Paul is one sharp journalist and I rank him up with the Om-mighty one when it comes to VoIP as a member of the press. Read his musing about SBC and see how he’s using the blogosphere to add color to a great story. Somehow this story has really just only started to catch fire, … Read more
Yesterday I met up with Om Malik to talk tech, VoIP, blogging and life. Om has become a good friend, even if he is Mac centric and keeps teasing me about Windows. We had to go to Staples after our coffee meeting as he just got a new Treo 650 to test. What was the … Read more
I’m by no means surprised that Packet 8 has added virtual numbers. Just about every other VoIP player is heading or has headed in that direction, ever since Vonage first introduced the concept. So when I look at the value of them I see the value in getting a number somewhere you regularly have people … Read more
I’ve had more than a few readers ask me what’s up with Vonage’s UK strategy, so this news should help provide an opportunity for those there learn more. EDISON, N.J., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ — John S. Rego, CFO of Vonage Holdings Corp., North America’s leading broadband telephony provider is scheduled to participate in the three … Read more
Deutsche Telekom has changed course and is now clearly going the VoIP way. I’m not at all surprised in light of the fact that since 1999 they have been working with softswitch vendors to build the final solution for telephony. James Enck has the scoop and a viewpoint worth noting. One by one we are … Read more
A loyal reader brought this story to my attention. It seems our neighbors to the South are looking at Vonage and the use of their service in Mexico. The issue is that it is less expensive to call Mexico from a Vonage line than to use a phone that is officially a Mexico landline or … Read more
I grew up in Philadelphia and thought the idea of City Wide WiFi was brilliant. The city used to have the water works and at one point the Gas Works that led to the city’s growth and generated many jobs for people. The idea of city wide WiFi would have helped close the digital divide … Read more
Skype is getting more interesting with their ongoing series of announcements. The idea of crossing Skype with PSTN handsets that connect to broadband is very interesting. It is not that far different than what Popular Telephony is doing either.
One thing I missed with the Skype Kazaa announcement was the Weblog angle. Tied in with VoIP it’s a very powerful motivation. Add in the Skype conferencing capability and you have a very interesting threat to traditional conferencing because of the file sharing aspect. This is dead on threat to the space Microsoft is hoping … Read more
Om pointed me towards Mark Evans post about Vonage. The talk last night at the Pulver Palo Alto dinner was that there is no way Citron wants to sell Vonage and that he wants to ring the bell on Wall Street for personal reasons. There was also discussion that Vonage is running on its own … Read more
