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
Leonardo talks about Packet8 and local number portability. In his post he discusses how good P8 sounds. That’s due to Level3. He also plays up Broadvoice. I think VoicePulse, Broadvoice and a few others all are in the same space, fighting for the same customers. Either consolidation has to happen or some of these will … Read more
If I read Om as he writes, it sure sounds like the Vonage ruling will open the floodgates for the RBOC’s to finally play in the VoIP game on an even playing field. This is actually good for all of the consumers. Now they will have a choice and brand of carrier will mean more, … Read more
What I love about Blogs is both their news value and the human touch. Take New York’s Jonathan Greene. He gives great insight about digital stuff, but never fails to keep the human side in check, sharing with us his joys and downfalls. Today he let the world know how AT&T’s CallVantage saved him money. … Read more
Leonardo pans Packet8, and seems to say in one breathe how unhappy he is and then to the issue of the current state of VoIP and handoff to other carriers. It deals with Codecs and the concept of transcoding, the taking of one carriers voice packets and delivering them to the other end in the … Read more
