Always insightful Ted Shelton who writes for IP Inferno and VoIP Magazine has some very witty insight about the reasons why ebay opted to buy Skype. He’s not wrong and long term this could play out. eBay as a company that moves in very large ways, but not in very fast ways. I still see … Read more
IP Pipeline reports that Skype is having problems beyond StreamCast Networks. It seems according the The Registrar that Skype In service may have been down for a week in the UK. I love the closing sentence about why they may not be fielding media phone calls, but sorry, Skype has basically gone the “no comment … Read more
Talqer, a new player in the VoIP game, has developed a platform that immediately lets Google Talk users start making calls that can tbe more than PC to PC by making calls from their PC to normal telephone lines.
Cingular’s new UMTS and HSPDA based Broadband Connect service is being bundled into a new line of Dell Latitude laptops. This means those of you who like to use softphones will be able to get better quality and clearer communications.
As long as I have been blogging, I’ve always felt the “love” of one’s fellow bloggers. Be it Om, Alec, Jeff, Rich, Stuart, Russell, Tom, Ted, James, Martin, Mike, Jeremy, John @ Gizmodo etc., each of us tends respect the work of one another. And like Comrades in Arms, hurt one, you hurt us all. … Read more
Innovate will be a hot conference this Spring in Zaragoza. Their team summarized the vibe about VoIP at CeBit highlighting my topic of the year, Fixed Mobile Convergence.
iSIP, owned by Interoute and controlled by the Sandoz Family Foundation, is planning to take on Skype in Europe within the corporate market using SIP, low flat rate pricing per month and by addressing security concerns. According to Reuters: Companies could use the service to cut communication costs with their staff, customers or suppliers anywhere … Read more
Friend, neighbor and fellow disruptor Michael “Golden Boy” Robertson was recently profiled in SoCalTech.com’s newsletter. he talks about SIP vs. Skype and his philosophy for how to build and grow a business. My money says Michael packages up SipPhone and Gizmo and sells it off.
A report from IT research house Gartner sheds light on a tough time ahead for the telcos. The key is for the goliaths to start to work like the new upstarts and move faster than battleships, while still covering the same ground.
Anyone can sue anybody, and a lawsuit does not imply guilt but I’ve been informed that in documents fled in the U.S. District Court’s CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Western Division – Los Angeles) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 2:06-cv-00391-FMC-E that back on January 20th StreamCast Networks, best known for their Peer to Peer technology, called … Read more
