Monthly Archives: August 2010

Buzz in the blogosphere today is all about Cisco buying Skype. It’s not confirmed, but the talk came out of TechCrunch, which stated that Cisco has made an offer prior to Skype’s high-dollar IPO. The VoIP market is already superheated, … Continue reading →

Everybody loves a bargain, and that’s one of the biggest reasons we all love VoIP. So naturally I had to take a look when VoIPPlanet ran an article titled “World’s Best VoIP Bargain?”. The piece profiles a company called Nymgo, … Continue reading →

There was a time when the big telcos saw VoIP coming down the road, saw it as a competitor, and tried to squash it like a bug. But then VoIP became so big, the prevailing telco wisdom became, “If you … Continue reading →

Good news for BlackBerry users! For the first time, there is a mobile VoIP client available that lets you use your BlackBerry to make calls over WiFi and 3G connections. A company called TringMe is the first to the table … Continue reading →

Who says Linux doesn’t have the apps? Computer-based VoIP clients are a great convenience and a big money-saver, letting people on the same VoIP service talk directly over the computer. The ability to talk directly to someone computer-to-computer has matured. … Continue reading →

Not yet anyway, but it’s inevitable. Back in the bad old days before VoIP, calling overseas was always a major event, reserved only for special occasions and emergencies. Today, an overseas call can be had for a few cents a … Continue reading →

VoIP costs have steadily come down, dramatically changing the face of telecom and how the telcos compete. This has of course, been a great thing for VoIP consumers. Reps. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) agree. Both have asked … Continue reading →

Hi folks. Just a quick note to say thanks to all our readers over the last 5 years. We worked out some stats and realised we have now reached over 1.5 million visitors and six million page views since the … Continue reading →

Skype has filed for an IPO, revealing some interesting facts about the VoIP company. It was just about a year ago that online auction powerhouse eBay sold a 70 percent stake in Skype for a whopping $2.7 billion. According to … Continue reading →

We all want it (but carriers don’t want us to have it!). But wouldn’t it be cool to be able to make VoIP calls on our smartphones? The savings in per-minute charges alone could be incredible. It seems the industry … Continue reading →

We tend to talk freely on our mobile phones, thinking them to be just as secure as any other type of communication. But are they? Not always. For starters, when we’re making plans for that big merger while standing in … Continue reading →

In the days before the Internet and VoIP, you always knew what a “company” was all about. It was a place you went to every day, you sat in a cubicle with a phone and some office equipment, and generally … Continue reading →

A new Frost & Sullivan report, “Impact of mobile VoIP on next generation cellular networks”, says “it’s only a matter of time” before IP becomes the main method of transportation for access technology, including voice. There are still plenty of … Continue reading →