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It seems being interoperable with Skype may be as important as interoperating with PSTN. Already we have seen Popular Telephony with PeerioBiz, JaJah and now Wavigo all move in that direction.

I Skyped with Skype PR princess Kelly Larabee this afternoon trying out the Skype Pocket PC client on the new Samsung i730. While I couldn’t (yet) get the Bluetooth headset to work with the Skype client, I could use the speakerphone without any issues. The call was clear as a Bell (well better actually.)

Usually these Vonage is going into another market don’t get my attention, but this one did, no for what it said, but for what it didn’t. While almost every carrier which announces something about VoIP these days talks about E911, and given Vonage’s checkered past of late with this (and JC’s claims to have to … Read more

It looks like the Bay Area is getting EvDO something that will make Om Malik happy. Last week the Business 2.0 uber-blogger commented how lagging the SF area was when it came to high speed. Now that he’s got EvDO maybe he’ll see and experience what I’ve had in San Diego for over a year … Read more

LightReading reports that Global IP Sound, the company behind the codecs inside Skype and other voice enabled softphones and endpoints have raised more dough.

The best laid plans of mice and men…..oh, well. It seems SBC is slowing down their planned roll-out of IPTV dubbed “Project Lightspeed.” This is good news for the cable companies on top of the even better news they received from the Supreme Court today that formalized that they don’t have to open up their … Read more

While the RBOC’s talk about triple play coming here in the USA with “combined billing” as the main lure to consumers, it seems Asia is far and away ahead of the USA and Europe when it comes to IPTV and the Broadband Always home. While VoIP is one part of the mix, the development of … Read more

I’m continually impressed by Asterisk, and while it’s more daunting than just plugging in a TA and talking for many, one has to admire the vision and execution of the PBX replacement software. This story in O’Reilly’s ONLamp is a very good summation of what it’s all about.

While not exactly VoIP related, the sale of two very important media outlets has to be noted. G+J have sold INC and Fast Company to the man behind Morningstar. I think this is more of an opportunity for the buyer to amass more titles in the world of publishing, and hope the brand of journalism … Read more

Skype Journal, which is on my daily must reads pointed me to a new service and software called JaJah that has a slick web site and seems to be going after the audience that Skype and Yahoo Messenger want, those who do a lot of PC-To-PC calling, but also need some PSTN type termination in … Read more