador to the FCC for many years. But now … Read more
AT&T has made a move into the Muni WiFi space, meaning things are really getting very interesting. For the longest time the MuniWiFi space was being dominated by little known startups who built things from scratch, serving as quasi integrators even though the big telcos and cable guys already had enough fiber in the ground … Read more
AT&T has made a move into the Muni WiFi space, meaning things are really getting very interesting. For the longest time the MuniWiFi space was being dominated by little known startups who built things from scratch, serving as quasi integrators even though the big telcos and cable guys already had enough fiber in the ground … Read more
There’s a lot of buzz around the Gizmo Project free calling (see post below) but I’ve known Michael Robertson longer than most here in the VoIP world, and knowing how his mind works (read VERY CREATIVELY) my guess is there is a lot more coming from he and Jason at SipPhone with regard to how … Read more
Om does his usual laser like surgery on the news, or lack of news, around Skype that came out at the earnings call yesterday. Read towards the end and you’ll see that he digs into the softball like questions asked by sell side analysts. First, I wondered if the call was available via the Skype … Read more
I just heard that Skype plans to offer four WiFi phones that will help consumers become more unteathered. The phones are made by:Belkin, Edge-Core, NETGEAR WiFi Phone for Skype and SMC. They are all similarly labeled Wi-Fi Phone for Skype which has to be one of the smartest marketing moves of the year over at … Read more
I just heard that Skype plans to offer four WiFi phones that will help consumers become more unteathered. The phones are made by:Belkin, Edge-Core, NETGEAR WiFi Phone for Skype and SMC. They are all similarly labeled Wi-Fi Phone for Skype which has to be one of the smartest marketing moves of the year over at … Read more
