There’s a lot of speculation if Vonage will go public. One things for certain, in many ways they are acting like a public company already. Based on what I saw in their briefings with analysts and press they are conducting themselves that way. That said, Vonage needs to come clean and stop dancing around on … Read more
I had a chance to walk through some of the new features that AT&T will be wrapping around it’s award winning CallVantage service. The most exciting is e-Com that let’s you manage how you take and direct calls. While other soon to be released offerings from other company’s seem similar, and possibly more elegant, e-COM … Read more
I had a chance to sit with Jim Tobin, the AOL Executive who is leading their voice efforts into telephony. While a great deal of what we discussed is in the trial stage, I have to say I’m impressed enough to be happy that I still have my AOL account and look forward to actually … Read more
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Broadvoice is working with the same partner as Vonage for WiFi handsets. Given the better quality and higher levels of customer service that Broadvoice offers, those wanting a WiFi phone may want to look in their direction. While Vonage has market share, Broadvoice as with VoicePulse and Net2Phone all offer this feature and more features … Read more
Google window-shops for VoIP meaning something will happen first in Google Labs. For Google, with their directory oriented search conjurs up all kinds of possibilities.
AOL VoIP I guess I’m getting jadded but the AOL announcements today really weren’t news. With Level3 leaking all over the place the last few months, and with Beta Testers spilling the beans, AOL’s entry was more a non-event than an event. I guess I expected more from them and fully expect that over the … Read more
Today the always reliable Yahoo Business Mail hosting went down. I couldn’t get email and likely some mail is stuck in the ether trying to get to me. The moral of this story is that it’s not just VoIP that has server issues. Even the mighty and reliable stumble from time to time.
Over on WiMaxWatch I have a post about CallVantage working over WiMax. Om has a post about CallVantage not working in Florida and elsewhere. Given VON is this week all the companies are under media microscopes.
I’ve been around the PR game for over 30 years. I’m only 45 and still get goosebumps when a hit happens. The story in BusinessWeek Online is a plum in my mind for Popular Telephony as it moves the company along and up the media food chain and more into the traditional business press. We … Read more
