During the fall VON I was asked by Jeremy Wagstaff, Far East Asia columnist for the Wall Street Journal, to give him some insight about VoIP. Since I’m a regular reader and sometimes comment poster on Jeremy’s blog, LooseWire I was elated to be able to be the authority in his story. Once the WSJ … Read more
Port-of-call: Libretel’s flat-rate incoming 1-800 service Leonardo has a note about Port Of Call, the service from one of Jeff Pulver’s companies. I’ve actually used PoC to retrieve voice mail when I’m in London from my CallVantage Voice Mail service. It works as advertised. Just remember when using a cell phone to have DTMF turned on.
I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com What I like about it most of all is that BlogJet actually includes a Spell Checker. I admit, I’m not the best typist, and sometimes my proofreading … Read more
Everyone who has asked me about Vonage rolling out in the U.K. can now rest easy. Given they have linked with Tesco, a large supermarket retail operator, they have fired a shot for global telephony branding in the right direction.
Covad has announced that they have service available in more than 900 cities nationwide. Given their footprint they are sure to become a bigger player next year.
VoiceGlo has gone the direct markting/infomercial route to build additional awareness about GloPhone. What I find interesting is they now call their service peer to peer.
Time Warner now has digital telephony. It begs the question though if it’s VoIP or Cable Telephony. I’m not sure.
Up in Canada, Mark Evans makes a stellar point. Where’s the LNP? Given how VoIP is going to grow like a forrest in Canada, the need for local number portability is needed. About the only thing I can think of is that I figure that no loyalist in 416 would want a 514 area code…. … Read more
I’m by no means surprised that Packet 8 has added virtual numbers. Just about every other VoIP player is heading or has headed in that direction, ever since Vonage first introduced the concept. So when I look at the value of them I see the value in getting a number somewhere you regularly have people … Read more
I’ve had more than a few readers ask me what’s up with Vonage’s UK strategy, so this news should help provide an opportunity for those there learn more. EDISON, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ — John S. Rego, CFO of Vonage Holdings Corp., North America’s leading broadband telephony provider is scheduled to participate in the three … Read more
