Cingular To Use WiFi To Extend Voice

In what is clearly a move to correct their error prone moves of the past with data and mobility, Cingular is about to roll out WiFi enabled switch over type of service for their cellular customer, marrying it up with their Freedom Link WiFi. If you look at the concept one has to wonder why … Read more

Personal Skype Out

A San Jose company has developed and released a Personal Phone Gateway (PPG) and software that enables automatic routing of Skype to Skype calls to a designated PSTN number, serving as a call forwarding agent for the call recipient with a specified phone number. Geekzone posted it first. But there is more to this PPG … Read more

AT&T Adds Circuit City

In one more step for AT&T’s CallVantage, they have added Circuit City to their list of retailers. The ongoing consumerization of Voice over IP and the making of it a package good is great for the industry. Given AT&T’s marketing clout this has to be a leading move for the company, with more to follow.

BridgePort Raises Money

BridgePort Networks is expected to announce the closing of Series B financing on Monday of next week if all rings true as they have raised $25 million in new capital. New investors include TD Capital Ventures, which led the round, and BCE Capital (an affiliate of Bell Canada Enterprises), joined existing investors Polaris Venture Partners … Read more

Cisco Takes Over Aussie VoIP Player

Cisco has taken control of an Aussie VoIP company which it had supplied MPLS enabling hardware and software vendor financing. Cisco has appointed their own receivers to lead collapsed telecommunications company Comindico which owed about $US80 million to Cisco.