HotSpots Are Hot

Let’s face it, the idea of WiFi by the major mobile operators in the USA has been more trial and error, or when they chose to explore it, for the most part it was more like seeing someone dip their toes in the water in the past, as in reality only T-Mobile and to some … Read more

Short Takes on VoIP and Mobile

Rumors have Texas based VoIP provider iCall being bought by Apple. A new VoIP service that works with mobiles including Nokias, Windows Mobile and Blackberry is out. It’s named Spokn. The Google Phone is sounding more and more real everyday. AT&T network is fastest.

Being Quoted More and More

As many of you know, I end up being quoted quite a bit about VOIP, leading the life of a tech savvy road warrior and even sometimes about business travel in general. What you may not know is that I also get cited regularly on business and marketing related matters, and usually they are about … Read more

The Google Phone

Let’s try to clear up the rumor that a Google Phone that reportedly is coming out in January. That is if you can believe any blog that tells you its a rumor. First of, one has to expect that the phone would not be for the traditional mobile network. Honestly if I was Google I’d … Read more

Say Hello To The Skype Pipe

Skype for SIP is now live and in my view Skype just created a massive pipe into the corporate market. While some may immediately want to draw unfair comparisons to SIP Trunking, I’d dubbed this the “Skype Pipe” as in all reality now Skype has the pipe into the business phone market that have for … Read more

Whose MiFi is It?

Novatel Wireless pioneered the concept of the MiFi, introducing it for the first time at CES in January, 2009. Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, a year earlier had introduced a similar product idea, but it was Novatel who pushed the idea of MiFi to the limits, and pretty much built the market for PocketSpots as … Read more

Localphone Looks Like Gizmo and Others to Me

A company out of the UK, called LocalPhone.com has put together a cheap calling service, plus some very nifty features, largely around SMS and call forwarding, plus of course inexpensive VoIP minutes. In reading their blog, they are offering inexpensive VoIP minutes, local numbers in many countries, with the claim of “Call Global, Pay Local.” … Read more

Video Conferencing On The Go

An Irish company has unveiled a very interesting multiparty video conferencing solution. Dubbed Eplixo, the demo video clearly shows that as processors in mobile devices become more powerful, that the Dick Tracy era of the video communicator is quickly coming upon us.