xConnect Making Moves
Check out the peering going on with xConnect. This is much like what Cable Labs is seeking to accomplish here in the USA to keep calls always on-net.
VoIP Peering
Internet Telephony editor isn’t dreaming. My sources tell me that xConnect has a series of announcements coming out on Wednesday.
Skype Goin’ Mobile In Sweeden
Proving the convergence of VoIP to Mobile is upon us, today Skype let me know that in Sweden, mobile operator 3 and Skype have collaborated to combine mobile communications services. 3 and Skype will be offering a joint mobile broadband subscription with unlimited usage, a PC-card and a Skype starter kit with a traditional SkypeIn … Read more
Hotel Broadband Part 2
Despite all the help that iBahn offered, it seemed that a card that handles a batch of the rooms at the hurricane impacted Marriott Marina in Fort Lauderdale, FL could not be fixed. The solution. I moved down the block to the Renaissance Hotel, another Marriott property. Not only are the rooms nicer, the broadband … Read more
Net2Phone Gets a Patent
There’s more value in Net2Phone these days, with their being awarded a patent. This is likely part of what they are supplying to MCI (shhh it’s supposed to be a secret) and the rest of their customer base to keep things working better. Congrats to the team there for the award and all that goes … Read more
Sonus Working With Intrado
Sonus is looking more and more like the company they wanted to be when they started in the 90s, and seem to be laying a heap of hurt on the likes of Lucent as they keep winning business within the VoIP industry. Today they announced winning some business from Intrado. This makes Intrado more seemlessly … Read more
Whitman To Close the Gap
Hooray for Meg Whitman making the right decision to spend less time on outside interests by stepping off the Gap board of directors. The explanation is that she wants to focus on the current needs of eBay which includes closing the Skype gap between they and eBay.
My Hotel’s Broadband In Fort Lauderdale Isn’t Working
I don’t like the idea of being broadband handicapped at conferences and trade shows, not with the way both my business and professional journalist endeavors are growing so to wake up and find out in the middle of the night that broadband is out, and no real repair date is known is rather unsettling. i-Bahn, … Read more
Pulver’s Newest Venture
Is Microsoft the enemy in this new venture launched by Jeff Pulver and a few tech all stars? I wonder if it will make it easier for us all to watch Slingbox over EVDO while waiting for Jet Blue on a coast to coast trip.. Seriously, this is designed really to federate between enterprise networks … Read more
Five Million Skype Users
I just noticed that Skype now has broken the five million users online at the same time…