Final Thoughts on VoN Canada

Ex Frost and Sullivan Analyst Jon Arnold has some final thoughts on VoN Canada, with a focus on Telus. On the subject of analysts, I keep hearing rumors that Probe Research has died a quiet death. One of my favorite VoIP analysts, and sometimes wine drinking pal, Danny Klein has left Yankee Group. Seems right … Read more

Firetide Moves InTo Europe

The unconfirmed Qualcomm aspects of this post in Gizmodo aside, Firetide, whose mesh WiFi technology is second to none of what I’ve seen and used, has invaded Europe and the VoIP aspects of having FireTide in the network makes for a hot concept. Firetide is one of those companies that makes technology that works. When … Read more

Skype On A Stick

James at the end of a post about a Skype install/uninstall issue, has drawn attention to a novel idea, Skype On a Stick. VoIP on a Stick isn’t a new idea, and actually, I’ve had conversations with other telecom folks on this exact subject with client Popular Telephony. In my mind, and I’m sort of … Read more

Skype Journal–Welcome to the Martin Mash

When Skype Journal started out it was just Stuart and then he added other writers. So when Martin Geddes, who is in the top five of “he’s too darn smart” category of VoIP bloggers, took a look at a recent post over there he just mashed it. In many ways Martin is correct. Features that … Read more

Vonage End Runs Clearwire

Hat tip to Tom Keating at TMC and Internet Telephony magazine for this one. There is no doubt in my mind that Clearwire plans to introduce a phone service. The question is what they introduce and when. If you recall, Clearwire founder Craig McCaw’s roots are in mobile phones with what became AT&T Wireless and … Read more

Vonage Is Not The Biggest VoIP Player

When everyone gets excited about Vonage and their half a million subscribers, they don’t hold a candle to the world’s largest Broadband Phone company. What’s really interesting in the story is how the folks over in Japan marketed and got people hooked on IP telephony, long before it was in vogue on a global basis. … Read more

Who Will Rescue Skype

In a post that could turn into a battle of the blog titans, Om “The Bombay Bomber” weighs in against “Knight of Newcastle” Martin Geddes in differing views of Skype versus SIP. But as the Skype world gets bigger at some point some telcos better start to take them seriously. While Martin’s points sort of … Read more

The Eyes and Ears of VON

Jeff Pulver continues to innovate and by allowing the bloggers open access to the conferences at VON Canada this week the news that was coming out of the event actually reached those that matter. By the time the magazines come out next week or next month, it will be OLD news, as my PR mentor … Read more

XTEN Should Be Saying Yahoo-Updated

I have been asked by readers and investment community executives over recent weeks about both Packet 8 and Xten. While I have opinions about both, I started to do some digging for what makes the two publicly traded companies different. When I found this post on ZDNet some things started to appear clearer. Obviously this … Read more

VoIP and Wireless Merging?

AdvancedIPPipeline, ran an Associated Press news story on VoIP and Wireless. While much of the story is old news to readers of the blogs, it does seem to indicate that VoWiFi is on the rise.