I’ve been hearing for months from the dissident and downright upset Packet8 shareholders about how dreadful they feel the company is performing, while one or two others seem to think it’s the 1980 Olympic Hockey Team with pal Mike Eruzione and the late Herbie Brooks. Maybe Bryan Martin thinks Al Michael will say “Do You … Read more
This report says VoIP is five years away from any real growth. I say that’s about the time the legacy carriers will have absorbed the next gens, the old hardware in the CO’s will have been written off and the public won’t care if it’s VoIP or PSTN, as they will just want new features … Read more
You’ve seen it done on TV and in the movies. The good guys like Marshall on Alias is able to track a bad guys VoIP call and lead Sydney and Vaughn to save the day. Well those days may be coming to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies if a National Science Foundation grant … Read more
Here’s another well rounded view on Skype’s future. This time from Business Week.
I received an email from a friend telling me that Yahoo Messenger with Voice will be out of Beta almost any day now. I participated in a session about the product back in May and am happy to see that the group’s suggestions were taken to heart. I only wish the Mac version was more … Read more
Law enforcement cronies to the North in Canada have concerns about VoIP. Seems like they are trying to get the government to better apply CALEA like regulation in the Great White North.
Skype is the current leader in North American Voice over IP Traffic according to Sandvine’s research. Skype is handling more than a third of all voice calls and almost half of the minutes talked according to the report.
While it has been on the CallVantage user’s web site page for sometime, AT&T has made public their CallVantage Assistant today. Since I’m on a Mac these days more than a PC, thanks to Om’s trickery, I can’t use it. I’ll just have to fire up one of the many PC’s and check it out. … Read more
Someone once said there were over 1100 VoIP companies operating in the USA. Well with the FCC ruling on Friday, watch the mergers and just plain elimination of some occur. While everyone thought E911 would be a challenge (expensive if nothing else), now the providers all need to be CALEA compliant. FCC Chairman Martin said … Read more
Today’s announcement by GIPS means that Nokia phones and others that run Symbian will be better equipped for VoIP.
