As some of my longtime friends inside AT&T will attest to I’ve been a long time proponent of SoftPhones for VoIP and hammered hard on them to add a soft client to CallVantage from day one. Over time I’ve played with the CounterPath Eyebeam product and while it was the best of the lot and … Read more
Back in January at CES Netgear and Skype revealed a new WiFi phone that has Skype embedded. Now SMC has come up with the same thing. But, that’s not the story. The real story is that according to inside Skype sources I have been in contact with, is that the new WiFi phones are not … Read more
Mark Evans has a very concise recap of the action in Canada yesterday tossing out the decision last year to create a two tier “caste” system for telephony providers. In a nutshell the federal cabinet told the CRTC to “get stuffed” on their thinking. Maybe Jeff Pulver needs to head back to the CRTC and … Read more
The king of WiFi news, Glenn Fleishman summarizes nicely what is going on with VoIP over the Wireless Local Area Network and more importantly in the standards bodies that are addressing both 802.11e and 802.11n.
Verizon is having a fire sale on VoIP according to Ben Charny. Frost and Sullivan’s Lynda Starr thinks it’s an attempt to get some more traction, which I agree with. The problem is that VoiceWing is more of an experiment at Verizon than a full blown initiative. It was originally designed as a counter to … Read more
UtopiaOverIp.com has a post this week on the new Mac client being yanked. Hmmm…..Guess I missed that download.
Packet 8 was playing the product placement game last year with Alias, so I was surprised last monday night when I was watching 24 and the script had a drunk dude asking Chloe O’Brien if she was doing the VoIP thing. One would have thought that would have been a great time to have woven … Read more
Kudo’s to Tom Keating for one I missed last week. Vonage added unlimited calling to France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK.This is good news for ex-pats families, but I don’t see how it increases the bottom line unless Vonage begins out reach campaigns to those who need to call Europe more. And since those … Read more
Telecom Tsunami has a very comprehensive write up on the emerging Mobile VoIP market in Norway. The story here is all about Mobile Convergence. That’s good news for BridgePort Networks, NewStep, Outsmart and other who are in the space. With the Network Equipment Providers like Siemens entering the game, the time to market for these … Read more
Ken Camp has produced what will be a monthly VoIP podcast and I’m one of the talking heads. Other bloggers sharing an opinion includeAlec Saunders, Ted Wallingford, and Dameon Welch-Abernathy.
