A report out of South Africa has a touch of FUD and a hint of hedging about VoIP being adopted in the country that has lots of potential to be a major player in the outsource market. We’re seeing stories like this in markets where the traditional telcos have had near monopoly stature and now … Read more
VoIPNuke’s SKIBARE sent me a link to a good story that tells people what’s what in VoIP names and protocols. It’s a nice primer.
The folks at Microsoft are very much into VoIP and have been for many years. SIP has been part of the Windows XP OS since it was released and those who knew how to do it were able to hack Windows Messenger and make it a SIP end point. Microsoft, which is one of Level … Read more
I got quoted by Michael Desmond in PC World. This time it was about cell phones.
The Detroit New recaps much of what we know already about SBC’s planned entry into VoIP. What wasn’t reported and actually tossed a MSO PR type for a loop was the fact that SBC will make the VoIP available to any broadband user. That includes customer of other DSL providers and cable providers of high … Read more
A rumour circulating from folks close to Level 3 has Comcast coming out with VoIP in a big way next year too. The rumour is likely based upon Sandford Bernstiens Craig Moffit’s analyst report of last week. Here’s what I’m hearing but it may not be fully accurate so I’m hedging as a brief long … Read more
The folks at SBC are about to get into VoIP in 2005 according to their press release. The service, which seems to be bundled with for DSL users in SBC serving areas seems to be a clone of AT&T’s CallVantage in feature set. In talking candidly with an SBC spokesperson this morning, the current offering … Read more
I didn’t say it. Leo did. I thought it, and Leo got me really thinking. Skype is thinking already they’re Microsoft when it comes to bug fixes, i.e. they are just fixing them with an update, and not saying anything about it themselves. If they are going to be as aggressive with news and announcements, … Read more
Budding CNBC TV star Om Malik laid the smack down on Siemens today for their masterful PR flub regarding the Skype adapter. It seems his call to Siemens PR yielded the response he posted here. Skype doesn’t have to feel the heat though. Their PR team is pretty good and the news release of November … Read more
If you’re using Skype, it’s sure time to upgrade to the latest version. The folks at Secunia have pegged this a threat, much like the exploits that affect Internet Explorer. Andy says–get the latest version and also, make sure your antivirus is up to snuff.
