SIPthat.com: Wrapping up the year! has a note from Erik that a new version of Eyebeam is due out soon. I keep thinking this is a better solution than a box that you can’t really have with you on the go if the concept of a video phone is ever going to take off.
It sure sounds like Jeff and his team may have a first on their hands. A pre-release version of the next rendition of the Pulver Communicator is in private testing now, and likely will be released in time for CES. This is a huge step as it allows IM sessions between Skype users and PC … Read more
I mentioned VoIP at CES earlier, but I forget to mention why it will be such a big deal. In a nutshell, Pulver.com. Jeff and his team have been in the VoIP arena putting on conferences longer than anyone. Now that VoIP is going mainstream with more “consumer” products than ever before, his groups participation … Read more
Telephony and Music: More than just an “On-Hold” Relationship according to my favorite Telecom blogger, Jeff Pulver. The reason I say telecom, is while his focus is clearly VoIP and Pulver Communications related efforts, Jeff does have the best perspective on Telecom from years of doing what he has done. His points about the blending of … Read more
The Jeff Pulver Blog: Municipal and State Governments to VoIP Industry: “Deploy VoIP … but Give Us All your Money” — Zen Koan or Catch 22? Jeff waxes on about the proposed efforts by governments at all levels to tax VoIP, comparing the tax rates to Sin Taxes, but only greater. My gut says that … Read more
Unbound Spiral has a whole series of how toos, what may be and possible implications around Skypecasting, Skype Voice Recording and the blending in with PodCasting. This series of posts by Stuart is one of the most comprehensive on the subject and worth going through his blog to make sense of what is really going on.
Microsoft attempting VoIP land grab? That seems to me to be the thrust of this blind line that got tossed into the ether this morning. Everyone should know by now that Microsoft has SIP embedded in Windows XP since day one. They have sent their “visiting professors” to VoIP shows as far back as the … Read more
E-Commerce News: Commentary: The Day the Old Telephony Died is a story that intrigues me and while this story talks about how they can manage VoIP by treating each call as an “event” the broad reaching claims they make sound rather loft. Still, I think there may be something here.
Europe’s Banks Putting Their Money on Voice over IP (VoIP) according to a report in Wi-Fi Technology News. Leading UK financial institution Lloyd’s banks on VoIP to save money and gain efficiency in keeping branches and office connected. This story is largely a Cisco hype job and while the reporter has done a fine job of … Read more
2005 VoIP Predictions by Tom Keating who makes some rather interesting prognostications for the upcoming year. My predictions will likely come in the New Year. I actually want to see what happens at CES in January to get a better feel of what’s happening within the space. Pulver’s leading the VoIP consumer summit there, Vonage and … Read more
