Client Mobivox is making news this week with their new multilingual platform and their partnership with Unyk going to the next level. Here are the details. This is very important as Alec Saunders pointed out yesterday, in that Mobivox has been able to transition from a validate the model consumer play into a platform play … Read more
San Diego based Novatel Wireless makes my favorite 3G USB modem, the 950. Today they unveiled a very cool new product called MiFi. It’s really a product line and is a take off of Cradlepoint, but with a big difference. Novatel has already established distribution with the mobile GSM and CDMA operators around the world. … Read more
Two news items of note around Skype and my take. First is this Skype calling interoperability by 28Tel called Mobile 2 Skype. It sounds a lot like what former client TalkPlus attempted to do and didn’t do with Skype, though not due their own efforts. It also reads really like what iSkoot has done by … Read more
Dean Bubley points to a story in the UK about mobile contract defaults and the likelihood of it becoming a bigger problem in 2009. I can draw a comparison to the VoIP industry as well. Here’s why. For the companies that provide a free ATA (Vonage, Packet8, Earthlink, etc.) in exchange for a contract commitment, … Read more
Last week I had the good fortune to be part of Nokia World as their guest for doing my part in their ongoing Blogger Relations Program which we launched for them back in 2005. Back then it was forward thinking, cutting edge and game changing, but now everyone has a blogger relations program (or claims … Read more
If you aren’t reading the tea leaves, then you’re likely missing the fact that AT&T really has a WiFi strategy. First they did the deal with Apple for the iPhone. The iPhone has WiFi and it also has 3G now. Second they overtook T-Mobile, winning the WiFi business away for the thousands of Starbucks locations, … Read more
I’ve been watching the video calling space for a while now, dating back to before getting involved with SightSpeed. As time has moved along video calling seems to keep being tried and tried. MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Skype ooVoo are in the same league as SightSpeed, but all don’t offer their quality, but each has … Read more
Yesterday Mike Butcher, TechCrunch UK broke the news about the new Truphone application that works on the Apple iPod Touch, giving the Touch users around the world the ability to call one another. It can be found in the Apple App Store. What I see as the big deal here is what else the geniuses … Read more
Earlier today I read what I call an ad disguised as a press release. The release was about a VoIP provider reducing prices under the guise of the small business bailout theme. What makes it not news is the price point isn’t anything special. Better pricing exists. When Macy’s lowers prices on mattresses and box … Read more
With the mobile operators leaning on Apple to not let VoIP calls be received easily on the iPhone, one has to wonder really if it’s the operators or Apple. Dean Bubley of Disruptive Wireless got me thinking today about that as he mused about the pending Dell UMPC with an embedded 3G data chip on … Read more
