VoIP

Does VoIP on Facebook make sense?

June 15, 2009

VoIP on Facebook – Is it Worth? asks whether, after all of the hype months ago about Voice on Facebook, it makes sense to integrate voice applications with the platform.  The writer observes that it’s relatively easy to simply exchange phone numbers. I can’t speak for the other vendors mentioned in the post, but I [...]

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Rogers Home Phone. Too little, too late?

June 15, 2009

Late Friday afternoon, “Mookie” from Rogers called to talk about our phone service.  Rogers is pushing to convert as many of their customers from the incumbent Bell Canada over to Rogers Home Phone.  Rogers has a plan for $30.95 per month which gives you 5 calling features, and 1,000 minutes of long distance in North [...]

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HD audio – can it reinvent VoIP?

June 2, 2009

I had a good chat with Jeff Pulver last week. We were long overdue.  Since the beginning of the year, Jeff’s been a whirlwind announcing no fewer than 4 events in the last six months.  Among the many things we discussed was his recent HD Communications Summit.  The event itself caused a stir.  Afterward, Jeff [...]

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Foonz hangs up. Who’s next?

May 21, 2009

It caused a minor ripple in the VoIP blogging world today when free conference call provider Foonz threw in the towel.  It’s no surprise, however.  Free conference call services (including our own Calliflower) have been under enormous pressure from unhappy long distance carriers. Background: The “free” business model works by arbitraging inter-carrier termination fees.  Locate [...]

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“Swiss Army Knife” Truphone will save you a bundle.

April 28, 2009

For a couple of weeks I’ve been playing with a new version of one of my favorite mobile apps – Truphone. Publicly available today, Truphone 3.0 for iPhone sports a new UI plus integration with Skype.  That’s right, you can make and receive Skype calls via Truphone.  Now, with Truphone, you can: Make free WiFi [...]

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Skype to IPO; anticipation and unanswered questions

April 14, 2009

It should have been obvious.  With all of the rumours flying that Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis were apparently trying to buy Skype back, eBay has chosen to IPO Skype instead.  After all, with 2008 revenues of $550 million, and projections of $1 billion by 2011, if there was ever a business that [...]

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Skype embraces SIP; announces beta service for business users

March 23, 2009

Skype made a very welcome move this morning.  Their announcement of Skype for SIP beta simply means that PBX owners will be able to accept incoming calls from SIP users, and make outgoing calls using the Skype network to terminate them.  Jim Courtney has many more details in his post titled Business Long Distance: Death [...]

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JAJAH on iPod Touch: a novel strategy.

February 6, 2009

JAJAH’s announcement yesterday that they are bringing VoIP calling to the iPod Touch had an interesting twist to it.  The application will be offered to third parties who can brand it, and offer it as an additional service to their customers.  Imagine, for example, and AT&T branded softphone client for iPod Touch.  It’s a novel [...]

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Skype 4.0 audio: smooth as SILK

February 4, 2009

Image via CrunchBase Since early yesterday morning I’ve been running the Skype 4.0 final release on a number of my PC’s. Skype announced the new software, and I grabbed it before heading to the office.  For several months now, I’ve also been running the Skype 4.0 betas in the same environment, except on my HP [...]

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The Flat Planet’s Last Frontier

January 23, 2009

Moshe Maeir dropped a line this morning, drawing my attention to his pre-announcement of a new service that the Flat Planet Phone Company is offering – personal least cost routing.  He describes it as follows on his blog: The account manager defines on the LCR server his costs when dialing direct and when using cost [...]

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