Tom blogs while I drink wine. VoiceGlo seeks beta testers… Andy says–they better. Based on an email I received from a reader today I’d say my view of the company’s present intention is dead on the money…you can take stock in that ! SunRocket’s $199 a year all ya can talk. I was never big … Read more
Colleague James Enck has a great viewpoint on Skype over at TheBroadbandDaily.com which I also write for. James is letting his hair down a bit on this post and showing fire, passion and clear cut understanding of the landscape that Skype is, or should be playing in. My view is Skype is the ICQ of … Read more
Unbound Spiral has a short review/preview of the Skype Answering Machine. Clearly we are seeing the start of the Skype cottage industry being built and it a community without borders. If anyone has a handle on the Skype community it’s Stuart Henshall. He’s been keeping tabs on it closely, possibly the closest of any blogger … Read more
A German company has come up with an interesting way to connect DECT phones to Skype or Messenger type software clients on a personal computer. This means equipment that could have been obsolete has a new life. That also mean potentially faster adoption of Skype and other no-charge VoIP services.
I started VoIPWatch in 2003 because I saw the future growth VoIP would be seeing and to help others understand what is going on in the space. Now it seems that Red Herring is saying that VoIP will be a big deal in 2005…well that’s a big DUH! The real vision about the market is … Read more
Back in February, Cisco said they would include Video in their Meeting Place suite. Now they have. This puts added pressure on both Packet8 and XTEN to gain momentum with their video products but also serves as a proof point that Video may have a role in future communications.
The Rabbi of VoIP, Jeff Pulver, has explained in rather clear words what is going on with VoIP in Israel. I have to admit, regulation in Israel is a foriegn matter to me, but Jeff’s view sounds rather accurate.
The State of Pennsylvania has given into the Verizon backed legislation about WiFi being deployed by governments. It basically says if a municipality wants to deploy a telecom venture that Verizon has to be involved. My guess is some city will challenge the law in court. Earlier in the week Verizon said they won’t stop … Read more
Longtime VoIP industry watchers will recall that the State of Minnesota was the first state in the union to seek to put a tax on Vonage for their VoIP service. Now the state utility regulators have announced they have backed off. While this cannot be viewed as the way all states will behave, certainly last … Read more
A report out of Asia shows that 20 percent of the companies surveyed are planning VoIP deployments while another 42 percent are planning to test. This is good news for the Cisco’s of the world as well as the application, switch and IP based carriers who have a global sales operation. Adoption and deployment of … Read more
