Skype thinks the road to mobile VoIP is three to four years out according to a DSL/Broadband Reports story. With companies like client Truphone already showing how easy it can work on Nokia N and E Series devices, I think the non-carrier cooperative model is going to happen sooner. I also see the UMA play … Read more
Autonet has taken an idea a long time business colleague and I suggested to a now defunct mobile data company back in 2001. The idea was to take mobile data, turn it into Bluetooth and WiFi so any device could access it, all in one box. The idea is very plausible and for low bitrate … Read more
Autonet has taken an idea a long time business colleague and I suggested to a now defunct mobile data company back in 2001. The idea was to take mobile data, turn it into Bluetooth and WiFi so any device could access it, all in one box. The idea is very plausible and for low bitrate … Read more
For the last few months Cisco’s fearless leader, John Chambers, has been banging on the drum about telepresence. Now we’re beginning to see the Cisco PR machine in high gear, taking the story out to where the money is…the oil rich nations in Middle East. This past Thursday, friend and client, Peter Csathy, CEO of … Read more
My good friend Paul Kapustka is back. Not only is he guest posting over at GigaOm, his home most of last year after leaving PulverMedia but with the new year he’s also launched his own blog, SideCut Reports. Paul brings a real reporters’ skill set to the telecom blogosphere, joining the sidelined Om Malik and … Read more
The other day Alec Saunders organized a very imaginative conference call using the iotum Conference Call engine that is powering the free conference calling system that works inside of FaceBook. On the call were Thomas “Mr. Mashup” Howe, Jim Courtney, Alec and yours’ truly. It was a smash and you can listen as well as … Read more
Right now when we think about devices, we live in two camps. They are what I call the Camps of One or Many. In the past I’ve written about the coming of Divergence, and that we who are early adopters have exited the era of convergence when it comes to devices. Now this doesn’t mean … Read more
Yesterday I coined the phrase “Relationship Continuity Tools” when talking with SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy and uber analyst and industry watcher Gary Arlen at CES. I then ran it by Skype Journal’s Jim Courtney and Phil Wolff. All like the idea as the descriptor for what services and applications like SightSpeed enables. Basically, they allow … Read more
Vonage has had one of the worst reputations in the customer service sector of VoIP companies for a long time, so bashing them for their poor performance in that area has become a standard operating procedure around the blogosphere and online in forums like DSL reports. So today when I read their announcement about My.Vonage … Read more
Let’s see. Jajah claimed to have all kinds of advanced technology and wanted to be the next Skype in many ways. But over the last two or three months all I’ve seen is a partnership with Jangl (which I happen to think was more in favor of Jangl than Jajah) and now today they announced … Read more
