Level 3 has withdrawn their request for VoIP fee ruling. That means they likely felt they would lose. The last thing they need is to have the ruling go against them at this point in time as it would only accelerate the short sellers and drive down their stock price.
AT&T is keeping its game going on a global level with VoIP as they have announced a customer win in Japan. As I keep saying, AT&T’s CallVantage is NOT simply a consumer customer play and their goal is farther reaching than Vonage or Packet8 which clearly are both starting in the home market and will … Read more
In the I, Cringely Column Robert X Cringely who has a real name that I have always promised to keep private, explains some of the possible ways the ISP’s can block ports. I’ve been on the same side as Cringe on this issue and am super concerned he’s not only right, but that carriers are doing … Read more
AT&T had their numbers slip out last week in their filing with the SEC on the proposed merger in a story missed by many that ran in the Newark Star-Ledger. It did not slip by Halepern Capital’s Keith Dalrymple however. On the face Dalrymple says AT&T is behind on their subscribers, through December 31 of … Read more
IDG has a first person interview with the founder of Skype. 1.3 million Pocket PC users is the interesting stat in my book.
EuroTelcoblog’s James Enck discovers a flaw in the Skype multi user chat system and waxes on about it. One of the aspects of Skype I see is some type of social networking feature being overlayed with it. The Pulver Communicator already has this type of feature built in but until the type of trust system … Read more
I saw a very big and ugly red display of Packet 8 at my local CompUSA today. With their ugly packaging I don’t who would grab for it. A few meters down the aisles was the more attractive Linksys/ATT CallVantage display. Why was I not surprised that the sales floor staff didn’t know the difference … Read more
Om has a post today about the end of the ATA. At our blogger panel I posed this questions, based on Aswath raising my consciousness by challenging the conventional think of the carriers.
EuroTelcoblog‘s James Enck, aka, das Enkstermeister, has broken the news (and possibly the embargo I was asked to keep by the High Priestess of Skype in the USA Kelly Larabee). SkypeOut now has a million paid users, getting a less than great experience with sound despite GIPS being in place. According to well placed Skype … Read more
I have to admit, at first I was skeptical about Belkin’s entry into the VoIP business, but after my meeting yesterday with their product manager I’m thinking they may have the right stuff to succeed with CallEverywhere. While they’re pushing both a wholesale and retail model, it’s their X-TEN adaptation of the softphone that was … Read more
