Office Depot, a chain of retail office supply and home office electronics stores, has signed an agreement with AT&T’s CallVantage to sell the product in stores. I love Office Depot because their sales team on the floor are very smart, they have great attitudes and care that you are there. I’ve made them my office … Read more
With Cablevision now boasting over 72,000 Internet phone users one has to ask if Vonage’s Jeff Citron is starting to worry. One has to figure that with the cable companies working with the likes of AT&T and Level3 for network and transport services, plus peering, that this is a significant shift in where telephony’s share … Read more
Skype and Siemens are using a USB adapter to connect Siemens wireless DECT phones to PC’s so users of them can make calls over Skype. Skype is clearly making money but not in traditional ways. Licensing is one of the routes they are going.
When cable companies get too big, or control too much of the cable markets the FCC and DOJ step in and say–sell off parts of your territory. So now that the Telcos are trying to become television delivery networks why not apply the same rule. Can you see those folks at Verizon and SBC when … Read more
USA Today is reporting that Vonage got a "free pass" on regulation by states from the FCC. The question is, does this apply to everyone else in the VoIP game? Om has some very nice things to say about Michael Powell and has done his usual super fine job of getting to the meat of … Read more
The long rumoured SKYPE API has been announced. My gut says a cottage industry of Skype add ons will be springing up, much like what has occured around eBay. Already I hear of VoiceMail service in place (I think I signed up for a trial) and other advanced features. The key here is who makes … Read more
Om got the friendly jump on this unsettling story about two California cities trying to impose tariffs on VoIP and get some money from them. The folks at VoicePulse, a company I like, have a right to be concerned. I’m planning on digging into this more but don’t be surprised if the cable companies or … Read more
The always enjoyable to read PaidContent.org has a interesting series of posts related to how confusing the media and telco markets are about to become. For a long time I’ve said that the next media powerhouses are the RBOC’s, once they figure out how not to be caught up in utility think. If they look … Read more
In what is another entry in the converged device universe, Linksys and Vonage have announced the release of a combined WiFi, router, access point and Vonage telephone adapter. This appears to be the same product with a different product code that BestBuy already offers from CallVantage. I’ve e-mailed Vonage spokesperson Mitchell Slepian to ascertain if … Read more
Another leading online etailer, Buy.com has jumped on the VoIP sales train with CallVantage. CallVantage now has Amazon.com, TigerDirect and Buy.com selling the service as well as a direct sales model online, in addition to some of the better retailers. The relationship works in both directions as the links above show that you can find … Read more
