Pat Phelan on BBC

Pat Phelan just let the world know he’s going to be on a BBC program that will air in September talking about what’s cool in Mobile. If you have something shoot it his way.

Is There a New SkypePhone Coming

Seems word is leaking out that mobile operator 3 is working on an update to their highly successful SkypePhone. I use the current edition when I’m in London and feel the implementation and experience to be one of the smoothest around. A new phone with a better camera will certainly only make something that’s very … Read more

Did Ribbit Get Bought?

TechCrunch and others are speculating that BT purchased Ribbit. As I’m in the BT world headquarters right now in London for a meeting, I’ll see what I can find out 🙂 This is great news for companies like ifByPhone a company I both advise and my agency represents. They actually have customers who pay them. … Read more

Video and Peer(2)Peer and Peering

It’s more than just downloading of video to replace TV that the Internet will deliver. In my view video communications will also be highly interactive. Each day another major market news outlet writes about video chat or conferencing as it has been called for a while. Given the move towards telework, the gas crisis, the … Read more

Comcast Sr. VP of Voice Featured

A Greek ethnic media outlet, the Hellenic News, has profiled Comcast’s Senior VP of Voice Service, Cathy Avgiris. I love how she slams Vonage in her closing remarks. Total slap in their face coming and going. Voice over IP has gotten a bad rap from some because there are a number of over-the-top (OTT) players … Read more

Is Voice Mail on Life Support?

TechCrunch founder/Editor, Michael Arrington has a piece on voice mail which is very much on the money. It’s on the money because he’s presenting a viewpoint based on real world experiences. I’m pretty much in the same boat, though I don’t get nearly the number of calls that he does from people who don’t matter … Read more