I’ve heard the same rumors as Om about Vonage seeking more VC money. This round will likely be what is called a late stage investment, and may even involve taking out some of the current investors and shareholders at a fair multiple. That said, I’ve also heard the Jeffrey Citron has about $70 million of … Read more
Om points out that Skype is really now going after the same market as Vonage and really all the rest. I don’t fully agree, but feel he’s looking the right way, just not going as deep as one can. For 30 euros a year you get a phone number that rings in with SkypeIn. That’s … Read more
Already masters of Viral marketing, Skype has added an affiliate program via Commission Junction that creates a Skype Sign Up for Premium services and yields the advertiser some revenue.
When I read this, I immediately knew the answer. MEDIAFLO, a new Qualcomm effort to deliver radio and tv like content using CDMA and EVDO. There is only one problem. The signal can’t go everywhere and 802.11n will help the content go where EVDO won’t take it.
The Toronto Globe and Mail has a very good article on the future of IP Convergence and brings to mind that VoIP may indeed be the first of the applications which causes that.
Yesterday Om Malik and I met for coffee in San Francisco. Surprisingly Om didn’t look like all of Mom’s cooking had taken any effect on him, other than he admitted he could now get back to blogging beyond what he’s been able to do. One of the subjects we talked about at the Starbucks (where … Read more
An InformationWeek article calls into question what VoIP will do to existing ISP’s infrastructure and thinks the upsurge in voice traffic over networks really only built for certain traffic levels will cause a strain.
An Australian has disputed some of the Skype Smartphone claims when it comes to why the new piece of software can’t do thing.
I’ve said a few times since VON that Earthlink will be heading deeper into the VoIP realm. Now Ben Charny over at CNET has the news about their next offer. What’s interesting is that Earthlink is likely migrating away from Vonage.
Om jumps to the defense of a reporter who wrote a candid piece about VoIPing or not. While others seem to jump on the reporter who wrote what I feel is a balanced article and who cited reasons why not, I don’t see what all the noise is about. First, even though I’m an early … Read more
