They say all it takes is a spark to cause a fire and yesterday’s move by Yahoo to buy six year old Internet phone company Dialpad could be the first of the moves made in the VoIP sector that triggers consolidation. The reasons are not that hard to figure out. First the recent FCC E911 … Read more
i just got off the phone with the Joanna Stevens of Yahoo’s management team who confirmed Om’s news account and my earlier opinion. While Stevens was unable to release any details on the transaction, she was able to confirm that the deal was done with the Dialpad team and that the key reason for making … Read more
Om Malik has a scoop about Yahoo possibly buying Dialpad. What Om missed…first Yahoo’s head telecom honcho is Brad Garlinghouse who was the past leader over at DialPad, so the Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. While I have yet to talk to anyone associated with the deal here’s what I think. First it … Read more
An effort by WiFiSalon to build out quasi municipal hotspot location is growing in New York City. What is more interesting is how they are also layering in VoIP services which clearly will put some heat on Verizon. The key element in my mind is the amount of bandwidth and the speeds they are able … Read more
In a poorly explained press release a Norway based company has announced a mobile phone cable bridge that makes Skype mobile phone accessible. I hope to get more clarity as this sounds interesting.
TelSym, which has is best described as dead company walking shut down their operation and was the second Intel Venture Fund company in the Seattle area to do just that (Cometa was the first), is out licensing their VoIP client technology.
A few weeks back the CEO of Verizon criticized SBC’s move to lower DSL prices. Now it seems that Verizon is following suit. My guess is that Verizon realized that if they don’t lower prices they never will find a way to get VoIP into more houses, and with the MCI network technology soon to … Read more
Paul Kapustka sums up the recent FCC E-911 order with a very liberal slant.
Om breaks the news about Skype hitting the retail market via distributor Brightpoint and feels that Vonage needs to look over their shoulder. Let’s face it, Skype to Skype quality is far better than Vonage to anything. I’ve now tried Vonage in two different houses, and on two different carriers (Cox and Comcast) and in … Read more
Hat Tip to Engadget for their link to this story. The idea of a stick phone means havoc to the cell companies in places where Internet kiosks are saturated. Now every PC terminal that’s connected to the Internet becomes a phone. That said, bandwidth at those places will have to be enhanced as you can … Read more
