Michael Desmond, a long time technology reporter and author spent over two hours with me by phone last month talking about VoIP. His story, in the September issue of PC World Magazine is now available for reading. Desmond did a very credible job in researching the story, and asked lots of very good questions, much … Read more
Yesterday the Internet was abuzz with accounts of Vonage having an outage. Well VoIP is Internet based, and from time to time, servers and routers do go down. And they get fixed. Vonage spokeswoman, Brooke Schulz said, “Yesterday at 10.45 AM EDT Global Crossing, one of Vonage’s IP providers, experienced a data routing issue which … Read more
BT is cutting prices on Broadband Telephony. In an email today, noted Eurotelcoblog author James Enck said: BT Group has, in our opinion, the most forward-looking management team and strategy in the sector, probably globally, but the problem the company faces is that visibility is very, very poor – both in terms of the competitive … Read more
Ecuity, a Washington state based company is rolling out a virtual PBX service based on the Intel backed venture, TelSym. This market sector is heating up very quickly. Already active or announced in the space is Packet8, Covad’s GoBeam and Voice Glo, with more sure to follow. But the Ecuity offering, when live, proposes to … Read more
Skype, which is in the news with their carrier deals, has quietly announced a new version which fixes some bugs and adds some new features like file transfer, file uploading and more. As I read this, one has to really question the genius management at AOL/Time Warner a few years back. They basically could have … Read more
Verizon, which for years has tried to be what AT&T already is, keeps playing the game of follow the leader. Much like Microsoft, the east coast telecom giant always seems to be content with being number two then work their way to be number one via marketing clout. This time, it’s with VoIP as they … Read more
Seems the leading provider of Internet service to homes and business in France, Wanadoo would rather have you switch, than fight with the telephone company. They offering an all in one Phone, IP Router and Wireless access point later in the year. Expect to see that from USA carriers at about the same time. Reports … Read more
I need to beg your indulgence for it’s time to say thanks to my mentors in life. Without the five people who influenced me most along the way, and helped form the six cannons of dealing with the media that have been able to get me quoted again in the media (something that always happened … Read more
Talking Technologies has released a SIP and h.323 compatible client for the PocketPC 2003 platform. I still think until the manufacturers upgrade the mics on those devices, it will be garbage in, garbage out no matter how much is added to the software.
eWeek announced a move into VoIP today. They’ve hired a very sharp editor, Ellen Muraskin away from Computer Telephony to head things up, assuring good content and deep contacts.
