Telegeography is an analyst firm that great at one thing and one thing only. The numbers. While many firms try to be all things to all companies, I don’t know a firm that can be as consistent or as concise with their factual reporting. So when today’s news about the decline in International calling hit … Read more
Longtime UK ex-pat journalist Jeremy Wagstaff, who for years was the Wall Street Journal’s man in Jakarta and all points SE Asia has a very interesting take on Skype and how it will be transforming. I see Skype in 2010 being the following: 1) The 10,000 pound gorilla in video communications 2) Dramatically expanding their … Read more
News from Broadsoft last week makes me think that the folks there have got their heads in the cloud. Well at least that’s my takeaway after reading their press release as it appears to me that all of the new Broadsoft service enhancements can reside in the cloud, not only at the switch which actually … Read more
Have you seen the great assembly of insight and expertise from M-Trends in the report called Mobile Trends 2020? Granted I was asked to contribute my view (see page 25) but the rest of the group has some rather keen insight too. Forget the so called “experts” on panels at CTIA and Mobile World Congress … Read more
9 to 5 Mac asks why is Apple blocking VoIP on the iPhone. The question is asked, because it’s a proven fact that on jailbroken iPhones all the apps that can’t talk over 3G can talk if you use the right apps that fool the phone and the apps into thinking 3G is WiFi. When … Read more
Engadget reports that McDonalds has fired up their free WiFi network, dropping the $2.95 charge. So, along with Starbucks, where you can buy a Starbucks Gift card for $5.00, register it and never use it, so you can get free access as speeds that are glacier like over AT&T’s anemic DSL network, you can now … Read more
Pal Moshe Maeir sent a few bloggers a note about his post that revealed a new offer of Dynamic Caller ID. Om has some comments. I spoke with Moshe about it, and right now the service is tied to his company selling SIP termination, but in my view the real value is as a cloud … Read more
As I wrote yesterday, the outage at 8×8 wasn’t likely their fault so i was quite pleased when their PR person, Joan Citelli, sent me this note today: Andy – I wanted to provide you with an update/explanation of what caused 8×8’s service outage this past Tuesday. In order to provide services to our customers … Read more
I received an email late yesterday afternoon from a reader about 8 x 8 suffering an outage. Unlike Tom Keating, who posted, I didn’t post, and was relieved that their PR folks had been quickly in touch with their customers over night, explaining the situation. In an era where no company (other than maybe the … Read more
A not so wild report has WalMart hosting towers for Sprint/Clearwire’s rollout of WiMax. I don’t think the report is that far fetched. Having experimented with Mobile WiMax last week in Las Vegas I have to say the experience on the ground and when driving around was one that I’d like to repeat.
