Austrian ENUM sage and telecom expert Richard Statsny has a rather insightful post about VON. While I don’t agree with every point (especially about IMS) I do think he’s hit the mark. The point about the FCC is very much right on. While Jeff has commented that the FCC seemed to avoid the conference intentionally, … Read more
I got a call yesterday from Paul Kapustka, one of the classier guys in the journalism biz. He was giving me a heads up about the decision by CMP to shutter Advanced IP Pipeline. My view is that with the purchase of Light Reading CMP likely felt there was too much duplication. Like Jeff, I’m … Read more
Just in case you missed it, or couldn’t decipher the code, Om, in his typical cryptic, inside jokester, self-effacing style, told everyone it was his 39th birthday today. Gee, and they said he’d be lucky to get past 38 given his hard partying past in the bowels of NYC and London as a Tablatronic partier. … Read more
Bloatware! He also digs into the research which Skype used a third party to conduct. I remember taking part in their online survey back in August or early September, as one of the early adopters who also was using the beta client. My reaction to the new version. Slightly better sound, but the importing of … Read more
A Diamond Cluster reader pointed out that the VON is now regarded as one of the fifty fastest growing trade shows, according to Trade Show Week. Congrats to Jeff, Scott, Jason and the crew at PulverMedia for receiving their just deserved recognition.
I had a chance to talk to the new CMO @ Skype Saul Klein. He revealed some very interesting facts during our Skype call this morning: Global IM survey Conducted by:Lightspeed Research Sample Size:4,704 from US, Brazil, China, Poland and UK Collected from: Aug 26th to Sept 6th >> Skype is used by 25% of … Read more
Later this week Skype for Windows version 1.4 will come out of beta. Largely it’s about two key features. The first is Skype Forward, while the second is the ability to personalize Skype. The two other features are better Skype buttons for web sites and Skype Toolbars for Outlook and Internet Explorer. Now what the … Read more
Packet 8 landed a deal with Dixon’s in the UK to market a retail VoIP product called FreeTalk. This means now both VONAGE and P8 are in the British Isles with a Voice Over IP product. While Vonage is taking the direct market route Packet 8 chose to sell a private label version to a … Read more
Mark mentions today that the buzz around Skype seems to have slowed. There’s a couple of reasons. Their PR queen in the USA Kelly Larabee is about to have a baby (or may have already given birth). Second and more than likely is that eBay is not a hype, deal, announce driven company and tends … Read more
The Times of London reports that British Telecom is lowering the cost of calls made using its BT Communicator, which was developed in conjunction with Yahoo. Call the pricing change a result of Skype. Due to its P2P and SkypeOut capabilities calling habits have changed. By reacting to the pressure BT has shown just how … Read more
