Fincora, the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority has taken a stance that Skype falls under their jurisdiction and ruling ability with respect to Skype In and Skype Out. What the implications are around this are unclear as Skype is not the carrier, but a marketer and technology supplier. My guess is the Fins have a different … Read more
I’m getting so tired of clever wordsmithing. Vonage had to go to Level3 for help on E-911, but I’m not sure about this cNet story saying 90 percent. Maybe someone who really knows what’s going on will send me a note who is willing to go on the record about truth in E-911 compliance across … Read more
Today Level3 added DeltaThree as a master reseller and United Online, to power their VoIP play. They continue their approach of being the carriers’ carrier.
Beta software doesn’t normally get the kind of play that Skype gets. Oftentimes the reviews are couched with all kinds of commentary but since Beta today doesn’t mean the same as it used to years ago, I guess reviews are going to be more commonplace.
In his Michael’s Minute, buried down the bottom, Michael Robertson of SIPPhone and Gizmo project has revealed that the company will be offering FREE U.S. numbers.
So I’m sitting here thinking about the latest Yahoo deal and what’s coming down the pike with Call In and Call Out and I realized that Yahoo, and maybe Gizmo Project are in an idea position to be in the call me anytime, anywhere business. But they’re missing one little piece. Wireless To do that … Read more
Two weeks or so ago I posed a question to the newly minted SKYPE USA GM, Henry Gomez, about the issues of adult content and licensed content going over the Skype pipe when Video was announced. One of my questions centered around the ability for Skype to be a multicast streaming pipe. Now Gomez, who … Read more
While the new UT Starcom phone may be news for Vonage, Broadvoice has had it for a while. It’s a pain to configure, is really small, and the big issue is unless you use a totally open (i.e. Free) hotspot you’re really not able to use it on Vonage unless its open and if needed, … Read more
If you’re looking to get that Skype user you know something special for the holidays, the new Skype Web shop, which is run off of the BrightPoint inventory base, you will find lots of new devices that work with Skype. Om has a note on his drooling over a new handset that works with Skype … Read more
Word on the street is that Michael Robertson has been shopping SipPhone. You have to realize he builds companies to sell them after developing rock solid technology. If you look at Yahoo, especially in the software on the desktop and laptop space, they have been very PC centric, where Robertson and crew have been very … Read more
