Pulver100 Out for 2004

With Fall VoN only a few weeks away, Pulver.com has announced the 2004 Pulver 100. Given Jeff and his team’s close, inside the industry perspective, companies on this list need to be given very serious consideration. Funny, a few of the companies are regularly covered here too…VoicePulse, Vonage, Popular Telephony, Brideport Networks…..

Is Skype Having Problems?

Of late the IM function of Skype seems to be flaky. Someone received an IM from me much later than when sent, and I got there reply at a time when I was on but they were’t, yet it showed them online. This morning it happened again. I’ve also noted some delays in authorization of … Read more

More IP Phones Coming

IP telephones are being announced more requently and released in quantity as companies like D-Link ramp up. This is why companies like Qualcomm and Siemens are moving quickly to have a significant space in VoIP convergence with CDMA and GSM. This all points nicely to Bridgeport Networks and Popular Telphony, two firms working in different … Read more

Uncle Charlie Wants To Hear You

Sam’s younger brother, Charlie, he’s the FCC half of the family, has asked for comment about VoIP wiretaps. At issue is the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a federal law that mandates surveillance backdoors in US telephone networks, allowing the FBI to start listening in on a target’s phone line within minutes … Read more

VoIPWatch Goes On the Road

I’m using a few cool tools to keep you connected. This is from AudioBlog.com, and it lets me blog by voice, right to you. Give a listen……

Om on VideoPhones, P8 and More

This month in Business 2.0 pal Om Malik has a recap on the current state of VideoPhones. Hard to beleive it was 40 years ago when AT&T first tried it at the New York World’s Fair.

EVDO and VoIP—NOT

SipThat.com’s author envisions VoIP using SIP and EV-DO. Well, I’ve tried it, and while it works, the sound is not what I would call great. If you recall, back in June of this year I coined the acronym VoEVDO.

The Triple Play

A day or so ago I blogged that the day of the Triple Play is looming, with likely Verizon being the first to really make a stab in that direction from the world of the Telcos and RBOC’s here in the USA. This morning I noted that Yankee ex-pat blogger in London, James Enck commented … Read more