Is Google Phone on Hold?
Baron’s Blogger Tiernan Ray thinks the long rumored Google phone is on hold at HTC for a variety of reasons.
VoIP and Wi-FI
Fonolo is Hot
If you haven’t seen the news lately, client Fonolo, started by pal Shai Berger, is on a roll. Originally called FonCloud, they changed their name last spring, and debuted at eComm, showcasing their deep dialing end to customer service frustration for consumers. At eComm everyone from eTel founder Surj Patel to organizer Lee Dryburgh told … Read more
Thoughts On ClueCon
If you’re really into developing software for the telephony market or adding the best of what’s new to your IP based phone system, the ClueCon conference here in Chicago was the place to be. Brian West has grown this ultra-geek-tech event and broadened the appeal to the point of where without VON this year the … Read more
Apple iPhone Dev Camp @ Adobe
It sure sound like iPhoneDevCamp is a real hit.
Laying The Blame and Giving Credit
Let’s all give Tom Keating a round of applause for his up to the minute coverage around the Packet 8 outage this past week. Tom’s dogged determination drove to the bottom of the story that concluded in his reporting to be a database server of Packet8’s that caused the issue. The fact that it was … Read more
Two Million and Counting
Call this the reason Verizon has made New York City and the surrounding suburbs a key “must win” market for Fios and is starting to crank up the PR, Advertising and sales efforts. Cablevision is one of the largest cable operators in the country, but focuses only on the New York area, unlike the others … Read more
The Telco 2.0 Manifesto
One of the semi-annual conferences I love to attend is held twice a year in London and organized by my friends at the STL Group, where Martin Geddes is found hanging his hat and providing very keen insight. Today in their newsletter I spied a posting entitled the Telco 2.0 Manifesto, a take off of … Read more
Can I Show You My House?
The Wall Street Journal has a story on Webcams being used in inventive ways. One is to keep an eye on a person’s vacation home, another is tied to a home alarm system. I’ve been doing something like that with the auto-answer feature of SightSpeed during the never ending phase of my house’s reconstruction. I … Read more
Ribbit Sold!
The sale of Ribbit to British Telecom, which was delayed for sometime for reasons likely having to do with internal matters, has apparently closed. 105 million is a pretty price, and I expect to see some other companies grabbed in the next few months as M&A activity is heating up. In the case of Ribbit … Read more
Telstra Clear Offers VoIP For Business in NZ
Telstra Clear looks very interesting from afar. It’s a hosted VoIP service designed for the five or more type offices. What I find interesting though is it is woven over the fabric of the telco network in New Zealand. This means integration from the core to the edge, and a single source provider. It’s what … Read more