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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.

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