Subscribers to Telefonica’s O2 service in the UK who have an iPhone will enjoy free WiFi access at over 9,000 hotpots via BT OpenZone and The Cloud. If things are in place with roaming agreements the number could be even bigger potentially, but how the roaming works is usually agreements between the origination carrier and … Read more
On the surface Verizon making the claim that they are going to expand in to the rural markets with their market leading FiOS is no big deal. But it is. For years the satellite and cable guys have had the run of the tier 2 markets to deliver television and now broadband data services as … Read more
TMC pointed me to a very nice report which shows the business of VoIP will be growing in the business space.
The Register has a story floating around about a possible PayPal scam that may be making the rounds.
I like the idea of CounterPath rolling out audio conferencing to drive more sales of their flagship softclient Bria and Eyebeam, but I question the timing of the implementation of CounterPath’s web conferencing given their product still has some bugs that never seem to get fixed on the Mac side of the house. For example … Read more
It seems all T-Mobile Hotspots are not created equally. This Information Week posting reveals some warts that I’ve only experienced once on their network at the Sofitel by Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. What I recall there was it was the way the integrator had configured the hotel’s WiFi system that caused the problem, not the bandwidth … Read more
Rebtel has partnered with EasyJet to make their version of mobile VoIP more widely accessible to the travel market.
I’m a Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and I can’t use a lot of programs on my Mac to connect to cloud based services like my Gmail account using MailPlane (but I can get to the mail via the browser or Apple Mail.) Eyebeam from Counterpath won’t get around the ports that are likely blocked, but … Read more
GigaOm’s Liz Gaines tonight unveiled something very radical and exciting. It’s called the NewTeeVee Station and is it ever hot…. Check it out…..
Reports out of Europe and the UK (where I’ve been last week) have the Mother of All European Equity Plays coming down the pike the second half of the year. KKR (the investment bank that knows all about LBO’s and takeovers) is the likely lead making a very substantial play likely rolling up a series … Read more
