While the new UT Starcom phone may be news for Vonage, Broadvoice has had it for a while. It’s a pain to configure, is really small, and the big issue is unless you use a totally open (i.e. Free) hotspot you’re really not able to use it on Vonage unless its open and if needed, … Read more
Word on the street is that Michael Robertson has been shopping SipPhone. You have to realize he builds companies to sell them after developing rock solid technology. If you look at Yahoo, especially in the software on the desktop and laptop space, they have been very PC centric, where Robertson and crew have been very … Read more
Today TechDirt weighs in on the price wars between Yahoo, Gizmo and Skype. I don’t believe that price is the ultimate driver in the battle for VoIP supremacy, and the Level3 research I’ve seen, along with reports from Yankee Group seem to prove that out. The price wars are just the start. What we will … Read more
VoIP Magazine reports that Peter Csathy, who helped guide MusicMatch to acquisition by Yahoo in 2004 has stepped in to SighSpeed to be their new CEO after about a year of serving as a senior advisor. Peter’s also a friend so I don’t want to be seen as a cheerleader, but having seen him work … Read more
This morning’s New York Times takes a look Tallin, focusing on Skype and confirming how the Estonian programmers didn’t get a boatload of stock.
As reported earlier (see below), while being booted out of Tullys in downtown San Francisco as I was enjoying a espresso with Om Malik, catching up on gossip, rumors and tales that we both privy to and some that we’re not supposed to know, a call came in to me about SipPhone/Gizmo Project lowering their … Read more
I’ll be in Florida in late January for the Internet Telephony conference. I’m happy to see the airport I’ll be flying into has free WiFi.
Right now it’s an arms race and if you’re a VC, then you’re an arms merchant. Find the innovative company, offer something different. Give either Yahoo or Microsoft an edge and watch the phone and cash register ring. You see, the market is clamoring for more than “me too, me also.” They want “me different.” … Read more
The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a story over the weekend, first reported here on VoIPWatch on Friday about the new BellSouth VoIP service being offered that is powered by 8×8’s Packet 8 platform. It seems that BellSouth does not appear to be fully wedded to Packet 8 yet, judging by the comment made in the … Read more
Back in the late summer/early fall David Sparks of eWeek checked in to get my views on Skype. For some reason the story just ran in eWeek. These comments were all given prior to the eBay acquisition of it.
