Two companies are working together in Australia to spread wireless VoIP. FreshTel and Unwired Australia are working together to deploy the service. I’d say keep an eye on this and the Skype/Boingo usage. As devices that let you get online with a WiFi phone, like the new Zyxel phone, you will see more and more … Read more
Seems a school in the Quad Cities area of Iowa took the right approach. They added VoIP phones into their classrooms, leveraging the already in place broadband network. Smart.
A report that started with Daily Wireless and migrated to PhoneMag has Skype working with Linksys on a cordless phone that works on PCS frequencies. Makes you wonder if there will be a hybrid Sprint/Skype phone any time soon?
A news account out of India shows the impact of VoIP and what the percentages are. The term gray callers means all the USA and European service providers who are selling SIP services that bypass the regulated carriers in India.
In what has to be a buy them before they better you in the race for Mobile High Speed Internet, Qualcomm has bought Flarion for 267 million in stock and another 205 million in performance based payments. Qualcomm also assumes the options and warrants at fair value of $128 million. Flarion has tested their OFDMA … Read more
Om must have found the Wharton piece that I called a must read last night. Since he’s the number’s guy and I’m more words and concepts I forgot the point he brought out.
In one of the best written pieces I’ve seen on Skype Managing Technology from the University of Pennsylvania has a literal business school analysis of Skype, but in a breezy, easy to read way. If you are a VOIP industry person or not, this is a MUST READ.
Oh, what a home run this book is. It’s a tell all, explore all that makes so much sense. Now, when will someone write a book like this about VoIP !!! Written with collaboration from Wiki correspondents Lasica served as a quasi writer, editor and producer. It’s a killer effort and worth reading! Oh, and … Read more
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
