Earlier this week I alluded to the fact that Tesco would be coming out with a VoIP play that was based on their Freshtel acquisition as they’ve been selling FreshTel for sometime in the UK as a reader also commented. Now today, the other shoe dropped and is it an ever inviting whopper. I say … Read more
Give pal Paul Kapustka credit for being all over the WiMax story. He has the goods on where Xohm will roll out after it’s initial launch. Philadelphia, Boston and Dallas are tee’d up.
While not a surprise to many in the Mobile VoIP space, Tesco has launched their Freshtel Mobile VoIP service in Australia. Now here’s my speculation. Australia is a wonderful market to trial things in. The country has very solid IP networks from Telstra. It is an English language country. Mobile is well thought of there … Read more
Today I mashed up the recently updated Boingo Mobile client (which works on Nokia N and E series phones, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and Window Mobile devices) on my Nokia E71 Smartphone (North American Edition) from inside my hotel room. The hotel is powered by iBahn, one of the Boingo roaming partners. I grabbed … Read more
It’s been a banner year for Skokie, IL based Comunicano client ifByPhone. For the second time in a few months the Chicago Sun Times has poked there head in the direction of Irv Shapiro and each time the story has been glowing. As the story says ifByPhone “software applications let small businesses set up virtual … Read more
PC World reports that the long awaited 802.11r standard has been finalized and approved by the IEEE, the standards body that determines much of what goes into our personal electronics and communications equipment. This means that finally WiFi phones can really come into their own, and that roaming between hotspots and even networks becomes much … Read more
If I was a betting man, I would expect the new HTC Android device to be one of the first 3G devices on the new T-Mobile 1700 megahertz range network. Why? It’s an instant market differentiator, and it puts data plans on a network that was licensed and built just for that. I mean, how … Read more
Om’s post of this past Thursday, aimed squarely at Comcast, asks the question “Where’s the Meter?” That reminds me of the old Wendy’s commercial, “Where’s the Beef” and at the same time “Show me the Money” from Jerry McGuire fame. Here’s my take. 1) Cable companies have never cared how much tv you watch. 2) … Read more
I’ve been tethering my laptop and other peoples laptops over a 3G connection for a while now using my bright and shiny Nokia E71 smartphone and an AT&T 3G data plan by running JoikuSpot as many readers know. Others have picked up on the capability and are doing it now, eliminating the need for a … Read more
Xnet’s iSoftPhone is being used as part of a launch of a new service called A1 over IP, a new telephony offering coming from Mobilkom Austria. Xnet has developed the new A1 iSoftPhone for the Mac OS X they say to deliver Carrier-Grade Voice Communications. The Xnet Mac softphone is a worthy rival to Counterpath’s … Read more
