Level3's blog may be tipping us off to more than Microsoft may have liked. In their year end post about voice predictions for 2012 there is a casual reference to the mobile client of their UC product, Lync, but the "tell" is based upon a "one number" solution. So let's speculate. When you think about … Read more
Motor Authority is reporting that OnStar will be introducing in car video chat for the back seat of automobiles at CES. While no carrier was mentioned hopefully the concept is a webcam and a 4G LTE modem so the back seat passengers can choose whichever video calling solution, however given that the carrier is Verizon … Read more
One of the faster moving consumer electronics companies is Archos. They were one of the first into the portable multimedia device sector and have always been just ahead of the bigger brands at releasing new devices that take advantage of the fastest processors, brightest screens and better sound. That's why I'm not surprised to see … Read more
Longtime friend in VoIP Jason Fischl has left Skype as of this past Saturday. The news came out via a Facebook page change. Fischl, who is one of the true experts in SIP and RTC, was heavily involved at Skype in the RTC efforts under Jonathan Rosenberg, as well as being the guy charged with figuring … Read more
Skype has decided to allow WiFi access for free at some select airports in the USA this year. In looking at the map many appear to be Boingo locations but there's no mention of Boingo's involvement. That means Skype is likely paying Boingo for the access it has previously secured for users who take advantage … Read more
Image via CrunchBase Skype wants more Mac users to test their new Click to Call functionality on Macs. This type of program is designed to get people to use more of Skype and the more and more I look at the postings on Skype Garage and their other blogs, the more I have the feeling … Read more
Image via Wikipedia A few days ago eWeek and a few others picked up on the rumor that Avaya (the spinoff of Lucent and really Bell Labs) from over a decade ago was looking to purchase Radvision, long an inventor of real time communications technology out of Israel and New Jersey. The reason for the … Read more
Skype has done a very good job of making people forget their technology was/is based on P2P technology and all that it can do. But Wireless Move's Martin Sauter didn't let us forget. As a Skype customer who PAYS for multiple services from them (Skype In, Out, Group Video, minutes) I'd like the ability to … Read more
Pal Dean Bubley is one of the more pragmatic analysts out there in the wireless world and today he posts his predictions, winners and losers for 2012. If you look at it and read through it you'll find a tone of frustration, dismay and depression, none his own, but of the industry. With so much "advancement" … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Well, one of the hurdles for my interest (or lack of) for flying down under has been eliminated. Quantas has added Internet to their Airbus 380 service between Sydney, Melbourne and Los Angeles initially, then rolling it out more widely. Quantas joins Emirites and Lufthansa which are both also deploying technology that … Read more
