Raketu Adds Video in 3.0
Raketu, a company we don’t rattle about that much, has added video calling.
VoIP and Wi-FI
iSkoot Raises 19 Million Dollars
Given the economy the raising of an additional $19 million dollars is a feat unto itself. I hear that there is a lot of good things coming from iSkoot so this round will be the round to get them over the top.
AT&T Buys WayPort-Signals Consolidation in HotSpot Market
AT&T made a very strategic acquisition today, picking up Wayport for a col $275 million. This is a very smart move and shows that AT&T is investing to put more traffic onto its IP network, and also is looking beyond 3G and traditional GSM as the only access routes, beyond DSL and T1. While AT&T … Read more
Random VoIP Notes
Global Crossing has selected CounterPath’s Eyebeam softfphone. They’re rolling out a service in several South American countries. This will enable the business customer to quickly access the Global Crossing Ready Access voice conferencing service as well as make calls over their network from laptops. VoIP Supply has announced they are now carrying a full line … Read more
Mobile VoIP Starting to Appear from Carriers
It has taken a while, but Mobile VoIP is beginning to take hold with the mobile operators. Over in Taiwan we’re seeing VIBO look at Mobile VoIP to help reduce the costs of international long distance.
No More Pay As You Go Data for Verizon
In a move that is counter to how the rest of the mobile world is moving with data plans, Verizon Wireless is going to be eliminating their Pay As You Go Data plans effective November 14, according to the always on the ball Boy Genius Report. My guess is this is also the date the … Read more
Audio Codes Goes High Def In Audio
AudioCodes plans to embed HD VoIP across its product portfolio throughout 2009. This is a logical move with everything going broadband. Broadband means wideband codecs from client GIPS will be something more and more developers are looking at. For AudioCodes this means embedding HD audio onto their boards that go into telephony products.
Two New Players In the VoIP and Video Game
Waking up this morning, I was happy to see that the emerging world of new companies wanting to play in the combined voice and video space is far from a thing of the past. If anything, the space is heating up. Two new companies have crossed the radar. One, takes advantage of Skype and is … Read more
eComm Web Site Up and Updated
I got a note from one of the people helping Lee Dryburgh get the next edition of eComm off the ground that the event’s web site has been updated. The must attend conference, slated for March 3-5 in Burlingame, CA is shaping up to be something really special. Lee is malleting the potential presenters the … Read more
Accounts Cancelled, Accounts Added
Over the last few days I’ve cancelled a few accounts and added one. 1. Fuze by CallWave. Nice service, but I don’t really see a compelling need for it. HighDefConferencing.com, Calliflower by iotum and SightSpeed give me more of what I need. Oh, yes, all three are clients. 2. TrueVoice by EarthLink. I have so … Read more