Thoughts on Standards Call Centers, Call Routing, VoIP Codecs, Port Blocking and Transit of Voice

Let's face it. We live in a very connected, always on world where being reached is essential. As a global nomad of the nth degree i rely on my various communications providers like SimpleSignal and a string of services ranging from GoogleVoice, Skype, Calliflower, WebEx, GoToMeeting, UberConference, Voxeet, Truphone and various mobile operators to keep … Read more

The Comunicano Daily for December 4 2013

    The Comunicano Daily           The past week has been a blur. Coming off the holiday weekend which because I'm in Australia and a day ahead meant a six day weekend and that really piled things up. Conference calls using a combination of Calliflower, Voxeet, UberConference, GoToMeeting, WebEx and Skype. … Read more

Jajah Going ByeBye-What Does this Do To Yahoo Messenger?

Jajah is being shut down. Jajah was acquired about five years back for the inflated sum of a reported $207 million dollars by Telefonica. The purcahse was intented to give Telefonica a deeper involvment in VoIP and then enabled them to take over the operations of Yahoo Voice when Yahoo basically started to ween itself away from … Read more

Some New Services To Keep Tabs On

WebEx logo used by WebEx as an independent company (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We’re constantly seeing new entrants into the market to help keep the global worker who crosses boarders more connected. Three entering global roaming market, and each with what appears to be well thought through value propositions are: GigSkyGlobalGigFogg In the voice, video and … Read more

WebRTC News for Wednesday June 26 2013-Early Edition

WebRTC's roadmap (Photo credit: Tsahi Levent-Levi) So WebRTC World opened yesterday and it was a developer's dream event. The day brought back memories of the old days, when TMC and others organized developer conferences, and where new companies showed off their dreams, established companies told us how they were going to change, and how the … Read more

Call Obi Devices with WebRTC

Spotted—You can call Obi devices with webrtc now, but the set up seems to be challenging some die hards. Bascially, because it's SIP based the Obi devices can route calls to any SIP endpoint and vice versa. By creating a simple Chome widget the really intelligent folks behind Obi have come up with a way … Read more

Telcos: Feeling a Wee Bit Insecure about WebRTC?

WebRTC Single Page Application (Photo credit: Tsahi Levent-Levi) I think there's a bit of "insecurity" going on within both the last gen and next gen telco providers when it comes to WebRTC. And honestly, it's the same old story. An instant replay of sorts. Honestly, is it live or is it Memorex? As a matter … Read more

Vidtel Adds WebRTC Sharing

Vidtel, whom I am a shareholder in, continues to make moves in the WebRTC space with news today adding WebRTC-based screen sharing and content sharing. Now MeetMe participants can use their web browser to join and participate in videoconferences and with the news today, they can share content with other participants.  Because it's all software based and … Read more

I’m Going to WebRTC World….Are You?

WebRTC's roadmap (Photo credit: Tsahi Levent-Levi) WebRTC is hot. My agency already has 7 clients engaged deeply into the space as it is a disruptive technology that is changing the way the world communicates – While a benefit and threat to telcos, depending on how they approach it, already we're seeing that Enterprise companies are … Read more

Skype Is Just Another Microsoft Product

If there ever was a time when Skype was ripe for being knocked off their throne, it's now. You see, Skype despite all of Steve Ballmer's promises to telecom leaders after the acquisition was first announced, and the claims that Skype will be an independent company, under Tony Bates' leadership, all signs indicate that Skype … Read more