Skype Subverts T-Mobile

Many a writer, analyst and blogger have put the label of “disruptive” on Skype. I think NOT. The proper term, as I have said before is “subversive” and what the following will prove and point to that exact claim. Now for those who don’t see the fine points of differentiation, disruptors upset the status quo. … Read more

Working Away From The Office

As I roll out Working Anywhere, I figured the best way to start informing you on how to work anywhere and feel like you’re home should start with making travel less stressful in this era of always connected, always on, and always reachable. I just got off the Jet Blue red eye from San Diego … Read more

From The Department of Dumb and Dumber

If this is an accurate account of how T-Mobile is operating in the USA, it has to go down as one of the all time DUMB moves. Imagine telling a cell phone customer that they can’t buy a new phone because they don’t have a land line. Suggestion: Buy a Skype In or Gizmo In … Read more

Microsoft Partners With Sprint

Years ago Microsoft and Qualcomm created a venture called Wireless Knowledge, sometime within the first year the venture sort of went sideways and the two slowly separated a lot quieter than they announced the marriage.

Now I see some of what the claims from back then of what the venture was to do making the light of day, only this time Microsoft is at it with a Qualcomm partner in Sprint, but without the kings of CDMA.

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Eyebeam Goes P2P in a Way

iNeen is a new service from XTEN. Using the Eyebeam technology and SIP you can make free calls to other ineen users. In a way this is a lot like GloPhone without the hype and with Video. With this out there for free the pressure is now on Packet8 and Sightspeed to say why they are … Read more

Blogging Changing Media

While not VoIP related, Today’s New York Times has a story on how blogging is impacting the world of gossip in the media. In the past, when sources mattered, scoops were the key and reporters valued relationships and sought to build new ones, as one never knew where that would lead. Today, reporters and editors … Read more

Credit Due and Deserved

A lot of media coverage has fallen on Vonage’s complaints about Port Blocking by a couple of companies. The real credit goes to Paul Kapustka, who has been like a proverbial bloodhound on breaking and covering the story from its very start. Kapustka, editor of Advanced IP Pipeline for CMP. He’s been on the story … Read more