Rumors have Texas based VoIP provider iCall being bought by Apple. A new VoIP service that works with mobiles including Nokias, Windows Mobile and Blackberry is out. It’s named Spokn. The Google Phone is sounding more and more real everyday. AT&T network is fastest.
Let’s face it, AT&T made an error two years ago and miscalculated what the iPhone would mean. I don’t mean that people inside AT&T didn’t know what would happen. They did. Executives inside the mobile division expressed that it would take at least seven billion dollars to double the capacity of their aging mobile network. … Read more
As many of you know, I end up being quoted quite a bit about VOIP, leading the life of a tech savvy road warrior and even sometimes about business travel in general. What you may not know is that I also get cited regularly on business and marketing related matters, and usually they are about … Read more
Let’s try to clear up the rumor that a Google Phone that reportedly is coming out in January. That is if you can believe any blog that tells you its a rumor. First of, one has to expect that the phone would not be for the traditional mobile network. Honestly if I was Google I’d … Read more
Skype for SIP is now live and in my view Skype just created a massive pipe into the corporate market. While some may immediately want to draw unfair comparisons to SIP Trunking, I’d dubbed this the “Skype Pipe” as in all reality now Skype has the pipe into the business phone market that have for … Read more
Novatel Wireless pioneered the concept of the MiFi, introducing it for the first time at CES in January, 2009. Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, a year earlier had introduced a similar product idea, but it was Novatel who pushed the idea of MiFi to the limits, and pretty much built the market for PocketSpots as … Read more
We continue to see more of what I am calling the sponsored model of public WiFi. After all the municipal models failed, with city and county governments in many places buying into a very flawed model that was heavily overplayed by Earthlink and a group of advisors to cities, plus an over dependence on a … Read more
A company out of the UK, called LocalPhone.com has put together a cheap calling service, plus some very nifty features, largely around SMS and call forwarding, plus of course inexpensive VoIP minutes. In reading their blog, they are offering inexpensive VoIP minutes, local numbers in many countries, with the claim of “Call Global, Pay Local.” … Read more
An Irish company has unveiled a very interesting multiparty video conferencing solution. Dubbed Eplixo, the demo video clearly shows that as processors in mobile devices become more powerful, that the Dick Tracy era of the video communicator is quickly coming upon us.
A few weeks ago, Voxeo announced the raising of $9 million dollars. This is a company that doesn’t need money, as they are rapidly becoming the go to company in the Voice XML space and a few others. Shortly after, Voice consultant Larry Lisser who has successfully maneuvered Mobivox to their recent sale to SABSE/Bolo, … Read more
