Of late the IM function of Skype seems to be flaky. Someone received an IM from me much later than when sent, and I got there reply at a time when I was on but they were’t, yet it showed them online. This morning it happened again. I’ve also noted some delays in authorization of … Read more
IP telephones are being announced more requently and released in quantity as companies like D-Link ramp up. This is why companies like Qualcomm and Siemens are moving quickly to have a significant space in VoIP convergence with CDMA and GSM. This all points nicely to Bridgeport Networks and Popular Telphony, two firms working in different … Read more
Om has a take on a recent Brian Roberts Wall Street Journal story. It’s a good read…
Sam’s younger brother, Charlie, he’s the FCC half of the family, has asked for comment about VoIP wiretaps. At issue is the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a federal law that mandates surveillance backdoors in US telephone networks, allowing the FBI to start listening in on a target’s phone line within minutes … Read more
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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
