A clone of what Level3 is offering has been created by Nuvio and 1TouchTone. The concept seems to make sense. Once company provides the technology package, the other provides the billing and more important customer facing and marketing. These are much like the providers who Virgin and AT&T have opted to buy from to launch … Read more
Converge Network Digest has another excellent primer on VoIP, this time aimed toward educating us all about Consumer VoIP. It’s a bit remedial in some ways, but in its own way a breezy, yet informative read.
Anyone worth their salt knows that connectivity at trade shows is horrible, especially with Wi-Fi. The story by a ZD reporter shows how easily anyone can trash progress. Considering how much good news came out of VON (see pulver.com) someone had to be a party pooper.
Primus has launched Lingo in the USA with a $19.99 service plan that includes calls to Canada and Western Europe. What about Mexico? One would think with the amount of families in the boarder states (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) that there is a market. Don’t forget, they are huge calling card/prepaid users. In places … Read more
Level3 has become the underlying carrier and termination provider to 8×8’s Packet8 network. This marks the first of what I expect to be a series of wins for Level3 based on their current sales efforts.
Skype’s has finally officially announced the Skype Out service at VON Europe today, according to Light Reading. The more interesting reference is to Skype In, and the hurdles involved. Obviously, Skype is heading towards a full featured service.
At the Wall Street Journal’s D Conference yesterday, Verizon announced their plans to enter the competitive VoIP market. Why not? In making the announcement the chairman said they have a national presence, why not sell it. As the first RBOC to roll out VoIP nationally, Verizon goes head to head with AT&T and Vonage. It … Read more
Comcast is testing a new combined cable modem and VoIP adapter in a few cities, according to Light Reading. I’m also hearing reports that D-Link will release a line of in home networking equipment at SuperComm in a few weeks that includes a wireless adapter that has built in VoIP.
As we said here weeks back, VoIP knows no boundaries, and the idea of a global telephony carrier brand selling termination and bypassing the PTT’s is just around the corner. Sure the idea and deployment by large companies has been done before, but never has it been put into the reach and made so easy. … Read more
Cox Communications which has one of the nations better networks on its own, and who has for years offered Cable Telephony service has gotten one step closer to rolling out VoIP to its customer base nationwide, with the announcement of an agreement with San Diego based Nuera for media gateways after a successful trail in … Read more
