Ecuity, a Washington state based company is rolling out a virtual PBX service based on the Intel backed venture, TelSym. This market sector is heating up very quickly. Already active or announced in the space is Packet8, Covad’s GoBeam and Voice Glo, with more sure to follow. But the Ecuity offering, when live, proposes to … Read more
Malta, one of the jewels of the Med, and a tax haven for some, is pondering how to legislate VoIP. As you can see, more countries around the world are looking how to keep control via the PTT’s or through licensed/tarrif based carriers. In my opinion those countries that over regulate will fall prey to … Read more
A report on IT Web, about the best South African tech web site has a very concise view of what will soon happen in Africa. For years many African countries have been behind in allowing the advances of the Internet to be considered legal. As the article points out, a grey market has evolved. Given … Read more
In-Sourced has taken a swipe at Skype. Skype which wants to embed its technology in cell phones was missed by the author.
Viper Networks, based in my backyard in San Diego announced a win in Brazil. Viper, which is rather tightlipped other than in issuing press releases, seems to be building a business based on either installations with carriers who can sell their VoIP service or through resellers. They remain a company to watch.
Level3 (NASDAQ: LVLT) announced earnings today. They also announced customer wins. What Level3 is clearly doing is building upon their past, and in some cases, long term relationships in the data and streaming business are coming around to be VoIP customers. AOL’s Moviefone on VoIP means costs get lower for AOL. That’s really important for … Read more
Yesterday Nancy Gohring, who is one of the smartest cookies on the planet in the WiFi space wrote a very nice recap on the new blended solution from Motorola, Proxim and Avaya, that Avaya will initially be marketing. But in another example of “oh $%^&*” from a long in the tooth company like Motorola, this … Read more
What do you think? Will it? When DSL first was rolled out it was riddled with problems. The telcos did their part to slow things down, giving the cable companies a major head start. But DSL is making a comeback, and new offerings, and with higher speeds, less restrictions are coming down the pipe. Is … Read more
Infonetics Research cites that services and applications are what will drive price. In all the interviews I’ve been giving to the media the last few weeks about VoIP I always tell them the price is not what it is about. It’s the applications and servcies. Seems the report back up that line of thinking. VoIP … Read more
A very detailed analysis of the recent VoiceWing announcement is offered up by Faultline, a research company. While it appears to deposition cable companies such as Cablevision’s offering, one that works and uses a managed network built out by Cablevision, and which likely has very high level peering partnerships with the other MSOs and tier … Read more
