January 2009

Truphone brings Skype to the iPhone

January 5, 2009

Truphone continues to surprise. In a late afternoon call with new CEO Geraldine Wilson and founder James Tagg, the company unveiled a new set of capabilities for their iPhone and iPod Touch clients — integration with Skype calling and the Skype IM network, plus the addition of Yahoo, MSN and GoogleTalk IM. According to Ms. [...]

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All we’re talking about is arbitrage

January 5, 2009

“It seems highly likely to me that at some point in the future we’ll all look back and say that 2008 was the year that the VoIP industry finally died.” That’s how I started off a piece last week which kicked off a round of commentary the likes of which I haven’t seen in a [...]

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A little recognition for Alec and Calliflower

January 4, 2009

In Scouting Report: The Players to Pick To Build & Grow A 2.0 Telco/Carrier/Service Provider Andy Abramson picks his fantasy “Telco 2.0” team. Drawing on his experience in the sports world, Andy delivers his scouting report for IP communications. There are a bunch of the usual suspects, plus a few unusual folks. All I can [...]

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Hot and bothered about plumbing.

January 2, 2009

Back on December 30 of last year, Skype Journal’s Phil Wolff was opining in the Skype 4.x discussion group on what he’d do if Skype were more open. This is some of what Phil wrote: I’d be building Skype relationships and conversations into web sites. into mobile apps. i’d be in mashup heaven. i’d be [...]

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