Today’s announcement about Skype and WiFi seems to be one more supporting effort by companies that want to compete with the mobile/cellular carriers. EuroTelcoblog‘s James Enck has some interesting views on Skype as always. In many ways the skype Broadreach announcement is no different than Boingo going with TelSym, as both are non standard. I … Read more
Aswath brings up a very good point regarding Google to look up most phone numbers. But there are some companies and people who just don’t get to be Googled and are in the White pages. This is especially true for newly installed telephones.
But I have one huge question…are VoIP numbers that were not ported from the RBOC’s PSTN pool over to VoIP in the directories at all?
For example, my CallVantage number is not nor would my Vonage number be that terminates on the softphone…HMMMMM
One of the issues discussed on my panel at Internet Telephony about Issues facing the Service Provider was regulation of VoIP. It seems in Costa Rica they really want to regulate it. This has to be an issue for multi-national corporations which want to roll out VoIP in their enterprise that has far reaching implications. … Read more
Taking one of the biggest steps of his career, Jeff Pulver has made a pact with CMP Media and TIA to develop an enterprise tech show that goes beyond VoIP. The show fills a hole left by the demise of Comdex, the weakness of N+I of late that many people have been feeling. Those shows died for two reasons. Greed and lack of compelling content. Pulver’s team knows content. That should make the smaller format at the Rio in Las Vegas this November worth looking at.
TW Telecom has a great network, lots of customers and are making money. That’s what I learned last week when I met their team at Internet Telephony. They’re rolling out VoIP for business. Their executives remind me of old school types. You know, the suits. The ties. They’re the kind of supplier Fortune 100 buyers would trust. What you won’t get is gee whiz bells and whistles rock star egos from these guys. They have a solid product, a good offer and would be a safe bet if your business is looking to get VoIP in a big way from a company that has a good pedigree. They were spun out of Time Warner in the 90’s yet TimeWarner still is their largest shareholder. They compete with the Verizon’s, SBCs and such.
My favorite Canadian telecom blogger is Mark Evans because he calls them like he see’s them. This post about Skype is like the great white north, just cool..mostly because he’s gotten to the same conclusion I feel is important. It’s about the features, or apps as I call them…that’s what will drive the business. Why … Read more
Om say Vonage IPO. I don’t think they can wait. Reports are their growth is slowing, that costs are rising and that founder Jeffrey Citron has a bundle of his own cash in the venture.
Om points to a US News and World Reports story about Vonage. I was thinking earlier today how they have not been as assertive lately. Looking at the post I wonder two things. Are the UK numbers included and where’s the churn being hidden…
I commented on a Mr. Blog post previously when he made a very interesting point that others have already talked about before as earlier as last June to me. While I like Skype, I am tending to see more of the downsides and not to the users, to the investors. Martin’s commentary is as usual, … Read more
A Close Look at P2P VoIP Session by Tom Keating is not self praise by him, as he did a super job at getting five different viewpoints into one room and really had them say what they felt. My client, Dmitry Goroshevksy from Popular Telephony did very well, as did Gary from Global IP Sound. There … Read more
