EuroVoip reports that the German regulators want to keep their VoIP numbers inside the country. itsp’s will have to reside in germany if they want to offer numbers, furthermore the customers using them will also have to reside in germany You will obey, Ja ! You may not take your number with you. Nine! This … Read more
Level3 which has in the past struck deals in other lands is looking to take their VoIP platform to Europe.
Paul is one sharp journalist and I rank him up with the Om-mighty one when it comes to VoIP as a member of the press. Read his musing about SBC and see how he’s using the blogosphere to add color to a great story. Somehow this story has really just only started to catch fire, … Read more
Yesterday I met up with Om Malik to talk tech, VoIP, blogging and life. Om has become a good friend, even if he is Mac centric and keeps teasing me about Windows. We had to go to Staples after our coffee meeting as he just got a new Treo 650 to test. What was the … Read more
Deutsche Telekom has changed course and is now clearly going the VoIP way. I’m not at all surprised in light of the fact that since 1999 they have been working with softswitch vendors to build the final solution for telephony. James Enck has the scoop and a viewpoint worth noting. One by one we are … Read more
A loyal reader brought this story to my attention. It seems our neighbors to the South are looking at Vonage and the use of their service in Mexico. The issue is that it is less expensive to call Mexico from a Vonage line than to use a phone that is officially a Mexico landline or … Read more
I grew up in Philadelphia and thought the idea of City Wide WiFi was brilliant. The city used to have the water works and at one point the Gas Works that led to the city’s growth and generated many jobs for people. The idea of city wide WiFi would have helped close the digital divide … Read more
Skype is getting more interesting with their ongoing series of announcements. The idea of crossing Skype with PSTN handsets that connect to broadband is very interesting. It is not that far different than what Popular Telephony is doing either.
Om pointed me towards Mark Evans post about Vonage. The talk last night at the Pulver Palo Alto dinner was that there is no way Citron wants to sell Vonage and that he wants to ring the bell on Wall Street for personal reasons. There was also discussion that Vonage is running on its own … Read more
Jeff organized a nice dinner last night in Palo Alto with three Palo Alto professors. I found out that lots of people in the VoIP space love wine and now all want to visit the Andy wine cellar. In case you didn’t know I enjoy wine, collect wine, write about wine. The wines were good, … Read more
