Verisign In VoIP

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There have been reports of Verisign in the VoIP business. Now it seems to be official. Now this is where it gets very interesting. Verisign basically is the switchboard of the digital era which connects this to that. It gets interesting when you cross one from column A with Column B so to speak. When … Read more

VoiceGlo and Office Depot

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Office Depot obviously looks at VoIP as an accessory for the PC which is why they have made a move to sell five plans from VoiceGlo. For VoiceGlo this is a big win. For Office Depot I think it is the first stab into VoIP and clearly not their last.

AT&T and Linksys Announce TA’s

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As I’m on the road I have yet to see the link for this announcement. It’s one that shows commitment to their plan. In marketing we say “plan your work and work your plan.” This is one more example of CallVantage staying on track with their hardware roadmap. My view is simple. Linksys makes great … Read more

Broadcom Marries WiFi & VoIP

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Broadcom announced a chipset for wireless IP phones that will create a new category of consumer products. Wi-Fi® phones based on this chipset will offer consumers a cordless phone replacement that can also support data applications such as web browsing, email and instant messaging. This solution is based on the convergence of Broadcom’s award-winning 54g(TM) … Read more

A Diet Of Fiber

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Fast Fiber to the Home is coming. One by one the announcements are coming out from SBC and Verizon and if you’re a cable company executive you had better start looking over your shoulders. While the cable companies have had a good laugh about the problems with DSL, if FTTH takes hold the whole world … Read more

VoIP For Business

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Toshiba has announced a product line up to compete with Avayya and Cisco. I dont see the price points holding for long. There will be lots of competition in the VoIP space. Think where the router market has been driven down to. I also can’t see a price of $160 for a softphone. My guess … Read more

The Rise of Transboarder VoIP Players

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I’ve posted before on how the Internet knows no borders, and how VoIP will be the catalyst for branded, consumer telephony and data offerings that really propel cross border, read global, brand efforts for the telcos. James Enck in his Eurotelcoblog comments on what is about to happen in Europe. While right now this is … Read more

8×8 @ 25,000 Users?

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Depending how one interprets the statement in this story, 8×8 has somewhere between 17,000 and 25,000 or so users. Given how much money is behind them on the public market, and how long they have been at the VoIP game, Vonage has kicked their butt all over the place with an inferior grade of service. … Read more

WiFi Bloging

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I’m sitting inside a McDonalds on Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris. They have free WiFi. In theory if i still had Skype or my Xten softphone clients installed I could make phone calls. The price. Free for thirty minutes. If you want more time, you just open another browser window. The three McSurfers are all … Read more