Jeff Pulver continues to innovate and by allowing the bloggers open access to the conferences at VON Canada this week the news that was coming out of the event actually reached those that matter. By the time the magazines come out next week or next month, it will be OLD news, as my PR mentor … Read more
I have been asked by readers and investment community executives over recent weeks about both Packet 8 and Xten. While I have opinions about both, I started to do some digging for what makes the two publicly traded companies different. When I found this post on ZDNet some things started to appear clearer. Obviously this … Read more
AdvancedIPPipeline, ran an Associated Press news story on VoIP and Wireless. While much of the story is old news to readers of the blogs, it does seem to indicate that VoWiFi is on the rise.
It seems the bloggers are really the only ones keeping tabs on what’s happening at VoN Canada. After only really hearing about Skype and Zennstrom’s speech I queried Jon Arnold. He pointed me to Alec’s new site and also to Mark Evans who I just “plane forgot” to check out due to an extended air … Read more
Vonage yesterday announced a deal with Alarm.com to deliver alarm monitoring using VoIP. This is a significant step as it breaks one of the strangleholds the Baby Bells had with some customers who have home alarm systems that are remotely monitored.
Over the last few months we’ve seen Covad push their GoBeam business Virtual IP/PBX service, then most recently SpeakEasy came out with their version. Now XO rolls out their service using infrastructure from Sonus and Broadsoft. Also in the business VoIP space are Verizon and AT&T. So it has me wondering where the little guys … Read more
Tom has solved the Mobile Mystery around Skype. While I can bet that Skype will have a mobile application, the current efforts are really portable. Still, I give Tom kudos for digging in and taking some facts and bringing it all together.
Las Vegas mega casino Caesar’s Palace has made a decision to go VoIP according to Tom Keating. Hotels are perfect locations for VoIP.
As Om points out, there are some issues at Microsoft. It’s funny. I’m blogging this from Sea-Tac airport. Microsoft reminds me of IBM in the 80s. Lots of market share, tons of intellectual property and a very large workforce. Microsoft needs to refocus and stop being a very good me too company. They need to … Read more
Skype executives keep pushing the idea of Skype being a mobile communications platform, but what they are really saying is Portable. Now, when WiMax and Skype get married, I can see it being really mobile. Look at this example of a pre-WiMax deployment that will be reaching out to Californians. I only hope they cover … Read more
