VoIP And WiFi In NYC?

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Nancy Gohring at WiFi Net News has a nice post and links to a story that seems to be building in New York to use WiFi and VoIP together. The whole idea of WiFi phoning is something that I feel will be totally disruptive to the cellular industry, which is why T-Mobile is involved so … Read more

Softphone and T-Mobile Not Ready for Prime Time

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This afternoon I was in a Starbucks where the hotspot operator is T-Mobile. Offering full T-1’s I figured with bad cell reception in the coffee shop, that it would be a perfect time for me to use my Vonage softphone and the Clarysis handset. What a dissaster. Even with the excellent bandwidth at Starbucks that … Read more

ZD Net on CallVantage

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I’m not sure I would call $2 billion chump change, but that’s what ZD seems to ask. But read what Dave Dorman is saying and then realize, that sometimes, underselling and overdelivering is the mark of a smart marketer. What’s better? Saying to your board that you missed your numbers, or you overshot your goal … Read more

Om on Cisco’s Market Share

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What I love about GigaOm is his Om Malik’s insight about the numbers, the area which I will never profess to be as sharp with as I am with words. Today he highlights the current status of Cisco being number one in Enterprise VoIP. This is not really a surprise, but validates that the business … Read more

IHT On How To Stay In Touch

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The International Herald Tribune has a story on a bunch of ways college students can reach out and touch someone (at low or no cost). It’s interesting that Sightspeed and Skype both are getting lumped into a story about Instant Messaging, which really goes to highlight, but not mention the idea of presence, IM and … Read more

SBC IP Wants To Get Numbers Directly

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In what should not be overlooked, SBC IP, the VoIP division of telecom giant SBC wants to sidestep state licenses and get numbers directly from the NANPA. There is more to this than just bypassing the regulators, as it means SBC wants to go head to head with AT&T and the other “national” players liek … Read more

BT’s 21st Century Network

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Our folks in the UK are seeing rapid action from BT when it comes to VoIP. Their new 21st century network is geared all around IP but this report brings up a very valid point about IP addressing, or the looming shortage until IPv6 is fully rolled out. What the story misses is the key … Read more

GloPhone Has Competition

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VoiceGlo’s Glophone has some P2P competition with a new player in the game. Named BuzzFone, the company is offering a Skype like peer to peer service for free. Let’s see. Buzzfone, Skype, Peerio, VoIPster, all P2P. Add in Firefly, Glophone, SipPhone, FWD and who knows how many others and one has to wonder if anyone … Read more