Unbound Spiral: Teleo Tallyho

Unbound Spiral: Teleo Tallyho Stuart reviews Teleo. From what I can see it’s just one more SIP based softphone company with lots of Apple ease of use to it. Stuart says he wants to dump Vonage. I’m in the other court. My Vonage and also my Webley/Communikate softphones have save my bacon more times than I … Read more

Om Malik on Broadband » Vonage is being blocked?

Om Malik on Broadband » Vonage is being blocked? Om has a report that starts with Paul Kapustka from Advanced IPPipeline about some carriers reportedly blocking Vonage VoIP traffic. I’ve always been concerned about Port Blocking, and in the case of SIP traffic via CallVantage, that would be port 69, while other carriers use different ports. … Read more

BBC NEWS | Business | What to see at 3GSM mobile show

BBC NEWS | Business | What to see at 3GSM mobile show The BBC Online has a preview of 3GSM that is happening now in Cannes. What’s interesting is they rehashing of VoWiFI that already is out from CES and other conferences. But that said, this is an ideal place for acceptance to be generated, … Read more

SKYPE On More Cell Phone

Skype is joining up with Motorola. What I find so interesting is not that this is happening, but that Motorola by announcing this clearly is saying to the carriers, we’re not your puppets, we’re not your slaves. So many companies in the handset world have kow-towed to the carriers. My Audiovox 6600 Windows Mobile originally … Read more

Wi-Fi hotspot is Chicago’s largest

Wi-Fi hotspot is Chicago’s largest means a VoIP w/ WiFi can’t be that far behind. SBC is clearly making moves with FreedomLink, their WiFi service and this kind of deployment is case study type of material. Mark my words…I see AT&T CallVantage over WiFi coming sooner than some think..

EuroTelcoblog on The Deals

EuroTelcoblog takes a spin on the Lucent XTEN collaboration, while linking Skype in the Motorola camp. I see the need for open source, open switchboard and open standards connectivity. Unless we work towards true interoperability we are facing a Balkanization of telephony and communications. That’s the issue we now have with Instant Messaging. We don’t need … Read more

DEMO 2005: A Sneak Peek

News from PC Magazine – DEMO 2005: A Sneak Peek Demo is always a conference that has *SOME* interesting new products and services. Worth checking out! Reports are Om is there…go read him @ gigaom.com