Skype: Botnet’s Best Friend?

A Cambridge University professor feels Skype could be the best friend of the BotNets and that’s not good. It’s the same kind of fear that used to run through companies IT departments about IM back in the 90s. Seems history always repeats, but with more online users now than ever, and more broadband out there, … Read more

VoIP Peering

Internet Telephony editor isn’t dreaming. My sources tell me that xConnect has a series of announcements coming out on Wednesday.

Skype Goin’ Mobile In Sweeden

Proving the convergence of VoIP to Mobile is upon us, today Skype let me know that in Sweden, mobile operator 3 and Skype have collaborated to combine mobile communications services. 3 and Skype will be offering a joint mobile broadband subscription with unlimited usage, a PC-card and a Skype starter kit with a traditional SkypeIn … Read more

Hotel Broadband Part 2

Despite all the help that iBahn offered, it seemed that a card that handles a batch of the rooms at the hurricane impacted Marriott Marina in Fort Lauderdale, FL could not be fixed. The solution. I moved down the block to the Renaissance Hotel, another Marriott property. Not only are the rooms nicer, the broadband … Read more

Net2Phone Gets a Patent

There’s more value in Net2Phone these days, with their being awarded a patent. This is likely part of what they are supplying to MCI (shhh it’s supposed to be a secret) and the rest of their customer base to keep things working better. Congrats to the team there for the award and all that goes … Read more

Sonus Working With Intrado

Sonus is looking more and more like the company they wanted to be when they started in the 90s, and seem to be laying a heap of hurt on the likes of Lucent as they keep winning business within the VoIP industry. Today they announced winning some business from Intrado. This makes Intrado more seemlessly … Read more

Whitman To Close the Gap

Hooray for Meg Whitman making the right decision to spend less time on outside interests by stepping off the Gap board of directors. The explanation is that she wants to focus on the current needs of eBay which includes closing the Skype gap between they and eBay.