My favorite Canadian telecom blogger is Mark Evans because he calls them like he see’s them. This post about Skype is like the great white north, just cool..mostly because he’s gotten to the same conclusion I feel is important. It’s about the features, or apps as I call them…that’s what will drive the business. Why … Read more
Om say Vonage IPO. I don’t think they can wait. Reports are their growth is slowing, that costs are rising and that founder Jeffrey Citron has a bundle of his own cash in the venture.
Om points to a US News and World Reports story about Vonage. I was thinking earlier today how they have not been as assertive lately. Looking at the post I wonder two things. Are the UK numbers included and where’s the churn being hidden…
I sat with Ed Cespedes of VoiceGlo last week. I found a few things out. 1. They are not yet making money. 2. They are working on a mobile extension to VoiceGlo 3. He and Michael Egan have a lot of their own money in the company. 4. About 100,000 people are using VoiceGlo at … Read more
Last week at Internet Telephony in Miami, the always well spoke Katherine Martine, or Kathy to her colleagues at AT&T spoke about the future of VoIP and what going on with CallVantage. Two features she spoke of stood out to me. One is their new eCom software that will provide PC or PDA level management … Read more
Over the past few months I have gotten to better know both Jeff Pulver of VON and FWD fame. I’ve also gotten to know Rich Tehrani of TMCNet, the publishers of Internet Telephony and producers of the Internet Telephony conferences. Both enterprises are in their own way the most ongoing and significant contributors to … Read more
I commented on a Mr. Blog post previously when he made a very interesting point that others have already talked about before as earlier as last June to me. While I like Skype, I am tending to see more of the downsides and not to the users, to the investors. Martin’s commentary is as usual, … Read more
SIPthat.com: Voice over WiFi on the Highway is coming according to Erik.
The Jeff Pulver Blog: The fwdOUT Network now offers free Phone Calls into 34 Countries! The organic growth that fwdOUT is seeing is very impressive. While the business model remains an issue to some, I find the idea of a user’s helping users network rather interesting and useful. Given I used to be a two … Read more
Every once in a while I get questions about Popular Telephony, a client of my agency. Here’s the US Patent Office application that was accepted and published as of this month. That should go a long way to telling their story and answering some questions.
