Infonetics Research cites that services and applications are what will drive price. In all the interviews I’ve been giving to the media the last few weeks about VoIP I always tell them the price is not what it is about. It’s the applications and servcies. Seems the report back up that line of thinking. VoIP … Read more
A very detailed analysis of the recent VoiceWing announcement is offered up by Faultline, a research company. While it appears to deposition cable companies such as Cablevision’s offering, one that works and uses a managed network built out by Cablevision, and which likely has very high level peering partnerships with the other MSOs and tier … Read more
The Communications Workers of America has issued a statement regarding their opposition to the US Senate’s VoIP Freedom Bill. Their claim is the bill is not in the best interest of the public. What they are really saying is the more rapid deployment of VoIP and migration of the public from PSTN to VoIP will … Read more
Packet 8 has rolled out more features to their VoIP service offering. What we are starting to see is the first shot of what I’ll call “AppWars” between the VoIP service providers, as each one rolls out more advanced service capabilities or adds what the others have to catch up. With today’s announcement, Packet 8 … Read more
With the signing of four carrier termination agreements last week, one with Level3, and others with Colt, Teleglobe and iBasis, Skype has released the first official version of it’s Peer 2 Peer VoIP client. But what’s more interesting is the future offering from Skype, to be called Skype Plus that will actually link up a … Read more
In a move that says “if it’s free it’s me, if I gotta pay, it’s no way” and that VoiceGlo want people who don’t want to pay for services, and some would say like to rip off content, Florida based VoiceGlo has linked up with eDonkey to spread their GloPhone software via download, according to … Read more
McLeod, which has always gone into second tier markets first with services is chasing some fairly large markets with their VoIP services. Clearly the market for VoIP will be a shoppers market, as options and competition rule the day.
Engadget has news of the new iPaq’s. But will the h6135 be able to make and receive VoIP calls in a WiFi environment? While the capability with a softphone is there, the big question is are the carriers ready to let that happen. Reports are the carriers have been discussing this with both the handset … Read more
A site launched by a well placed VoIP network watcher went up over the weekend. According to a note from the founder, Level3 is building out a VoIP plant for Ford Motor Company, and their “Do Not Dig” signs are going up all along the Longmont Diagonal, near the IBM facilities near Boulder Colorado. Does … Read more
A new 600 caller conference bridge, and a platform with capacity for 12,000 or so caller was announced by Vapps. That’s a serious SIP application.
