September 3, 2010 6:26 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Cisco,
Google Voice,
P2P,
peer-to-peer,
service layer,
Skype,
Telepresence,
voice servicesIf it's true that Cisco has offered to buy Skype, it would be a truly revolutionary development. We can't get any specifics on this particular story, other than that Cisco is indeed...
August 26, 2010 1:23 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Google,
TDM,
voice services,
VoIPGoogle has confirmed an integrated VoIP offering for Gmail -- a service is already slightly integrated with Google Voice. The GUI looks much like the Google Voice interface, and it would make no sense...
July 26, 2010 3:15 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Google,
Google Voice,
net neutrality,
Skype,
voice services,
VoIPGoogle is soliciting user input on how to improve its Google Voice offering, particularly for mobile users. According to our surveys, what users want most is something Google's management said they weren't going to offer...
June 14, 2010 3:20 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Google,
Skype,
unified communications,
voice services,
VoIPGoogle has arguably had its eye on the VoIP space for more than a year, and the acquisition of Gizmo5 only made a move more likely. Now the story is that an announcement is...
December 23, 2009 11:27 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
Skype,
Telefonica,
unified communications,
voice services,
VoIPTelefonica may be interested in VoIP service startup Jajah, and there’s some speculation that the deal would be done to create a Ribbit-like web front-end and developer program to Telefonica’s services. We’re...
September 18, 2009 1:05 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
voice services,
VoIP,
wirelessVerizon made official what we’ve been saying for a year or more; wireline voice doesn’t matter. Verizon CEO Ivan Sidenberg told an investor conference that he was no longer...
July 28, 2009 11:10 AM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
ARPU,
Verizon,
voice services,
wirelessVerizon reported earnings and the results were in some ways alarming. The company’s net income fell 21%. Neglecting the Alltel acquisition, revenues grew less than 2%, about a third of prior-year levels. While wireless and FiOS were...
May 4, 2009 1:24 PM
Posted by: Tom Nolle
4G,
BT,
femtocells,
Fixed-mobile convergence,
FMC,
LTE,
P2P,
Skype,
voice services,
VoIPA securities analyst has reported that BT may be slow-rolling 21CN and may in particular be rethinking its notion of migrating from TDM/PSTN voice to VoIP, at least in the near term. The information came out as it...
