Is Erik Right?

That Skype will add SIP? Well if the Yahoo rumors are true, then it will happen by default. Yahoo’s new Messenger 7.0 already has some of XTEN’s technology inside.

Control VoIP With Notes and Exchange

Corporate users of Lotus Notes or Microsoft Exchange may want to get excited about this new plug-in that lets them control their VoIP services including making calls. According to the press release e-phone® enables enterprises to increase productivity by using familiar equipment and technologies to deliver telephone traffic over existing data networks. Being a software … Read more

T-Mobile Tells WiFi Numbers-Updated

The Seattle Times today breaks a story about hometown telecom/wireless company T-Mobile and their growth in the hot spot business. For the first time ever, the company has broken ranks and actually discussed numbers. The two important numbers are 450,000 active paying customers, and one million sessions per month. I’m going to go out on … Read more

Fighting A Cold Under The Weather

Coming back from Chicago yesterday I must have caught a cold on my Southwest flight back. I’d been feeling one coming on and now are feeling it full on. As such, there will be a slow down on postings for a few days while I recover.

SuperComm View

A show this big, with all the news or I should say, Announcement, it generates showed me five key takeaways to keep my eyes on for the next six months: IMS IPTV FTTx VoWiFi and VoIP WiMax Companies that are in those spaces are going to be where the news will be made for the … Read more

Skype On A Stick

VoIPStick may be the first out the door with an idea like this, but U3, a Redwood City based company is taking things a lot further, with a whole line of on USB memory stick based applications. The one with Skype is the most appealing to me simply because it means that you can leave … Read more

Why Pay More?

I recently was informed about GorillaMobile, a telco bypass (i.e. minute stealer in the telcos lexicon). While this is a good idea for those who make lots of international calls, it is only good if you don’t have what CallVantage has to offer. For international calls I regularly dial into Control by Phone, which is … Read more