Geeking out with Jim and Howard

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This picture fairly shouted out to be taken.  Here’s Skype Journal’s Jim Courtney and my buddy and business partner Howard Thaw having a coffee together.  Note the identical Nokia N800 tablets, attached to the free WiFi.  What you can’t see is this…

They’re having a video conference call across the table… with each other!

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Taken with BlackBerry Pearl.

Published on April 17th, 2007 under ,


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Nimbuzz Signs New Partners

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comNimbuzz  has added 17 SIP partners to its global Operator Affiliate Program. Partners in the program integrate their VoIP solutions with Nimbuzz to provide customers with value added…

Published on November 18th, 2008 under

HTC WiMax Phone Comes to Russia

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Touting both GSM and WiMax for Mobile, HTC has launched a new phone in Russia that will provide up to ten megs of connectivity, plus be able to view 23 TV channels tat will be sent over the WiMax…

Published on November 15th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Optimus Using Broadsoft Solution

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comOptimus Telecomunicacoes of Portugal will be using BroadSoft, Inc.’s BroadWorks(R) VoIP application platform for a new residential VoIP service that will combine mobile services wit…

Published on November 12th, 2008 under , ,

Consumer Guide For WiMax Now Out

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Pal Paul Kapustka has his second WiMax report out and it’s a goodie. It’s a consumers’ guide to WiMax.
From Paul:

– What the technology called “WiMax” is, and how it…

Published on October 27th, 2008 under , , ,

Skype Looking At WiMax

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A report out of Taiwan has Skype looking seriously at WiMax.
I view this as a very logical step for the company as they really don’t want to be a follower, but tend to lead in 2.0 ty…

Published on October 24th, 2008 under , , , ,

SimpleSignal and Chinook Team Up

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comSimpleSignal and Chinook Hosting have teamed up to deliver a comprehensive unified communications solution. The solution includes SimplyMobile, SimpleSIgnal’s hosted PBX that uses…

Published on October 23rd, 2008 under ,

Hard Times at CounterPath

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comCounterPath Corporation is reducing costs by restructuring their business. The company hopes to cut costs by $4 million each year. It is however hoping to involve audience interaction…

Published on October 16th, 2008 under ,

VoIP: Signs of the Times

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-news.comWhat was one true for VoIP providers isn’t any longer and that means that the needs of the providers are changing. Whereas solutions were once limited and expensive, the options now…

Published on October 15th, 2008 under , ,

Voice Apps Made Simple

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Over the past few months my agency has had the good fortune of working with Irv Shapiro and his team at ifByPhone. Based in the northern suburbs of Chicago the company has customers, lots of…

Published on October 11th, 2008 under , , ,

Mystery VoIP Technology to Compete with WiMax?

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comOOh, intrigue.
I caught wind of a new VoIP service that is coming to the U.S. soon and it runs on a completely different platform than we’ve discussed here — wMax (not to be confused…

Published on October 11th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

Why Good Customer Service is Important

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The other day I had to cancel mom’s phone line with Verizon. It wasn’t the first time I tried to do it, and it was a painful experience. The first time I called was over a weekend…

Published on October 9th, 2008 under , , ,

DigitalBridge Offering VoIP Over WiMAX Network

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comDigitalBridge Communications is now offering VoIP over their high-speed WiMAX network in the U.S. Currently, the service is available in some areas of Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Sout…

Published on September 30th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

WiMax Coming on Stream in Baltimore

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Sprint’s XOHM, is coming online in downtown Baltimore today. Both USA Today and the Wall Street Journal covered the story, with the WSJ’s Don Clark doing the more complete job at…

Published on September 29th, 2008 under , , ,

Vringo’s Jon Medved One Of Ten Most Influential Israeli’s in NY Times

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Friend, client and visionary, Jon Medved was named one of Ten of the Most influential Israelis by the New York Times yesterday.
It’s people like Jon who make my work life fun and interesting…

Published on September 26th, 2008 under ,

New Softswitch for Multimedia Over IP and UC

Source: www.voip-news.com

A new softswitch has been unveiled that is intended for delivering unified communications with multimedia over IP. The Coral Sea Softswitch 3.0 is from Tadiran Telecom. It’s presently availab…

Published on September 16th, 2008 under , ,

NY Times on VoIP In The Sky

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The New York Times published a story today about VoIP in the Sky.

Sure, we all want peace and solitude up at 37,000 feet, but this is all a social matter, not a business matter. What’s amazing…

Published on September 13th, 2008 under , , ,

Chime Has New Capabilities

Source: www.voip-news.com

Chime Software has released new software that allows the customer to administer VoIP including partitioning, policy rights and more. There is also software to address remote worker connectivity…

Published on September 9th, 2008 under ,

Signs of The Times-VoIP is Here

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Yesterday I posted that agency client Truphone was covered by the New York Times.

A few weeks ago it was the Wall Street Journal.

This morning pal Dean Bubley tipped me off to a story in t…

Published on September 8th, 2008 under , ,

Truphone in New York Times

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A few weeks ago it was the Wall Street Journal giving attention to client Truphone. Now it’s the New York Times’ Practical Traveler.

While the report is not glowing, its feedback like that whic…

Published on September 7th, 2008 under , ,

iSkoot Takes Aim At Well, AIM and MIG33

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

A company I’m rather fond of is iSkoot. They make the client that works on the SkypePhone that I use when I’m in the UK. Well today VentureBeat is reporting how iSkoot is getting more social,…

Published on September 5th, 2008 under , , , , ,
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