Great idea, but now that Skype is part of the eBay family, this would seem like an easy and logical offering to bridge the two with the user base. Why make a phone call, when you can Skype it from a PC or use SKYPE IN to be the way to check if you’re away … Read more
VoIP carriers are severely challenged. They need to begin attracting customers. Not the small number that have come on board today, but the conversion of the millions who have yet to sign up. The biggest audience are the teens and young twenty year olds who have a cell phone, live at home and will soon … Read more
Stuart Mudie writes from Paris that we are heading towards convergence. I’ve heard that song for years. Next to the concept of Interactive Television, it’s the second most mentioned concept in technology meets consumer circles. But it’s a myth. We have silos. First there is the mobile operators. They really don’t want to abandon ther … Read more
Something many of us have suspected, and now know for sure, Yahoo likes to keep their relationship with bloggers nice and warm, unlike some other VoIP brands that do a very good job at alienating, or ignoring, and just ducking the questions from the blogosphere. The reason I say this is the research that’s being … Read more
Net2Phone shareholders are on pins and needles tonight as the tender offer comes to a close. In what’s expected to be a close race as Bush vs. Gore in Florida back in the 90s, if the tender doesn’t happen, expect the lawyers to get rich, and IDT to sit and wait as they’ve already said, … Read more
I hear the ink may almost be dry on the SEC filing for Vonage. No real details but someone close to the scene whispered in my ear today that the New Jersey company may be nearing that stage. That *might* really explain their pull out from VON Canada as they would be in the quiet … Read more
I keep feeling that 2006 is the year video communication comes of age.
Om has analyzed Skype’s numbers. No surprise what he figured out, but at least he knows how to keep eBay from spinning.
I just heard a report that VONage has backed out VON Canada this spring. It seems their Canadian PR firm feels there isn’t any consumer play at VON so why bother. EXCUSE ME!. VONAGE wouldn’t be there without Jeff Pulver. Period. There’s something called loyalty in my book. That said, the Canadian market is growing, … Read more
As cost to run these companies increases due to marketing expense, it seems that there is enough margin in the cost of minutes to find lower and lower prices. Now Yak has lowered the bar by rolling out a $19.99 a month plan. While still not as low as SunRockets offerings on an annual basis, … Read more
