VoIP

Vonage is looking to add something different…check out Tom Keating.

Skype are masters at building hype. Now they are dripping their software out in the Mac community. Actually, my gut says if Apple was more cooperative and thought to make Skype the defacto voice app, and blended it with iSight, that Skype would rapidly clean up the video chat business….but Apple really isn’t about being … Read more

Red Herring, which is about to go weekly and hard copy has a story about VoIP focusing on the Packet8 PicturePhone, something we’ve been telling you about for a while.

Just read Om…great stuff…wishI said it. Glad he did….but candidly, Vonage needs a big bucks investor and not of the VC kind. The best is an exit to a big Telco…MCI, Verizon and SBC lead my list.

Going global? Want a London or Paris number? Well, that’s going to be easier. Primus, the company behind Lingo has added that ability for under $10.00 a month. See Om’s post. Now, what Om didn’t tell you 🙂 This was front page USA Today news on the index/contents and then the story was front page … Read more

Not to rest where they are, Vonage has brought in a veteran IP CTO type to keep their platform humming. I often speculate that MCI is an ideal buyer of Vonage. Why? Their Chaiman and CEO Michael Cappellas is a deal maker and he knows when to buy rather than build. While this is pure … Read more

A Virginia company has deployed the battlefield phone booth using Cisco IP phone software and Gateway notebook computers by combining satellite and PCs plus some software. Remember, military grade technology eventually ends up working for the masses so think of this as a trail by fire for Segovia, Inc., the company that was awareded the … Read more

I’ve been a long time advocate for the prevention of Port Blocking both here and on KenRadio.com’s World Technology RoundUp but based on this TechDirt report it seems Port Blocking is now going wireless. Just like Port Blocking by broadband providers of Port 69 effects a small minority of those desiring VoIP services, it seems … Read more

I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on LibreTel, Jeff Pulvers DID to SIP service. LibreTel just went into beta with their Port of Call service and is offering phone numbers in Israel, the UK and selected USA cities. Once you have a LibreTel number you can point it to a FWD sip phone, so if … Read more

You have to read this if for no other reason for some of the quotes. My favorite is: “I am prepared to look at this case as, with all respect to the people involved, a bunch of crooks getting sued by a bunch of bankers who are too dumb to stop throwing money down the … Read more