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Mashup Google Wave, Skype, and Asterisk = Ultimate Coolness
Skype Journal wrote about one of the coolest mashups I've ever seen. Certainly one of the coolest VoIP mashups. Skype Journal explains PhoneFromHere Tim Panton's demo that he gave at Astricon where Tim mashes up Google Wave, Skype, Asterisk running... Full Story
Posted on November 5, 2009 2:10 PM
Skype Battle Nears End
Gigaom reports that there is a good chance that a resolution of the lawsuit between the Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis and eBay's Skype could be announced as soon as this week.According to Gigaom, a group of private... Full Story
Posted on November 4, 2009 10:53 AM
Skype Announces Open Source - Sort of...
Slashdot was abuzz with the news that Skype was going open source. Not so fast my friend. Have you not forgotten Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis who now run JoltId are in a legal fight with Skype?Surely Skype... Full Story
Posted on November 3, 2009 2:41 PM
Blabbelon Opens a New (VoIP) World for Gamers
Blabbelon, the cross-platform web-based VoIP app designed for video gaming, which I tested yesterday and posted a review today released an official statement about their new offering. I thought I'd share it since it has some good info to compliment... Full Story
Posted on November 3, 2009 10:56 AM
Ribbit Mobile Launches
Ribbit today announced the release of Ribbit Mobile, a free communication suite designed for mobile professionals who need to be able to easily manage all of their phone numbers, communication devices, and how & when they are contacted. Ribbit... Full Story
Posted on November 3, 2009 9:59 AM
Blabbelon Launches HD VoIP for Video Games
Video gamers love VoIP in video games but have often been disappointed with poor voice quality - including jitter, lag, and choppiness, inability to continue to talk via VoIP once you close the game and just an overall poor... Full Story
Posted on November 3, 2009 9:00 AM
Ring2Skype Enables Free PSTN-to-Skype calls with Local Numbers
Ring2Skype, a new startup, brings yet another way to have free calling by leveraging both Skype and the PSTN. Ring2Skype allows you to have a free local number (in NYC, London, Madrid, etc.), forwarded to your Skype (wherever you are)... Full Story
Posted on November 2, 2009 3:15 PM
Halloween in VoIP Land
Fonality folks know how to work hard and play hard as they let off some steam for Halloween. Depicted here are the CEO (Chris Lyman) and Director of Engineering (Samy Kamkar) for Fonality. I'll let you guess who is who.... Full Story
Posted on October 30, 2009 3:51 PM
Research Report Shows VoIP Kicking PSTN's Ass
According to Infonetics Research, VoIP services brought in $21 billion for service providers in the first half of 2009. According to their report, the number of residential/SOHO VoIP subscribers is forecast to top 225 million by 2013. In other words,... Full Story
Posted on October 30, 2009 12:08 PM
SimpleSignal Brings Call Control Toolbar to Hosted VoIP
Hosted VoIP is making great strides, but there is often one problem - with hosted VoIP you don't get desktop call control. Well, today SimpleSignal introduced its Call Control Toolbar, which adds advanced business VoIP calling features while leveraging their... Full Story
Posted on October 26, 2009 4:47 PM
IBM & Digium Join Forces on Asterisk for Smart Cube
In a fascinating deal, IBM and Digium announced today that they are teaming up to offer Asterisk for Smart Cube, a customized version of Asterisk Business Edition. IBM's Smart Cube is very similar to Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS), a... Full Story
Posted on October 15, 2009 4:14 PM
AT&T Grants Denies Us Mobile VoIP Freedom
The big news last week was how AT&T grants denies us mobile VoIP freedom. Just last week I wrote how AT&T had "granted" us mobile VoIP freedom by finally allowing SIP port 5060 on their 3G data network. I was... Full Story
Posted on October 12, 2009 9:37 AM
AT&T Grants Us Mobile VoIP Freedom
On September 17th I wrote about how siphon, a SIP app for the iPhone was working over 3G for me in Los Angeles but not in Connecticut. Apparently, port 5060, the SIP port was blocked in Connecticut but not... Full Story
