Continuing the “no loyalty” trend within the VoIP sector, distributor Brightpoint, the company behind the Skype store and driver of Vonage and vTech products sales just added 8×8 as a supplier. What this means is Brightpoint learns the ropes from one, opens up accounts for two, and then brings in more. While on the surface … Read more
It’s becoming clearer each day that YAGM and maybe E are the guys looking hard at innovating Voice communications while the Vonages, Packet8s and Broadvoices of the world all look to sell something the cable guys already have won the war with, selling PSTN replacement to millions of people who want a single bill. Let … Read more
iotum’s Alec Saunders led a panel with execs from MSN, Earthlink and Yahoo. Rock star Jeff Bonforte stole the show with sharp answers and a quick wit, finding a way to poke fun at his former boss Michael Robertson in a polite way, explaining the virtues of what Yahoo really can offer versus upstart Gizmo … Read more
My spies tell me that a ranking Level3 exec was wondering to a colleague today why I ripped them over Salmon Creek Wine back at the VON event at the Harvard Club during the Fall VON and why I never blogged about their gift of a bottle of Silver Oak, a highly popular Cabernet from … Read more
Wonder what Olga knows that we don’t. My guess is something that ties into the Boingo/Cloud relationship…any guesses. Guess we’ll find out at the press conference today at the eBay booth at 2:15 PM.. This ends up being a WiFi phone. We’re not sure yet if it works with Boingo or the Cloud, the two … Read more
Wonder what Olga knows that we don’t. My guess is something that ties into the Boingo/Cloud relationship…any guesses.
An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more
An all in one cordless phone, router and telephone adapter from Uniden has been added to Vonage offerings. If anything these ongoing releases of VoIP products shows that Vonage, and other VoIP players, are an attractive target for the consumer electronics manufacturers in a bigger way each year. This market will only be getting bigger … Read more
Vonage is obviously looking to add more technology to their network to support their continued growth and has gone with market leader Sonus.
My crystal ball tells me there will be a host of announcements from the usual suspects this week during CES in Las Vegas as VoIP goes even more mainstream this year. Of course Bill Gates will make some new Microsoft product announcements mostly geared around the home and VISTA. Linksys will expand beyond the regular … Read more
