The Next Generation of SightSpeed

I’ve been keeping this news from client SightSpeed under wraps, but there’s no keeping secrets from Om Malik, who now, out on his own is looking really to go after the big news and scoop the rest of the media via the GigaOm blog and his assembled team of reporters and bloggers, all of whom … Read more

Possibilities to Disrupt?

Om has opened the door to potentially a very, very, very disruptive play, using open source and standards based technology, tools and platforms. And the person he’s opened the door for is non other than my next town over neighbor, Michael “Golden Boy” Robertson, the father of Gizmo Project. The disruption though, may not first … Read more

PhoneGnome Stats Show Free On Net Calling Works

For those that don’t know David Beckemeyer, he’s the co-founder of Earthlink. Over a year ago he introduced PhoneGnome, a really evolutionary telephony product that I’ve had the good fortune to advise on, and use for some time. David is also one of the smartest technology executives at making a product consumer easy, just like … Read more

WiFi Phones By EarthLink

I consider Steve Howe one of the bright lights in VoIP and clearly one of the smartest execs at Earthlink, so I’m not surprised to see the moves he’s making in the Muni Wireless world. Check out Katie Fehrenbacher’s story on GigaOm where she has the scoop. Looks like Om picked a real winner who … Read more

WiFi Phones By EarthLink

I consider Steve Howe one of the bright lights in VoIP and clearly one of the smartest execs at Earthlink, so I’m not surprised to see the moves he’s making in the Muni Wireless world. Check out Katie Fehrenbacher’s story on GigaOm where she has the scoop. Looks like Om picked a real winner who … Read more

Audio Codes Buying Netrake, Closes on Nuera

Today Audio Codes announced they are buying NetRake, a leading session border controller company. That follows on the heals of their closing on the purchase of San Diego based Nuera. Some months back I remarked that the era of consolidation within the VoIP world is upon us, and we’re starting to see that. Arms suppliers, … Read more

Skype Alternatives

Looking for something other than Skype? If you check out this post by NetKraker from India you will see that it is an exact lift of the post that real blogger Nuno Bastai from 21Talks.com wrote back in March.It’s well written and features one of my agency’s clients, SightSpeed. 21Talks.com is a great source of … Read more

VoIP Peering On The Grow

I’m a big believer in the need for peering in the VoIP world so when a green circle member tipped me off to the relationship between Stealth Communications and Infonxx I had to link to it. This is good news in my view as it means that more calls that start as VoIP can remain … Read more