Posted on October 8, 2009 11:37 AM
Verizon Hub Bites the Dust
What an inglorious end to the Verizon Hub, which Verizon Wireless promoted as the greatest VoIP phone ever. Sure it was sexy, and sure it was gadgety - doubling as a Web tablet and digital phone frame, but apparently users... Full Story
Posted on October 2, 2009 4:36 PM
TeleBlend Offers $99.99/year Unlimited VoIP Calling Plan
TeleBlend, you know the Sunrocket saviors, after the 2007 Sunrocket implosion, today announced that it will be offering one year of unlimited local and long distance calling for just $99. If you recall, Sunrocket was offering $299.99/year for unlimited calling... Full Story
Posted on September 30, 2009 1:46 PM
VoIP & Gadgets Blog Named a Top 10 Telecommunications Blog
VoIP & Gadgets blog was named one of the Top 10 telecom websites by Cision Media. Unlike other top 10 lists, this list claims to be objective since it compares unique visitors per month to generate an accurate assessment. I... Full Story
Posted on September 30, 2009 11:09 AM
Polycom VVX 1500 Video Phone Quick Demo
Check out the quick video recording I made of two Polycom VVX 1500 IP video phones making a test video call. I used an iPhone 3GS to capture the video of the test call between the two phones. The iPhone's... Full Story
Posted on September 29, 2009 11:30 AM
Mitel Series X Collaboration, Unified Communications Solution Unveiled
Today, Mitel unveiled the next phase of its comprehensive software strategy with Mitel Series X Collaboration, showcasing Mitel's complete suite of collaboration solutions including Mitel Unified Communicator Advanced (UC Advanced) and the Mitel TeleCollaboration Solution. Mitel Series X aims... Full Story
Posted on September 23, 2009 12:11 PM
Skype for Cisco Interoperable with Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series
Skype for SIP keeps adding more SIP-based IP-PBX solutions to their interoperability list. First they had Shoretel, then SIPfoundry's sipXecs and now today they announced that they are interoperable with Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business."In today's tough... Full Story
Posted on September 23, 2009 10:08 AM
Skype Tops the IM Charts Surpassing Windows Live Messenger
According to the Skype blog, new data released by the exo.performance.network shows that Skype has eclipsed Windows Live Messenger as the #1 IM application. Skype just squeaked by with 17% vs. 16.7% for Windows Live Messenger. Nicely done Skype!... Full Story
Posted on September 18, 2009 2:37 PM
Is The End of Skype Near?
As you probably heard, Joltid has sued eBay and now the new consortium of buyers, over the P2P licensing rights used in Skype. Brad from the 'Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds' blog emailed me to say he... Full Story
Posted on September 18, 2009 11:25 AM
AstriCon Asterisk Conference Soon
After ITEXPO's resounding success in Los Angeles (over 6,000 attendees), we can definitively say VoIP hasn't been as badly affected as other industry sectors within the U.S. economy. In just about 3 weeks, we can confirm this is true with... Full Story
Posted on September 18, 2009 10:01 AM
Siphon SIP App for iPhone Works over AT&T's 3G network? Holy Toledo!
I tested Siphon, a SIP-based VoIP application for the iPhone, in California at ITEXPO. Interestingly, Siphon worked perfectly in California over AT&T's 3G data network. Yes, you read that right - VoIP over 3G! I couldn't contain my giddiness... Full Story
Posted on September 17, 2009 4:09 PM
Avaya Buys Nortel
Avaya has agreed to purchase Nortel's enterprise business for $900 million, which is much larger than the $475 million 'stalk horse' bid put out last month by Avaya. As part of the deal, Nortel will sell the assets of the... Full Story
Posted on September 14, 2009 9:47 AM
Skype Nixes Skype Extras
While everyone from Apple to Palm to Microsoft have built or are building an app store, it appears Skype is getting out of the app business. I read the news on Friday on CNet that Skype is pulling the plug... Full Story
Posted on September 14, 2009 9:08 AM
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