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eurovoip: IP telephony picking up in Europe which to me is an indicator we are getting closer to global telephony brands.

It looks like Clearwire is one of the carriers blocking Vonage according to this report. I’m waiting to hear more.

A great Skypestyle story in today’s New York Times talks about the cultural, lifestyle and technical benefits of Skype. PR princess Kelly Larabee is widely quoted. The reporter also mentions the Pulver Order and that’s not Jeff ordering Thai food for take-out 🙂

8×8 to sell Packet8 in Malls? Thats a major expense for branding. Do the math. A person in a kiosk @ $10.00 per hours for 60 hours a week is $600 a week, plus FICA and benefits (i.e. stock options, health insurance, etc.) Now add in rent, which at Valley Fair isn’t cheap, the cost of … Read more

Texas Attorney General sues Vonage over 911 issue. Tom Keating adds his two cents..

Engadget has a photo of what should be the new ZyXel WiFi phone. Based on what I saw at Spring VON it still won’t handle authentication on a pay for WiFi network like T-Mobile or Boigo easily.    

Recently Vonage founder Jeffrey Citron said something to the affect that “on average, between $150 and $200 per customer. It’s a highly volatile number” when asked about acquisition costs. Based on my calculations previously and that of others, we all fee that is way low. But how does Vonage track those costs? Is it total … Read more

Russell Shaw has a take on the VoIP/Cellular market cannibalization. I’ve always felt that the wirless carriers are ideal players to enter the VoIP game. I continue to think that users, especially consumers want more services from less suppliers. If the cable companies ever lived through the Sprint PCS deal, which they didn’t, they would … Read more

Om has a post that includes comments from Burton Group Analyst Irwin Lazar about Enterprise VoIP and how Microsoft enters the equation. I think that the Enterprise is where the money is. AT&T is clearly headed in that direction. With the SBC merger one has to realize that SBC is already working with Cisco as … Read more

One of my favorite bloggers who is also a journalist, Mark Evans asks How Good Does VOIP Have to Be? He’s come to the same conclusion that I have. Most of what we are seeing in the way of VoIP is PSTN replacement, not breakthrough technology that changes how we use the phone.