Taking some license with the phrase “When in Rome” I would say AOL is working global but thinking local when it comes to their VoIP approach. Looking at this account, which is more a news release, it would seem AOL’s global strategy is to work with market leaders, country by country to build out their … Read more
James Enck gets the hat tip on this one, that I missed on the wires. That’s likely because my gut tells me IDT which is a well funded alternative long distance carrier that also birthed Net2Phone and is playing in the cable space as a technology supplier to MSOs made a very strong move in … Read more
Russell has some very interesting thoughts on a bunch of VoIP topics. Check him out.
The Motley Fool seems to think so. I know they’ve executives at Google have been buying Sipura adapter, but that may just be to learn. Google would need to get into the presence space first, before they do a VoIP play, but I wouldn’t rule it out down the road that they do something telephone … Read more
For college students looking to make a choice on VoIP, Co-Ed Magazine has given their endorsement to CallVantage. Unlike Packet8 trumpeting their Tom’s Hardware award, I doubt the AT&T Team will be putting out a press release on this recognition 🙂 In the word of my mentor in the PR trade, Sy Roseman, “self praise … Read more
VoIP Needs to Consumer Friendly To Grow is the theme that a lot of technology executives are saying in this Information Week story. That’s what both AOL and AT&T seem to have gotten, both with their technology and with their marketing. While Vonage takes a very Darwinesque or Jackass feel to their marketing, they have … Read more
Digital Lifestyles has a review of the Skype Cyberphone that’s fairly positive.
Light Reading, a quasi media/analyst/report sales group has a rather industry centric viewpoint on the AOL introduction. It’s worth a read, but one has to remember that the AOL team can really care less about how the industry regards it’s first foray, and are more concerned about consumer reaction. With three options for on ramp … Read more
One of the problems about being religious about technology is that you believe your own hype and start drinking your own kool-aid. That’s what the SIP loyalists have to start thinking about. Being protocol specific versus being protocol agnostic can be the death of anything. Remember the joke that Microsoft is only one OS away … Read more
If you don’t know Jonathan Askin, the in house legal advisor at Pulver.com, you should. He’s one of the brighter people in the industry. Give Jeff credit for letting Jonathan star on his own and also for taking some steps to clear up some inaccuracies in a LightReading account of what Jonathan said. Jonathan’s comments … Read more
