The value of a Boingo account just got bigger as they are combining with SBC to offer each other’s customers roaming between both networks hotspots. While the agreement opens up many of the hotspots that SBC built out (i.e. UPS Stores) it excludes the McDonalds restaurant locations as those are Wayport built out properties.
Deutsche Bank issued a report that has lots of conjecture, some facts based on published SEC statements and other thoughts on where the VoIP residential market is going. While I’ve yet to see the 68 page report TMC has provided a snapshot..Maybe Om or James Enck will have more insight…
Today Reuters broke the story about MCI’s plans for consumer VoIP in the USA. Sort of. Over a week ago when I first commented on MCI’s launch, their PR team was rather tight lipped and seem to be remaining so. Basically this is a trial, or in real consumer marketing speak, a “test” program to … Read more
According to I2Telecom sales of VoiceStick are very strong. When I read a backlog of orders that means they didn’t project the sales volumes correctly and now have to play catch-up with manufacturing. That’s a good problem to have, unless someone else comes along and fills the gap.
I am keeping a watchful eye on the moves of SK-Earthlink, the new company formed by Earthlink founder Sky Dayton. The reason is simple. Given the relationships he has forged in the past with Sprint, how Boingo is part of his empire and how Earthlink themselves are already into VoIP, one has to realize that … Read more
Yesterday Techdirt had a roundup post about the issues that municipalities still seem to be facing with how to tax VoIP to make up for lost telecom revenue.
Vocera makes those very cool in Star Trek communicator like WiFi phones that are geared for intra-enterprise wide use, today. With some tweaking and technology from say Parus Interactive, it could do a lot more. But even without the Webley technology of speech enabled communications, what Vocera did with Wayport is a major first step … Read more
Last week bankrupt and soon to be be acquired Adelphia allowed a news announcement about their VoIP plans to roll out. S
It’s been over a week since I posed the question to MCI’s PR team lead on consumer offerings and no one has said a peep about what they are up to with their Neighborhood Broadband Calling Offering for residential customers. What they have told me though is that there are some partners involved, but the … Read more
I’m hearing through the grapevine that Lingo may be in the process of some fairly deep layoffs. If so, they may be the first of the VoIP carrier casualties this year.
