Rafe takes a very contrarian view on Skype in his Always On column. I too question how they will make money long term. I mean, has ICQ paid back AOL? No. Only the original investors and founders cashed out. The claim about services by Skype’s folks sounds good, but I see more use for Skype … Read more
A wireless company in Australia is set to trial VoIP. Not many details, but needless to say the revolution is upon the world, and VoIP is hardly a USA centric business. If anything, the far East and down under regions are likely to see higher levels of adoption as fiber is more readily deployed and … Read more
Well the carriers won’t be able to say they can’t monitor QoS easily, after this announcement. Without question, QoS is the single most important factor in winning the conversion from PSTN to IP based telephony services, especially for business grade calls. If people have a hard time dealing with lousy cell service, that is not … Read more
AT&T (NYSE: T) is following the old adage. “Go West Young Man” and has launched VoIP in the Bay Area. This follows their entry into the New York market. The rest of California is expected to0 follow later this year.
AT&T today launches CallVantage in New York state. The onslaught will likely be backed by their TV campaign and a very aggressive marketing blitz including lots of press coverage which can be anticipated by looking over their press kit page on their web site. If you’re wondering how series they are taking this, check out … Read more
Morpheus, the P2P service from Streamcast, has entered the fray providing VoIP, repackaging a solution. Going after the pre-pay market seems to be the first audience as they claim they can terminate calls anywhere in the world. The second of course are the file swappers. If you call another person on the Morpheus Voice network, … Read more
This week’s Newsweek has a very good story on VoIP. It is balanced, mostly accurate and has some interactive features. Interestingly, the author missed on SipPhone, excluding them from the story.
The Times of London has a story that says VoIP is about to grow. They also talk about the integration of VoIP with Instant Messaging clients like Yahoo and MSN Messenger. The story really doesn’t break any new ground, but does provide further evidence how VoIP is taking hold.
Following the lead of the FCC, the State of Pennsylvania has taken a hands off approach for regulating VoIP. The real winner here is Comcast, one of the largest cable operators in the state, and which is headquartered in Philadelphia, the largest city in the state. Comcast, which has been working on rolling out VoIP … Read more
CBS News in New York has done a news story on VoIP. You can watch the streaming story and read the sidebar on their web site. The story was well presented, with one error. They showed the broadband router as the box that gets the phone calls on the net. OOPS. The link to the … Read more
