The Lightyear Network, a MLM along the lines of Amway, but with a bent towards telecommunications, has announced a relationship with Level3. Contrary to a phoned in report about announcements made at their recent sales rally a few weeks back that they had the backing of Outback Steakhouse as a credit facility, according the the … Read more
Someone in the AOL VoIP beta test sent this too me. I don’t know if this is fact or fiction, so like all reports about Beta activity, take it with a grain of salt. How do I use AOL Talk to have a voice conversation? AOL Talk allows you to have a voice conversation with … Read more
In August I was interviewed by the Boulder (CO) Daily Camera about VoIP. The reporter, Matt Branaugh did a really good job at capturing the essence of the story. What I really dig is how he talked to both Om Malik and I, and also fellow blogger Keith Bare who lives near Boulder and resells … Read more
A story today from eMarketer, an aggregator of research, points out how VoIP will be at the center of convergence and will account for 12 % of all telephony revenues by 2009.
VoIP and Broadband Report has this to say about Vonage and Primus: Retail VoIP services hit by influencers’ bad word-of-mouth Mass-market independent VoIP services such as Vonage and Primus’ Lingo offering have been effected by poor reviews from major web-based influencers. William van Hefner, a telecom writer who’s Discount Long Distance Digest is read by … Read more
AT&T CallVantage has added Adelphia to their growing list of cable companies that they can sign users up with Adelphia for broadband and get VoIP at the same time.
I’m a big believer that the mobile carriers are ideally positioned to become VoIP players of significance. They already have customers, billing platforms and put handheld devices in peoples hands. They have both direct and indirect sales agents, and roaming agreements that allow you to take your phone number with you. So, without any real … Read more
In a sector that has to be closely watched, the home video game market that is, a second significant player in the game has tipped their hand about their plan to go VoIP. Nintendo, which caters heavily to the youth target audience has signaled the industry that they will be adding VoIP via a headset … Read more
Keith Bare tipped me of to this story about AOL’s VoIP play which I somehow missed yesterday, but follows up on an earlier post. AOL is clearly able to make a strong run. When you think about it, not only can they offer a typical VoIP like experience, but the ability to integrate with Instant … Read more
Jeff Pulver is so right when he talks about Level3 being an Enzyme that will bind together VoIP in his blog today. I just finsihed an interview with The Boulder Daily Camera’s Matthew Branaugh (I used to live in Boulder back in 1988) about the rise of VoIP in the USA. In my interview I … Read more
