Citron In Engadget

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In what we in the PR biz call, spin control, Citron is out there spinning a tale and telling it over and over again. There is also some damage control in the wake of the E911 decision last week, as well as added speculation about how much Vonage is really worth these days. As much … Read more

VON Media Attendence Expected to Rise

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It seems over the past week there has been a flurry of media heading to EuroVON. Their fine PR team has done a great job as press attendance is actually up 47% from the ’04 show (65 and counting up from 44). Jeff also reports on how far and wide the attendees are coming from. … Read more

Whose First

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GadgetSpy in the UK thinks Vonage is setting out to be the world’s first global VoIP Brand. I think Skype, even though I don’t consider them a Telco, is in that position in most people’s minds. At 15,000 subs per week being added that means Vonage will be at 1.5 million subs in about a … Read more

Now This Is Cool

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With SK-Earthlink my bet to be the most disruptive wireless player in the USA, far surpassing what Virgin or ESPN are planning, and much more forward thinking than the proposed and top secret HispanicMobile effort that CaCingular are expected to roll out, I see devices like this one found by those guys at Gizmodo to … Read more

Money For Nothing, VoIP’s Not Free

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Paul Kapustka thinks Vonage may be the winner, in a weird sort of way from the FCC’s decision to implement E-911.

Industry insiders estimate Vonage will have to spend $60 million just to get E-911 up and running and about two million a month to keep E-911 working for their customers.

While Paul thinks this is a victory of sorts and that Vonage will be the winner over the other VoIP providers in the USA.
I politely disagree as the cost and added burn rate to Vonage is a burden they and the other early stage companies all have, which companies like AT&T, Verizon and the cable operators don’t have. If Vonage and the other newcomers have not factored te expenses into their budgets, then their previous multi-billion dollar range valuation are likely to flatten faster than the dot.com bubble.
As a matter of fact all of this and what follows speaks directly to the valuation of VONAGE and other VoIP players who have to either buy or build E-911 capability into their system.

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Skype Share Is Cool

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I love it. I’m listed right below Skype Journal along with the giants like Jeff, Om, Joi Ito (who I knew back in the 80s on line and face to face) and uber a lister Robert Scoble as blogs they read. Check out Skype Share !!! But what’s really cool is how Skype has embraced … Read more