Stuart Henshall has an idea to use virtual numbers during a crisis like the one brought on by Katrina. Tom Evslin has some thoughts on why this is a good idea and wonders what’s taking so long. I tend to agree with both. Actually, if I were Sprint or Verizon I’d be loading up the … Read more
Erik writes about the new PC and Windows Mobile SIP client from Nero. I expect to see it at VON in a few weeks.
A must read because it is so relevant to so much that is happening today in Voice.
In the noise associated with Teleo being acquired by MSN and Google rolling out Google Talk, which they think will be their sticky application (does that make it GooGoo) a lot of people seem to forget two other players who are squarely in the woods playing too. AOL and Yahoo. I expect a lot from … Read more
Light Reading today has back to back stories about companies doing the right thing and putting their money where their customer’s mouths have been going for years. Nokia and AT&T are both making large seven figure contributions to the Red Cross, about the most legit place the money can go that insures the contributions really … Read more
I was browsing through the online version of the Best Buy circular today and saw the Geek Squad Installation offer that bundles in a wireless router by NetGear and AT&T’s CallVantage. I’m wondering if this is a sign now that the merger is all but a formality if they are going to gear up after … Read more
It looks like Skype, which already has boatloads of cash from their VC’s is going the Strategic capital route and may be raising money from Hutchison Whampoa. I would not be surprised to also see a handset manufacturer come into the mix as well.
For the past few years my mom has been calling me long distance, but of late, now that I reinforced the point of my local Philadelphia CallVantage number she finally began using it. Why? She decided to trim her phone budget by some $25.00 a month eliminating unnecessary features like three way calling, speed dial … Read more
In what has to be great news for both Level3 and AT&T, two of the network suppliers that really keep the cable industry moving, Russell Shaw reported on some very interesting numbers of subscribers to VoIP. The two carriers supply a lot of the underlying carriage of traffic to the MSO’s which is why the … Read more
Today Skype announced a deal with E-Plus, the third carrier in Germany that enables free calling over E-Plus’ data network. Basically this makes Skype an approved means of communications on the network, but in essence says that Skype is an attractive lure for many to get them to use high speed wireless data (3G & … Read more
