Skype is claiming two carriers are now signed to enable termination to any phone in the USA. Who they are is anyone’s guess. It could be one of the next gen carriers like Level3 or Global Crossing, or it could be QWEST. All three have lots of dark fiber that needs filling. Or it could … Read more
Juniper Research has issued a report on the expected growth of VoIP and drawn some conclusions. While most are obvious to those in the VoIP industry (i.e. space) the call for the need for standards and to me, interoperability is the most important. Sure service offerings that are bundled (i.e. phone, email, internet access etc.) … Read more
Yesterday at the annual shareholders meeting of AT&T (NYSE: T), Chairman and CEO Dave Dorman spoke about the next steps for AT&T as they forge ahead as the major player in IP based services. In watching and listening to the speech it was rewarding to hear how much of commitment the company is really making … Read more
How does VoIP work? The Associated Press has a nice recap that is making the rounds of online newspapers.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto’s best newspaper, has a very nice profile with the founder of Skype. Can you say PR in action? I can.
Business 2.0 (Subscription required) has a nice profile on both Vonage and AT&T’s CallVantage offering. The last few paragraphs are indeed interesting thoughts about Vonage future. IPO or will they be acquired, that is the question. Their founder, Louis Holder is on the speaking circuit, talking at the Morgan Stanley conference soon. Those types of … Read more
Skype has competition. Peerio.com My guess is what their parent company will announce at Supercomm is more than they are letting on.
AT&T added a few more markets. Any wonder why Vonage lowered their pricing? What are companies like Packet8 going to do now? Given their wonderfully underwhelming creative advertising ( check out their ad in this months glossies like PC Mag) with AT&T in the space no one will ever look at companies like that. Vonage … Read more
Vonage has expanded their ability to distribute VoIP through a relationship announced last week with Radio Shack. But the bigger news is their lower pricing strategy, geared in part to compete with AT&T and others who are making their presence known. Vonage today announced they dropped from $34.99 per month to $29.99 per month. The … Read more
Now more of the USA can subscribe to AT&T’s Call Vantage. I can’t say anything more than how pleased I’ve been with the service, especially the conference calling. The voice quality is as good as POTS and the ease of use unduplicated.
