25 result(s) displayed for Vonage (51 - 75 of 142):

Vonage Has No Workaround

Apparently the Verizon patents are sufficiently broad as to not allow Vonage to have a workaround. This according to the USA Today. I was wondering myself how a workaround could take place on these patents as they seem to cover...

Posted on April 16, 2007 2:23 PM

Flaming Cringely

I grew up reading Robert X. Cringely so it is challenging for me to say anything negative about this witty writer who once graced the pages of InfoWorld. In the interest of objectivity however it is worth pointing out...

Posted on April 15, 2007 7:25 AM

New 8x8 Patent

8x8 the parent company of Packet8 announced today they have been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,202,884 which focuses on the processing of images from a communications system to a computing system. This patent is important as technology companies need a...

Posted on April 13, 2007 10:23 AM

Vonage CEO Shuffle

I know I have been writing about Vonage a great deal lately and I am not sure whether to apologize about this fact or not but it is worth pointing out that Vonage and Sprint may reach some sort of...

Posted on April 13, 2007 5:28 AM

Is Vonage the New Google

Now hear me out. I realize the title of my article is baffling and your brain is already calculating all the different ways you will flame this piece with negative comments.   You may be thinking of all the differences...

Posted on April 12, 2007 4:36 PM

Vonage to Focus on Profit

Jeffrey Citron will replace Michael Schneider as CEO of Vonage. It seems Wall Street is happy with this move as the stock price has increased somewhat on this news.   In addition the company has instituted a hiring freeze and...

Posted on April 12, 2007 11:11 AM

MobileCierge

At some point the secretary became the executive assistant and then a strange thing happened – there seemed to be less of these assistants. It seems executives started doing more and more of their own “secretarial work” such as scheduling...

Posted on April 10, 2007 10:41 AM

Nice Systems

In the wake of the negative VoIP investing news due to the recent Verizon/Vonage court battle, it is great to see BusinessWeek highlighting Nice Systems as a positive investment opportunity precisely because of the migration to VoIP. In addition it...

Posted on April 10, 2007 8:43 AM

VoIP Patent Mess

Daniel Berninger at GigaOM has a good summary of the VoIP patent mess worth reading. Dan thinks the Verizon patents are overly broad and goes on to explain more about the future of patents. Unfortunately he also points out that...

Posted on April 9, 2007 9:27 AM

Verizon, Vonage and Patents

Apparently the IP communications market never stops working as a number of people have sent me links to my quotes from various newspapers and websites this weekend. So far I have blogged about being quoted in the Chicago Tribune, San...

Posted on April 7, 2007 6:52 PM

Quoted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I was quoted in today’s edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding the Verizon Vs. Vonage case. As you can likely tell I had a busy day yesterday and I received quite a few calls from reporters regarding this issue....

Posted on April 7, 2007 6:02 PM

Quoted in Los Angeles Times

I was quoted in today’s edition of the Los Angeles Times regarding the Verizon Vs. Vonage case. I had a busy day yesterday and I received quite a few calls from reporters regarding this issue. I already blogged about the...

Posted on April 7, 2007 5:14 PM

Quoted in San Jose Mercury News

I was quoted in today’s edition of the San Jose Mercury News regarding the Verizon Vs. Vonage case. I had a busy day yesterday and I received quite a few calls from reporters regarding this issue. I already blogged about...

Posted on April 7, 2007 3:25 PM

Quoted in Chicago Tribune

I was quoted in today’s edition of the Chicago Tribune regarding the Verizon Vs. Vonage case. The article by Jon Van is well written and explains the situation well. When I spoke with Jon, the court ordered Vonage to stop...

Posted on April 7, 2007 1:14 PM

Vonage Spared For Now

Vonage today secured a temporary stay from U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC. The stay enables Vonage to continue to sign up new customers until the Appellate court can hear Vonage's request for a permanent...

Posted on April 6, 2007 6:04 PM

Vonage Left for Dead?

While much of the world is celebrating Good Friday, at Vonage it could not be a worse day as a judge has issued an injunction against the leading pure-play VoIP firm barring it from signing up new customers. Lawyers from...

Posted on April 6, 2007 2:02 PM

Vonage Bankruptcy Discussed

Many people have been asking me about the Vonage situation in light of a recent stock downgrade from Citibank analyst Michael Rollins, who said that Vonage probably has a couple of years to go and at that point they will...

Posted on March 29, 2007 7:45 PM

Vonage Shut Down

There are rumors flying that Vonage will be shut down. Unfortunately as this company is a poster child for VoIP, what happens to it could have negative impact on the industry at large. This is too bad. There are a...

Posted on March 23, 2007 5:13 PM

Verizon and Vonage Patent Dispute: What the Means to VoIP

One of the concerns some have for the future of Vonage is the recent patent dispute ruling requiring Vonage to pay Verizon one-time and recurring royalties for infringement on patents Verizon owns. This issue has ramifications perhaps for the entire...

Posted on March 15, 2007 9:41 AM

Vonage Patent Spoof

The power of YouTube reveals itself  at the expense of Vonage....

Posted on March 14, 2007 9:05 AM

Verizon Vs. Vonage

Greg has done a great job analyzing the current situation of the Verizon versus Vonage patent lawsuit. It seems Vonage isn’t as concerned as others in the industry about this ruling. As far as Packet8 is concerned, the company does...

Posted on March 12, 2007 11:45 AM

Living in the Third World of Communications

If you haven’t heard, a court decided Vonage needs to pay Verizon $58 million in past damages for patent infringement in the following areas:   Technology used to bridge Internet calls to the traditional phone system Features such as call-waiting...

Posted on March 8, 2007 11:26 PM

IP Communications Stories February 26, 2007

Here are some good stories worth reading. I haven’t had a chance to give analysis and opinion on all of these but if I get a chance I will tackle some or all of these later. Enjoy:   VoIP Provider...

Posted on February 26, 2007 11:00 AM

A Breakthrough Month in IP Communications

Skype, Google, Verizon, Vonage and Other Happenings   Please enjoy the March 2007 Publisher’s Outlook from Internet Telephony Magazine:   The last few weeks have been among the most newsworthy in IP communications since this magazine’s first issue in February...

Posted on February 26, 2007 8:47 AM

In the Beginning There Was VoIP

In the beginning their was VoIP and it was good. Over time VoIP became a market. And this market too was good. Then one day those who supplied the VoIP companies with money decided that VoIP was bad. So too...

Posted on February 21, 2007 7:55 AM