Yesterday Microsoft began their assault on the telco world with their announcement about working with AT&T. As the day progressed more news seem to bubble to the surface about their VoIP and Telecom efforts here at SuperComm. Now when you look at their move with Sun things start to make sense even more. To enter … Read more
IP Pipeline Paul Kapustka is at SuperComm and heading out to the yard. But on his way he happened to find a few announcements of note. So while he’s heading over to the ballpark, I’ll be visiting the closest I can get to Willi’s Wine Bar in Chicago, Avec.
Even with the E-911 issues aside, Skype is not slowing down, as a handful of companies are planning on rolling out Skype enabled handsets later this year. While I don’t expect these phones to show up at T-Mobile or Cingular stores, I do expect the independent channel of online and store front retail in the … Read more
Acer’s new Pocket PC has the kind of horsepower under the hood to really give Skype the power it needs to work very well on a handheld. It also has the power to make the XTEN softphone client for PPC’s work well too I bet. That said, unless they put a good sound card and … Read more
James points to my observations about their brand messaging and positioning woes, then breaks a note about Skype in the corporate market. I’ve commented on that before, and Skype has told me they plan to be in the enterprise by the end of the year.
Later this year Covad and Eathlink will test market the concept of line powered VoIP. It makes me think that line powered VoIP could be exactly what United Online’s NetZero may offer their dial up customers. That’s a guess, but the concept seems to make sense, since line powered VoIP works over existing copper wire … Read more
When I first read that Microsoft was saying they want to offer combined service solutions I first thought they were sounding a lot like the IBM of old. Then I read their announcement with AT&T and I felt even more convinced when it comes to how the enterprise market deals with both companies. Microsoft is … Read more
The idea of the triple play isn’t new to many readers, but that will be one of the key themes this year at SuperComm in Chicago. More and more companies will be announcing new tools that speed the deployment or improve the quality and the ease of which it can be deployed. What is still … Read more
Engadget reports that Uniden is working with Vonage to eliminate the Telephone Adapter. So too is Packet 8. With these moves VoIP goes really mass market as you will find the new handsets just about everywhere phones are sold.
Mark Evans has it nailed in his post this morning about Skype. He’s another one who is seeing the Emperor’s New Clothes for what they are…or to put it another way, the wolf in sheeps clothing. Skype WANTED to be a phone company, but failed to anticipate the Vonage fiasco’s of E-911 tragedies. As when … Read more
