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
As more and more companies begin to understand the value of “roaming” in a more traditional, non-mobile phone, environment, there will be more installations like this one that blends Nortel and Spectralink technology.
Aswath takes a stab at helping readers find out where they are okay and where they’re not legal when it comes to deploying VoIP. I wonder what the ITU’s position on VoIP is and how fast they will make a comment on legality or not.
If the Skype folks aren’t careful they could lose all the goodwill they are generating in the online community. Check out Steve’s post about SkypeOut and a tiny weenie detail no one seems to know about.
James has an interesting post about someone taking the time to determine a valuation for Skype. But the real kicker is the last line.
In an attempt at simplification of what Vonage and Skype both do, and a rash generalization, Advanced IP pipeline does a fairly good job at saying how each company is fishing in the same pool. While I think this is good for Skype, for Vonage to be positioning against a free service means they’re weakening … Read more
