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IP-PBX maker Mitel has filed their S-1 for a $150 million dollar flotation.

I meant to blog this yesterday but just got too busy. Over in the UK, T-Mobile is unleashing a new faster data service using HSPDA and selling it with a flat rate tarrif. But there’s a catch. They don’t want you using VoIP or Instant Messaging. At least not yet. My money is on them … Read more

Much to a lot of people’s surprise, but not mine, AOL’s Voice Services team went with Broadwing to power their upcoming new AIM Phoneline product. This couldn’t have gone down well with Level3 which powers AOL’s TotalTalk platform and was their deal to lose. One of the knocks I regularly hear about Level3, despite their … Read more

Pal and client with iotum, Alec Saunders is picking up on the same FMC vibe that others of us in the VoIP world are feeling too. Ken Camp’s insightful disection of what is causing the excitement is right on the money and as Alec is pointing out, the cable world is a big part of … Read more

Last week I was with client SightSpeed at the Always On Hollywood conference. Give my longtime pal and now SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy some credit for haveing the cajones to try a live demo, and succeeding at a conference. The bandwidth at the Roosevelt Hotel was sketchy at best, and even with a dedicated feed … Read more

I am looking into Mino, a way around high priced international cell phone calls if you have a data plan like Cingular’s Media Net, but Oliver Starr’s comments about RockeTalk on MobileCrunch have me beaming. I’m now on the RockeTalk advisory board and have to admit that in all my years of new product evaluation … Read more

Microsoft Live Messenger, the next generation of MSN Messenger is using Verizon to power their LiveCall service and Logitech’s syncronized audio and video service. This appears to me to be more of a me too product, trying to keep up with the Skypes and Yahoos when it comes to VoIP while the new AIM Phoneline … Read more

Dan Berninger has an excellent post on the subject of Net Neutrality over on GigaOm.

The Korea Times reports that Skype may be breaking the law in selling an unregistered phone service in South Korea.

Vonage is offering shares the day trading starts to their customers of record as of February, 2006. It’s not the first time I have heard of this concept, but it is clearly a way to make their stock somewhat more in demand.