Florian Seroussi is saying Google Voice is a Missed Robbery Attempt along the information highway. I’ll call that “highway robbery” as his post today is very thought provoking but as a former sports guy, and being it’s football season, I’d say GoogleVoice really is all about splitting the seams and throwing a touchdown when the … Read more
One of the problems folks in the UK have is calling premium rate numbers. Well not any more. Check out the details about this application that works on both the iPhone and the Android. 0870 turns 08* numbers — such as 0870, 0845 and 0800 — which cost 35p per minute to call (on top … Read more
Earlier in the week I shared my views with some friends about why I felt Google Voice was being viewed as a threat by Apple-because it’s about the control of the data around the call, not the voice. Today the folks at Telco 2.0 shared a brief with me, that pretty much aligns with that … Read more
Friend, colleague and client, Alec Saunders and the team at iotum have been steadily adding more and more to the Voice 2.0 conferencing platform, affectionately named Calliflower. His recap gives a very good indication of where things are going, not only with Calliflower, but with conferencing in general. Robert Poe, over at his new blog, … Read more
News out of Canada via Mobile Syrup shows that Canada may be opening up. Three stories that lead me to that conclusion: 1) Primus’s relationship with Rogers is expanding. As an MVNO Primus will “increase to cover 94% of Canada, enhanced voice and text packages, picture messaging (MMS), web browsing and ring tones are all … Read more
I know how good eComm Europe will be, having been involved in helping the last two USA based events. But don’t take my word alone for it, as I could be accused of bias. Instead take the word of fellow Telecom Cabal member, James Enck, who from his perch in London has expressed his views … Read more
While I wish I could have been in attendance at VON in Miami Beach this week, I was having fun at DEMO in San Diego. Alec Saunders was there, and has a positive and upbeat report. One of my agency’s clients, Junction Networks, debuted their new and snazzy interface, my.onsip.com, a unified communications, all web … Read more
I love being right when I write. Om’s post last night about Cisco going with Skype for SIP was what I said back when Skype and ShoreTel hooked up. They’ll be more of these announcements as Skype is playing the momentum game and deserves all the accolades they can get. Too much attention is being … Read more
Pal Luca broke the news about Tiscali, a broadband and MVNO operator whose deployment of the new WiPhone app, not to be confused with iPhone, that enables their users to make WiFi phone calls ala client Truphone. I keep hearing rumors of other GSM players entering the WiFi phone call market just as we have … Read more
Perhaps the most interesting post of all the many posts about the Skype and eBay fiasco -that is rapidly turning into what could be an eye opening investigation by someone about the interlocking relationships between lawyers, VC’s, startups and suitors- is the post by Tom Keating that references and alleges all kinds of treachery by … Read more
