Vonage has struck a deal with Verizon to enable customers of the upstart next gen VoIP carrier to get access to the Public Safety Access Points called PSAPs that fall within the Verizon territory. While its too early to tell how the implementation will work, it’s likely that Vonage will offer their customers a few … Read more
I love this. For months here I’ve been saying VoWiFi is in the future. Now it seems that it’s a big deal because the industry is talking about it at a conference. YAWN !!
Skype, according to Skype Journal’s founder Stuart, is putting a hurting on IM as well as the traditional telco market.
Mr. Blog finds out that the SKYPE API means those that develop with it shall give the ownership of the work output to Skype. And people call Microsoft draconian and monopolistic, this is one for the books.
Even though CallVantage isn’t a part of this story, my instincts tell me the underlying base platform and network topology is the same.
I sat through a demo today with some folks from Macromedia about their new Flash based Breeze VoIP powered web conferencing application. While a lot of what I saw was not what I would call breakthrough, it will put a lot of pressure on the WebEx market and Microsoft’s Live Office efforts to do better. … Read more
Siemens which is dishing off their wireless business to Acer seems to be picking up in a new area. Wi-Fi phones. Siemens entry brings legitimacy to the segment that has largely seen no name brands and OEM phones hit the market to date, largely with mixed results.
XTEN has a new relationship with Symbol Technologies. This is one more indication that the market for soft-phones is growing.
Jon Arnold points to a collection of small wired markets which are gearing up for VoIP. While many of these operators have already been the target of Vonage, Net2Phone and others, none has really gained any traction that is of significance. These small regional local exchange carriers taken individually are a small market, but when … Read more
Skype Journal points out that your Skype buddy list now resides on a central server. I’m very happy to hear that. Having to re-add all my buddies was a lot of work with each new Skype enabled device that came along.
