Radio Netherlands has an interesting comment about T-Mobile/Netherlands not being opposed to Skype on the iPhone, while sister T-Mobile Germany is. In the Netherlands, T-Mobile is the exclusive provider of iPhones. T-Mobile Nederland is not against the use of Skype on its network. The German branch of the company, however, is blocking its use by … Read more
It’s been two years or so and my love affair with the AT&T 3G network is waning. Until the 7 billion dollar network upgrade happens, those of us on the west coast California market will have to make due with the hope and prayer that that the iPhone carry crowd doesn’t always bog down our … Read more
While Stacey Higginbotham @ Gigaom is busily keeping a very careful eye on what the cable operators are going to do with metered bandwidth, I’ve been given thought to what they will do to really make money. The answer resides in how the MSO’s have always made money. Charging the newly minted content providers as … Read more
A UK company, CellCrypt is now offering secure mobile VoIP calling. For years people have always worried if their cell phone calls can be monitored. Those inside the industry know it was always possible. This solution sounds like another step in the right direction to protect your communications, as long as the algorithm includes the … Read more
QIK and Cubic Telecom, led by pal Pat Phelan, have taken the first step towards helping traveling mobile users save money on more than calls, by launching a mobile roaming platform, called QikRoam, that includes discounted global data roaming. First, as one of the founders of Cubic Telecom shared with me a few months back … Read more
Alec Saunders hired an independent developer for iotum to develop a version of Calliflower for the iPhone. Now due to a variety of factors iotum and the developer are at odds As a supplier of services to iotum since before their DEMO God winning debut, we have taken the different approach, choosing to trust the … Read more
I caught this story about Cisco’s ever expanding telepresence game over at TMCnet. On the surface it looks like Cisco PR in action, but digging to the bottom I spied these two factoids: Cisco TelePresence Recording Studio is an application that expands the application of Cisco TelePresence beyond meetings. It enables customers to create high-quality … Read more
Tom Keating pulled some good facts together about what could be a major issue effecting Skype, one that could be seriously damaging to eBay and the management team at the time of the Skype acquisition. While Skype was busy celebrating their one million downloads for the Apple iPhone, the team at JoltID, also started by … Read more
Lately there has been a lot of noise about the AT&T Mobile Data Network. And, it hasn't been pretty, but the accounts have been true. The network that promises 5 bars of coverage, has a full house, and there's not a lot of flexibility. Yesterday on the tarmac at McCarren Airport in Las Vegas, as … Read more
Poor Skype. On the heels of their biggest launch ever since their inception, with the release of the iPhone client, a licensing issue around a piece of software, known as a Codec is preventing them from making the App available in Canada. That’s the good news, as that’s just a matter of negotiation and figuring … Read more
