Skype’s has finally officially announced the Skype Out service at VON Europe today, according to Light Reading. The more interesting reference is to Skype In, and the hurdles involved. Obviously, Skype is heading towards a full featured service.
In what may be a public first, Vonage demonstrated VoEV-DO with Verizon’s Broadband Access this morning. The point of the exercise was to prove that Vonage, and other VoIP services can work over mobile broadband networks. I’ll have to try it soon, as I have the both the Vonage softphone and Verizon’s EV-DO on the … Read more
Om Malik, on GigaOm today, highlights the return of wireless broadband (ie. LMDS/MMDS) and it’s blooming love affair with VoIP. I agree that the new carriers are smart in looking to be telco replacements. In addition to voice the demand will also be for entertainment. Over the weekend I purchased a new Gateway Windows Media … Read more
At the Wall Street Journal’s D Conference yesterday, Verizon announced their plans to enter the competitive VoIP market. Why not? In making the announcement the chairman said they have a national presence, why not sell it. As the first RBOC to roll out VoIP nationally, Verizon goes head to head with AT&T and Vonage. It … Read more
Comcast is testing a new combined cable modem and VoIP adapter in a few cities, according to Light Reading. I’m also hearing reports that D-Link will release a line of in home networking equipment at SuperComm in a few weeks that includes a wireless adapter that has built in VoIP.
As we said here weeks back, VoIP knows no boundaries, and the idea of a global telephony carrier brand selling termination and bypassing the PTT’s is just around the corner. Sure the idea and deployment by large companies has been done before, but never has it been put into the reach and made so easy. … Read more
In the film “Field of Dreams” Ray Kinsella hears the voice say “if you build it, they will come.” Well that philosophy pretty much is what is happening with Voice over WiFi. If the carriers build the infrastructure to enable mobile phones to work both over cellular networks and Wi-Fi networks, the customers will come. … Read more
Cox Communications which has one of the nations better networks on its own, and who has for years offered Cable Telephony service has gotten one step closer to rolling out VoIP to its customer base nationwide, with the announcement of an agreement with San Diego based Nuera for media gateways after a successful trail in … Read more
Both Atlanta and Chicago area residents will now be able to have CallVantage service in with their local area codes, as AT&T has rolled out the service in those markets. While people in any USA location with broadband access can sign up now, most consumers want a phone number within their local area code, likely … Read more
Blogger Clay Shirky simplifies the rationale for a transition to a VoIP based phone universe. His observation about the lengths of which the RBOC’s will go is right on. To clarify, it was not in the telcos best interest today to be in the VoIP business. They have too many employees who will be displaced, … Read more
