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IMS: Are We There Yet?
Here is my unedited Publisher’s Outlook for IMS Magazine for February 2007. I start this column thinking about the most recent TMC IMS Expo last week in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The takeaway for me from this event is that the...
Skype Pro
The rumors swirled at ITEXPO that Skype would be releasing a new version called Skype Pro which would allow a calling package for Europe for a fee. Here is the post that breaks the news and the web page that...
ITEXPO East Day 4: Harley Davidson, Toyota, Skype, IMS
I woke up at 3:30 am this morning after about 4.5 hours of sleep or so. I prefer to get more but it was tough to sleep with all that is going on this week in Ft. Lauderdale. I woke...
Skype Charging
Skype is beginning to charge more for services or start to charge for services which were once free. Fist there was unlimited calling to the US and Canada for $15 and now there are connection fees being added.This is great...
Skype News
A recent perusal of Skype news shows just how much news this phone company/software provider makes on a regular basis. This week there was just so much activity it is worth mentioning it all. Of course this article would become...
AP on VoIP
Here is an in-depth article from the AP on VoIP and the struggle between telephone and cable companies. There is also talk of new and existing VoIP providers and some coverage of Vonage and Skype. I find it interesting that...
Happy Holidays Vonage From Skype
Today I am back on the road heading up to New England again. I am not such a fan of cold weather so I usually avoid going north when possible this close to winter. Thankfully it seems like we are...
Linksys CIT310 Phone for Yahoo Messenger
Tom has done it again with his review of the Linksys CIT30 Phone for Yahoo! Messenger. My take on this nifty new gadget is it is great but. But what you ask? How can such a cool new sleek device...
Bridgeport Networks Funding
If you’re a wireless carrier you know the disruptive combination of IP communications and wireless networks such as WiFi, WiMAX and others could really hurt your business over time. If you are smart you will have already developed technology allowing...
RSS in your IM
If you need to get up to the minute updates on your RSS feeds such as this one from Dan York (which alerted me to this story), you want to check out the RSS Robot which takes an RSS feed...
UAE Bans Skype
It isn’t too surprising that Skype is being outlawed in various countries such as the United Arab Emirates. The unfortunate consequence of such actions is people used to getting 2 cent a minute calls find they are now 75 cents...
Web 2.0 meets VoIP and Call Center 2.0
If I have to say what the most interesting thing happening in the call center today it is call center 2.0 which like every other concept with a 2.0 moniker means many different things depending on who you are. For...
Skype Journal on ITEXPO
Phil Wolf over at Skype Journal proudly tells me his blog is for suits and geeks and while I may not have recalled the two in the exact order and perhaps my memory is not as photographic as I would...
Skype Plug-ins
Tom has a blog entry discussing news from ITEXPO this week and the announcement about Skype 3.0 beta having plug-in support was very exciting to me. Sure it won't have the same sort of plug-in support of say Firefox but...
USB comes to AA batteries
If there was ever a product that made me think "now why didn't I think of that?" it has to be the rechargeable AA batteries that use a USB port to charge. This is really cool. Now if I could...
Mobile Skype
The world is going mobile. It is well-known that the mobile phone market is on fire. And this phenomenon is not slowing down. This generation of users in the US are skipping landline phones altogether and in many countries it...
Pika Introduces Skype VoIP to Asterisk
Two of the biggest trends in IP communications are Skype and Asterisk. There is just something so compelling about the free model --consumers and enterprises can't seem to get enough of either of the products these two companies offer.But what...
Vonage & HP
Here is an offer that can't be beat. In this case it can't be beat by any cable companies. HP has teamed up with Vonage to give a special offer to purchasers of HP or Compaq computers. Why can't the...
AOL’s VoIP Retraction
My take on AOL’s decision to eliminate its TotalTalk VoIP service is that Vonage and the cable companies have raised the bar very high and it is very tough to compete in the consumer VoIP telephone replacement market unless you...
Write On Writely
If you haven’t tried the new Writely word processor – the company was recently purchased by Google and has an AJAX-based word processor that runs in your browser, you definitely need to. I just typed out a brief document and...
Skype and GIPS Solidify Relationship
There is some good news for GIPS and Skype – the companies are extending their partnership which is one of the most successful in the world of IP communications. By licensing the VoiceEngine technology from Global IP Sound, Skype has...
Andy on Skype
Andy has interesting thoughts on Skype. Good analysis here. Perhaps Andy gets wisest as his birthday approaches?? ;)...
Skype Toolbars
Today Skype announced toolbars for applications like MS office and others. In my humble opinion this is one of the biggest announcements in IP communications as it integrates the largest VoIP community with a plethora of applications that hundreds of...
Kazaa Pays $100 Million
Kazaa will be paying record companies $100 million dollars in damages. "Kazaa was an international engine of copyright theft which damaged the whole music sector and hampered our industry's efforts to grow a legitimate digital business," said John Kennedy, head...
Skype/eBay Integration
It seems like some of that community building between eBay users and Skype technology is coming to an auction near you....
