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.
For those who care about the technology that makes VoIP work Computerworld has a nice primer.
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.
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
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
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
Less than a week ago I signed up for a trial of AT&T’s new CallVantage service. Based on some initial calling I can only say that people on the other end have no clue I’m using VoIP until I tell them so. The call quality is as close to PSTN as I have heard to … Read more
Wheat Wireless, a company that is placing Wi-Fi on the high seas has added VoIP to its cadre of services. This is a direct threat to Satellite telephony providers as the cost savings is significant.
In an article that is largely driven by Net2Phone, Internet Week draws attention to the expanding role VoIP will play in the country if Vietnam. VoIP will indeed play a role in many countries. Given the developing nations status of Vietnam, VoIP has a chance to possibly make the country the next Singapore. Already the … Read more
A non-exclusive alliance between Cisco and Ericcson is rather interesting, especially when one realizes that a few years back Cisco struke deals with USA based RBOC’s to be integrators with them. The implecations are far reaching, with the biggest being that CISCO can leverage already existing Ericsson softswitch technology and add onto it at both … Read more
