It looks like with Google’s buying of Gizmo that the world of SIP origination and termination via anyone who has the ability to be a SIP or Asterisk based origination and termination player will rise to the surface. Earlier this week we saw the arrival of Localphone.com and now it’s Super-Phone.com which is offering voice … Read more
As an experiment I turned on my fully charged iPhone at 1000 AM today. After three hours of very light use I am now at 65% of battery life left compared to 90% on my Droid which is seeing heavy use. By that I mean I have push turned off on the iPhone while the … Read more
Wireless Moves has a very good summary of just how many voice calls can travel over LTE compared to GSM, UMTS and HSPA. The key though in reading the post is in the summary: The numbers are stunning and offer interesting opportunities in the future. According to these numbers LTE is 10 times more efficient … Read more
If you have PSTN numbers for Gizmo In service you may not have seen this language on the administration page: We are currently working on a migration strategy. No call-in numbers will expire at this time. We will provide ample notice for you to have uninterrupted service. What does that mean for users? One of … Read more
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
We continue to see more of what I am calling the sponsored model of public WiFi. After all the municipal models failed, with city and county governments in many places buying into a very flawed model that was heavily overplayed by Earthlink and a group of advisors to cities, plus an over dependence on a … Read more
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
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.
The New York Time’s Brad Stone broke a story late Tuesday night about COO Scott Durchslag departing Skype to return to the world of the Fortune 500, from whence he came, as the gentle giant from Motorola was put in as part of a big picture, strategic rethink by the eBay folks. Now, with a … Read more
A few weeks ago, Voxeo announced the raising of $9 million dollars. This is a company that doesn’t need money, as they are rapidly becoming the go to company in the Voice XML space and a few others. Shortly after, Voice consultant Larry Lisser who has successfully maneuvered Mobivox to their recent sale to SABSE/Bolo, … Read more
