Oh the possibilities dancing through my head as I read that giant eBay may be buying Skype, something their representatives are not commenting on. eBay is one very smart company. Their community based business, even though the participants do not think of itself always that way is continually growing. Culturally the two companies would seem … Read more
VoIP Magazine has a thought provoking commentary about Skype and CRM. I realize that Skype is one to one for now, but if more “service” companies adopted Skype it would sure save a lot of money in phone calls. I also wonder when someone will invent a Skype to Nextel’s DirectConnect service.
Quietly last month Broadvoice CEO David Epstein, his wife Angela who handled PR and Media for the company along with Tech Lead Nathan Stratton left Broadvoice. While Broadvoice has yet to comment on this or even make an announcement, my understanding is that Epstein has moved on for now to pursue some opportunities in the … Read more
I was playing with the Windows PC laptop over the weekend and downloaded the Skype Beta 1.40 which includes Skype Forward capabilities. I programmed it to call my CallVantage number which has locate me programmed to call both my home office and cell phones. The long and the short of it is now when I’m … Read more
Holy Cow-Batman–Today Vonage said they have one million lines in service. Given how many Time Warner Cable now has, I’d say the Jersey boys are feeling the heat from the Gotham sleeping giant..
Level3 has been conducting consumer and business research to work with their partners (i.e. 8×8, AOL and others) in growing their customer bases. This announcement today is the first step in seeing that research turn into some sort of business strategy. Basically Level3 will start to help identify and open vertical sales channels so their … Read more
For less than $12 dollars Australian you can buy Skype software, Skype out minutes and a headset. Each Skype pack contains: * Voucher for 30 minutes of SkypeOut calling at current Global SkypeOut rate. * Earbud with speaker and microphone to connect to the speaker/microphone sockets on a PC or laptop * Mini-CD with Skype … Read more
A new softphone for Windows Pocket PC/Windows Mobile devices is out on the market. TechWorld has a review.
IOGear, makers of many peripherals have introduced a VoIP speakerphone. Being that I’m on a conference calls a lot this could be something of a help, beyond always using a headset. It connects to the USB, thus this is one more supporting reason for SoftPhones.
I recently updated some of my PC’s to the final version of Yahoo Messenger and saw that Net2Phone is the partner for IP to PSTN termination. Given the acquisition of DialPad I’m a tad misfused about why Yahoo is using someone else’s solution when they now have the technology. My best guess is that NTOP … Read more
