BridgePort Networks is expected to announce the closing of Series B financing on Monday of next week if all rings true as they have raised $25 million in new capital. New investors include TD Capital Ventures, which led the round, and BCE Capital (an affiliate of Bell Canada Enterprises), joined existing investors Polaris Venture Partners … Read more
When I read this announcement I looked at it as another product coming out. When I add in the recent double play from Verizon I see the merits of this in another light. What I really want to see is VoIP wireless unit, that is both base station and cordless phone in the house. 802.11g, … Read more
Merctor Capital’s most recent newsletter has inght about Vonage and their current and future offerings. It’s a good read and worth looking through. While not “news” per se, the author presents a good summary of Vonages plans. The reference to UK and Switzerland is interesting because Vonage has not said much on the subject of … Read more
Motley Fool raises some questions about AT&T and why they’ve gone VoIP in a big way. Companies have to reengineer themselves. Look at IBM. For years they were in an evolutionary mode. In my view VoIP is the first, and easiest product to take wide and build awareness for AT&T. My gut says there is … Read more
Cisco has taken control of an Aussie VoIP company which it had supplied MPLS enabling hardware and software vendor financing. Cisco has appointed their own receivers to lead collapsed telecommunications company Comindico which owed about $US80 million to Cisco.
A major British bank that has deployed VoIP is going to the next level by adding in additional technology to keep the sound quality as good as it can get. Rather than dump VoIP and go back to PSTN, the bank took the time to find add-on solutions that will monitor and manage the call … Read more
VoIPWeblog has a report about Skype In or as it will be called Skype Plus. Basically what will happen is a number somewhere will be assigned to you from a pool, that will be mapped to your Skype address.
VoIPNuke’s Keith tipped me off to Verizon offering a bundle. I keep thinking that Verizon is going to offer a pure triple play with video sometime soon. Do the cable companies have to start looking at the telcos as a serious threat. YUP. All it will take is for Verizon to sign The Yes Network … Read more
Two companies I’m high on have joined forces. XTEN which IMHO make the best softphone client on the planet and Plantronics, a company which understands headsets. Plantronics understands distribution too, and by joining up expect to see more cross promotions with companies that are working with XTEN. Heck, I don’t understand why a branded XTEN … Read more
In the past I’ve said we’re seeing the day coming of the global carrier for telephony in the branded service offering sense that can be seen as leveraging the capabilities of VoIP for global remote workers of multi-national firms and expats. I feel with the announcement today by AT&T that the day has arrived. While … Read more
