VoIP

Verizon has introduced a very sleek looking DSL router, modem and cordless phone. But is it for VoIP? They do have the Delta Three powered VoiceWing service available.

Google, which wants to compete in big ways is looking for Dark Fiber and a person to lead it according to Roland. Given their market cap and the problems over at Level3, it would make sense for Google to take a serious look at Level3 and get some of the many miles of dark fiber … Read more

A little birdie told me that Yahoo is about to add Push To Talk to Yahoo Messenger. The chirping I’m hearing is that a company here in Chicago with an expertise in PTT is getting the deal. That means that the Skype Voice Messaging service which Stuart is testing won’t be alone in what it … Read more

XTEN keeps winning busines, this time with Belkin.

The exhibition floor at Spring VON in San Jose is sold out. That’s impressive given how it’s also going to be the biggest VON ever. If you haven’t heard I’m hosting a bloggers only panel that is shaping up to be a lot of fun. On the dias with me will be a rather impressive, … Read more

Jeff points to Newsweek and Vonage being featured on the cover.

I’ve been busy the last two days attending the Bridgeport Networks Global Convergence Conference which was all about Mobile meeting up with VoIP. The conference was excellent and I got to moderate a panel which featured the father of Ethernet, Bob Metcalfe who now is a VC with Polaris Ventures as well as with Dave … Read more

Advanced IP Pipeline | Parus Unveils Retail-Store Voice Apps and Tom Keating both hit the mark on a subtle shift in direction for the company formerly known as Webley, as the newly named Parus Interactive rolls out a speech driven retail interactive voice response solution for multi-location retailers. The idea of using SIP, natural language speech, … Read more

Yankee Group – Fighting Goliath: Can Alternative VoIP Providers Survive? Tom Keating has a post about the Yankee Group’s report that spells trouble for the single play VOIP companies. I’m in the same court as Tom as I have serious concerns about companies that are only one hit wonders. But for different reasons. The VoIP … Read more

Om has news on some of the pending reorg over at Level3. All signs point to a changing of the guard, a restructuring of how the company works and what the company does.