So Why Doesn’t Skype Do This?

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

Must Read–The Next Customer

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

Covergence Is A Myth

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

NTOP Shareholders on Pins and Needles

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

Vonage S-1 Almost Ready???

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

Vonage–Where No Loyalty Reigns

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