Tech Republic offers insight about VoIP and MuniWifi compatibility and provides some meaningful commentary. Given my sub par experience with Earthlink’s Voice over WiFi in a muni build out in both Anaheim and Philadelphia I have to say that part of the blame is the deployment of a mesh network architecture from Tropos. Tropos officials … Read more
The folks at Fring raised 12 million, which is a good thing to hear in some regards as it continues to validate the belief by many that voice over the data networks of mobile operators will eventually happen. But I’m more impressed with how they have reportedly improved their audio quality and just how great … Read more
In what will go down as one of the most painful pills swallowed in VOIP, Russell Shaw continues to document the woes of former Sun Rocket customers, this time dealing with the customer list possibly being made available to Vonage. Shaw previously covered reported outages tied to the new SunRocket, aka Teleblend, a company whose … Read more
More coverage of the interest in dual mode voice services continues to appear, and it looks like Cisco is one of the proponents of this.
I have often felt that the first mobile operator to move into the VoIP world would see a lot of traction, and provide the first real threat to the cable operators. While AT&T could be that market leader because they already have all the parts to make a true FMC play happen, and while Sprint … Read more
I read the press release this morning about the new IP Enabled offering from AT&T that is aimed at the business market called “Flexible Reach.” In many ways it reminded me of CallVantage, both in marketing tone and feature set, with the difference being the target audience being the business market that has multiple office … Read more
In light of Sun Rocket going under this may have escaped some eyes. PAC West which previously filed for Bankruptcy filed their Reorganization this week.
With Green being the color of the year in Silcon Valley, Apple has stolen the show with their new environmentally friendly iMac desktops. About all they haven’t done is offer it in any color you want, as long as it’s green. Brilliant move..Simply brilliant.
While I was off getting ready for marriage, Ken Camp was keeping a watchful eye on things with Vonage. It seems their stock has hit a new low. Ouch!
A day or so ago I read a story about eBay adding a big credit facility that will let them go out and make acquisitions. Today I’m reading in Seeking Alpha how the company seems to be sputtering. If eBay was going to buy a company that gets how to integrate they don’t have to … Read more
