Mobile Phone Service To Go @ Burning Man

It took a lot of work, but the folks at client VoxBone have worked with OpenBTS to light up the annual Burning Man event with some mobile phone service and SMS. Jim Courtney has the details on the breakthrough that shows how ingenuity is clearly alive and well. By working with OpenBTS Voxbone is able … Read more

Thanks Counterpath

I wanted to let everyone know that Counterpath’s EyeBeam is now working under Apple’s New OS, Snow Leopard. It seemed the special build I had received was a custom version and the update needed a different license key. Their support people have been very helpful and I commend them for taking such swift action on … Read more

Counterpath Update

I received a comment from Counterpath that they updated Eyebeam and mentioned it somewhere in their forum that the softphone application has been updated to work with Eyebeam. They also indicted in their coment that their beta for X-Lite is still in process. Given the losses they keep suffering in management on the software side, … Read more

Why is AT&T Negative on Android?

In burger land they call it “share of stomach” and in the mobile world it should be called “share of voice.” Just a short while ago Information Week rehashed some news from last week about AT&T once again rejecting Google Android phones, this time from Motorola. Here are a few reasons why I think they … Read more

A Conference Worthy of Attending

If I wasn’t already committed to matters on the west coast the week of September 14th I’d be heading to New York for the second in a series of conferences on HD Communications put on by Jeff Pulver. While for many, HD communications is a niche, it’s just like VoIP and SIP were ten years … Read more

A Warning To Skype? Nah, Not in My Book

Skype was sent a warning by Peter Csathy, on his blog this week, explaining why Skype, which is currently using the ON2 codec should be worried after Google acquired them. Google is also using parts of Vidyo and video technology from client GIPS, and sometime back purchased a company with video expertise out of Scandinavia. … Read more