Tom Keating has a good point about bandwidth shaping. I think that a lot of what is happening so far is done at the network level, with only AT&T’s CallVantage publicly saying they are doing the packet prioritization at the telephone adapter level, which is why they prefer the TA to be in front of … Read more
CallWave, a longtime player in the Voice services business has added Level3 as a key supplier. Level 3 keeps picking up deals like this with customer facing companies. This does not immediately mean that Level 3 will see rapid growth, but to companies like Speakeasy and Callwave it means they can outsource the bulk of … Read more
I think it’s only a matter of time for VoWiFI to really take hold and feel that the biggest sellers of VoWiFI will be one of two types of companies–the cable operators or the mobile operators. Here’s why. Access to the customers. The mobile operators have storefronts, agents and already mail to their customers or … Read more
As someone who wants less devices installed in my house, largely to reduce the cable clutter and the draw on electric power, I’m always happy to see when a company rolls out the production of a combined device like Motorola is out in Taiwan that blends Cable Modem and VoIP technology that’s part of the … Read more
General Dynamics and SAIC are locked in a battle for the US Military’s new Command and Control infrastructure that will be very much IP protocol based. And VoIP will be a part of it according to the sidebar to a story about C&C. Reports continue to swirl from VoIPNuke’s Skibare about Level3 hammering hard for … Read more
Declan McCullugh, CNET’s guy in D.C. has a very good story on the impacts of the recent presidential election, VoIP, the FCC and the reason things are the way the are. In the end he says that the recent FCC was about as good as it could possible get. I agree.
I remember when ICG was a rising company during the height of the dot.com bubble, and then they burst. Well, now, like the Phoenix, they are making their play to grow again. Don’t rule them out because they have experience and a proven platform. Now after shedding some unproductive or non core assets they are … Read more
CommuniTech which has been selling VoIP products for as long as I know about VoIP added another VoIP product manufacturer to their stable. I have their Clarysis handset phone and love it. Their support is fantastic and their CEO Neil Schact one of the VoIP good guys and class acts. CommuniTech will distribute i3’s Vood … Read more
The folks at PCCW must be drinking a different kind of water in Hong Kong. How PCCW can say that VoIP is not of a benefit to business customers is a continuation of their FUD campaign in light of City Telecom’s foray into the space. This is why I guess there was Column A and … Read more
The San Jose Mercurey News offers up an editorial opinion on the recent FCC ruling to keep VoIP free of state regulation. I think the key here is they zoomed in on the desire of the FCC to keep VoIP free of being a monopoly and in encouraging the rapid development of the technology and … Read more
