Skype, which offers free peer to peer telephony between users and a new SkypeOut service is putting pressure on China Telecom when it comes to price. The impact of Skype as disruptive tech is being felt, as it is forcing the carriers to compete. I expect other platforms like Peerio to do the same think, … Read more
Packet 8 and Motorola get some nice coverage in today’s Wall Street Journal about their videophone technology. My experience with the Packet 8 VideoPhone has been fine. The quality is very good. I only wish it was WiFi, as I hate keeping it plugged to the router, and have to be there, when my “office” … Read more
Vonage became the first VoIP company to announce relationships with Linksys and Netgear for phone adapters and integrated routers that are VoIP enabled out of the box, according to the flurry of press releases and the account in the New York Times. While details are largely about where they will be sold, this marks the … Read more
Canada’s national newspaper has run a story citing a UK report about VoIP that urges caution. I tend to agree, as VoIP, while ready for prime time, is still an evolving form of communication, just as the telephone was in the 1800’s when invented. Those who can afford to experiment will find though the experience … Read more
Experts disagree but a Frost and Sullivan report indicates that Voice Spam is more a when than an if. Years back ARAVOX was building a SIP firewall, as their inventors saw the pitfalls of VoIP and SIP. Companies like Dynamicsoft will be the ones to watch in this space as they understand SIP very well … Read more
In what is rapidly becoming a clear cut roll out of AT&T’s CallVantage’s strategy to insure that anyone who wants to have VoIP in their home, the telecom giant has announced a relationship with BestBuy, one of the nations largest big box retailers of home electronics and appliances that makes it easier for consumers to … Read more
Wanadoo, which has already rolled out it’s LiveBox in the UK is doing the same in France. The box combines a router, Wi-Fi and VoIP. As someone who has used the Zyxel WiFi phone successfully with some wireless access points, but not others, the enjoyment of no ATA needed to make calls is killer. On … Read more
It what has to be a “we need to write something about this situation” type of story, Forbes writes about VoIP. Obviously this was written before last week’s AT&T announcement about working with the cable companies, so that transgression is understood, but to lump Verizon in with AT&T and call their service fast growing compared … Read more
There is an old adage around the telephony world that no one gets fired for buying Cisco or IBM. So it’s no surprise that the two companies which have written the book on how to sell, um, strongarm may be a better term, in new products and services that effect telecommunications have seem to have … Read more
WorldWide Telco is boasting that it will offer new features, which it feels, and I tend to agree, will be the decision point for how companies and consumers decide on a VoIP provider. What makes WorldWide Telco unique as a carrier is they are using their own equipment end to end, something that is both … Read more
