Does This Sound A Lot Like….

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I wonder how Vonage will feel when they hear about this new Euro VoIP carrier…Vonos that James Enck the early morning warning system of Euro Telco Blog fame. It sure sounds a lot more like Vonage than CallVantage.

BT Going WiFi VoIP?

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Engadget has a report about BT going VoWiFi with the planned release of a WiFI phone. My experience so far with WiFi handsets has been rather “so what” as the quality is not nearly as good as the cordless phones available. When Uniden or VTech gets into the WiFi phone market then its time to … Read more

Vonage Interview by Faultline

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The Register in the UK has run a Faultline interview with Louis Holder of Vonage. There are some interesting assertions in the article if you read it in total and also between the lines. 1. Vonage has a WiMax strategy or is at least giving it serious consideration. 2. Vonage thinks AT&T copied their approach. … Read more

Sun Connect, A VoIP Play from ex MCIers

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I don’t know how heavily I would tout the fact that some ex MCIers are starting a VoIP company, but I can’t hold that against them and beleive that everyone gets a fair chance. The company, SunRocket wants to bring a difference to the VoIP game. They plan to offer what they call residential primary-line … Read more

Nuvio Asks FCC To Prevent VoIP Discrimination

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In a bold move, an upstart VoIP provider has asked the FCC to prevent the USA’s cable giants and DSL providers from employing tactics that discriminate against third party VoIP providers. One has to love the moxy of the cable industry’s trade group when their spokes person obfuscates the reality in his reply. Saying the … Read more

Yankee Group On VoIP and Goliaths

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Yankee Group has issued an announcement today about their views on who will survive in VoIP. In an era where Darwinism still has a say, they point to major players as being the winners. I agree to a point. Last week I wrote about reintermediation, where traditional players reengineer themselves, ala AT&T, to be ready … Read more

BT Moves Into SME VoIP

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Light Reading has a post about BT moving into the SME market with VoIP. Sounds like a logical move. That’s the sweet spot. Steady paying customers. Lots of numbers and endpoints. The ability to provide other services. SBC has been in that field for a few years. This is good news to Cisco and Alcatel, … Read more

More E911 Ideas

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VoIP-Forum pointed me to a viewpoint of Internet Telephony’s Publisher, Rich Tehrani on the subject of E911. To me the solution is too simple. Every police and fire department has a phone line in their dispatch room called “the non emergency number.” All you have to do with VoIP is program that number into speed … Read more

More VoWiFi

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A New Mexico wide area hot spot will offer unlimited VoIP over WiFi. As Nancy Gohring writes cell phone carriers should start looking over their shoulders. While SBC has the right idea with Freedom Link access in every UPS/Mail Boxes Etc. location you can find for WiFi, what I don’t get is the ignorance of … Read more