Skype To Terminate
SKYPE keeps making noise that they will terminate and provide that for what sounds like it will be free, in exchange for selling value added services.
MCI Market Segmentation 101
MCI has demonstrated they are going after the business market with their VoIP push that was announced today. So while AT&T is going after consumers aggressively this quarter and likely for the next 8 or more, MCI has decided to go where AT&T has already been, the business market. But this time, with a twist. … Read more
Wi-Fi VoIP
The Assoicated Press today moved a story about Wi-Fi and VoIP. What’s so good about it is the accuracy. Stories like this in the mainstream press only go to move the concept of VoIP wirelessly closer to more people all the time.
Click4Talk Offers Web Friendly VoIP Based Customer Service
Click4Talk has released a web browser and banner ad friendly applet that enables VoIP on a Click and talk basis. While the concept has been around for a few years, Hilton Hotels has used it for a long time, the packaging up of an easy to use interface, the browser and the ability to reach … Read more
Verizon to Push VoIP
Verizon, who I always consider a follower, not the leader–even if they become the giant, has announced a major push into VoIP. They also are pushing higher speed DSL rates in order to compete with the cable companies…oh can you see the price, service and port blocking wars coming down the pike…I can.
How VoIP Works
For those who care about the technology that makes VoIP work Computerworld has a nice primer.
Viper Keeps Selling In
Viper Networks keeps selling into new markets. The San Diego based VoIP player has a WiFI handset that lets users on Wi-Fi make phone calls over the VIPER VoIP network.
AT&T’s Dorman on VoIP
I just read AT&T’s Dave Dorman’s interview in the Boston Globe. This guy is a marketer. He’s doing everything right, and now, he’s out in front telling what he’s going to do, telling them again, and again, and teasing the market at the same time. He’s trial ballooning ideas, getting feedback, seeing what gets picked … Read more
Powell Warns Telcos on VoIP
Michael Powell yesterday told the incumbent carriers, watch out. VoIP is likely to change their world. Haven’t I been saying that here for months, as has Om Malik and Jeff Pulver. The VoIP game is only beginning. Yesterday I used my AT&T CallVantage to organize a conference call. Cost. Free. For conference calls for up … Read more
NYT On Cable and VoIP
Today’s New York Times (registration required) provides a recap of what the USA cable companies are saying and doing with VoIP. For some, like Cox, they keep selling an ATM over Sonet based solution. For others, it seems to be hybrid, leveraging their existing cable plant. While the concerns about voice quality may have been … Read more