VoIP

This month in Business 2.0 pal Om Malik has a recap on the current state of VideoPhones. Hard to beleive it was 40 years ago when AT&T first tried it at the New York World’s Fair.

A day or so ago I blogged that the day of the Triple Play is looming, with likely Verizon being the first to really make a stab in that direction from the world of the Telcos and RBOC’s here in the USA. This morning I noted that Yankee ex-pat blogger in London, James Enck commented … Read more

Merctor Capital’s most recent newsletter has inght about Vonage and their current and future offerings. It’s a good read and worth looking through. While not “news” per se, the author presents a good summary of Vonages plans. The reference to UK and Switzerland is interesting because Vonage has not said much on the subject of … Read more

Motley Fool raises some questions about AT&T and why they’ve gone VoIP in a big way. Companies have to reengineer themselves. Look at IBM. For years they were in an evolutionary mode. In my view VoIP is the first, and easiest product to take wide and build awareness for AT&T. My gut says there is … Read more

A major British bank that has deployed VoIP is going to the next level by adding in additional technology to keep the sound quality as good as it can get. Rather than dump VoIP and go back to PSTN, the bank took the time to find add-on solutions that will monitor and manage the call … Read more

VoIPWeblog has a report about Skype In or as it will be called Skype Plus. Basically what will happen is a number somewhere will be assigned to you from a pool, that will be mapped to your Skype address.

VoIPNuke’s Keith tipped me off to Verizon offering a bundle. I keep thinking that Verizon is going to offer a pure triple play with video sometime soon. Do the cable companies have to start looking at the telcos as a serious threat. YUP. All it will take is for Verizon to sign The Yes Network … Read more

Two companies I’m high on have joined forces. XTEN which IMHO make the best softphone client on the planet and Plantronics, a company which understands headsets. Plantronics understands distribution too, and by joining up expect to see more cross promotions with companies that are working with XTEN. Heck, I don’t understand why a branded XTEN … Read more

I agree with the author as I love using the Vonage and Skype softphones to make calls. With a good mic, sound card and a fast processor, it’s getting hard to tell what’s a phone these days.

Jeff makes a comment about AT&T and their intentions.