It looks like some states want to write legislation that will slow down the deployment and acceptance of VoIP. States Righters have been around for as long as states have existed in the Union. The Goevrnment when writing the constitution granted them powers to govern themselves, largely out of the fact that before the Revolutionary … Read more
Skype is claiming two carriers are now signed to enable termination to any phone in the USA. Who they are is anyone’s guess. It could be one of the next gen carriers like Level3 or Global Crossing, or it could be QWEST. All three have lots of dark fiber that needs filling. Or it could … Read more
The interim chairman of the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) wants to regulate VoIP. But, not until Mid-2005. The main issues include many of the same concerns that USA based regulators are considering, quality of service, call location, and privacy as well as carrier guidelines such as what will happen in the event of a power … Read more
Juniper Research has issued a report on the expected growth of VoIP and drawn some conclusions. While most are obvious to those in the VoIP industry (i.e. space) the call for the need for standards and to me, interoperability is the most important. Sure service offerings that are bundled (i.e. phone, email, internet access etc.) … Read more
Yesterday at the annual shareholders meeting of AT&T (NYSE: T), Chairman and CEO Dave Dorman spoke about the next steps for AT&T as they forge ahead as the major player in IP based services. In watching and listening to the speech it was rewarding to hear how much of commitment the company is really making … Read more
How does VoIP work? The Associated Press has a nice recap that is making the rounds of online newspapers.
The Globe and Mail, Toronto’s best newspaper, has a very nice profile with the founder of Skype. Can you say PR in action? I can.
Skype’s founders announced yesterday in Toronto at the VON that they will have two flavors of SKYPE this August. Skype Plus will offer an area code chosen by the user and voice mail. SKYPE OUT will let you call to PSTN or other VoIP phones with a normal phone number. SKYPE is sounding more like … Read more
Business 2.0 (Subscription required) has a nice profile on both Vonage and AT&T’s CallVantage offering. The last few paragraphs are indeed interesting thoughts about Vonage future. IPO or will they be acquired, that is the question. Their founder, Louis Holder is on the speaking circuit, talking at the Morgan Stanley conference soon. Those types of … Read more
Voice over data networks, which is the basis of VoIP will grow. Now reports are starting to come out from research houses basically saying as faster and more access to high speed comes along that will drive voice over packet usage. What I like about this recap is how it links together various communication platforms … Read more
