The nations number five mobile operator, Alltel, will begin bundling in WiFi with their EVDO service packs. This is a step in the right direction. What I liked about this story is it told me that AT&T has made WiFi free with mobile data plans, with a catch. I didn’t know that, and candidly, as … Read more
I’ve been using FlightStats for over a year now and am elated to see that my judgement was confirmed by the Wall Street Journal. With all the travel I’ve been doing, this is one service that really helps keep me well informed about my own travel and that of colleagues.
Vonage has settled with Sprint for $80 million dollars. This happened after the appeals court recently vacated the Verizon settlement. I have to wonder how many other VOIP companies Sprint will go after next, as this was the reference case that they will use to muscle others into submission if they are using any similar … Read more
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Here’s a welcome hand and some link love towards friend and client Jim Heising of Telephony2 for the debut of their new blog. T2 as we call them around my agency has one of the sweetest small office VoIP solutions out there called “Call Butler.” It runs on a Windows PC and provides all the … Read more
Rich has a very interesting take on the Mobile PBX angle and how RIM could play into the game. While I agree with many of his well thought out points, I think though that the current crop of products out on the market are still trying the FMC/VCC/UMA approach and that they will find rough … Read more
In a video style that reminds me of the Helio launch style of “tell us what the future is” Xohm has begun their branding campaign around the Wimax From Sprint theme. The problem with these kinds of “what the future will be like” campaigns is that you better deliver on your promises. Sprint has a … Read more
Last week the guys behind Lypp.com Erik and Daniel, took the wrapping off of Lypp when they announced a trial focused on the Maple Leaf nation’s mobile users who are basically paying way too much for calls that go between the provinces. The real stuff though is their API that lets others get involved and … Read more
I’m not at all surprised to read that one of the nation’s largest cable operators is getting accused of packet shaping. Nor am I surprised that their support folks are being mum on the subject. It seems thought some unhappy Comcast customers are happy to write about their issues which directly impact the ability to … Read more
