April 2008

Registering a domain name for evolving communications industry

Tue, 2008-04-15 11:37 — JR

In my interactions with telecom companies â€“ both vendors and service providers â€“ I have used terms like Voice 2.0, Mashups, Voice-Web mashups, Telco 2.0, VoIP-Web mashups etc etc. I can tell you that none of these fancy terms have...

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Interview with Micah Singer, CEO, VoIP Logic

Tue, 2008-04-08 10:19 — JR

You let service providers outsource some of their VoIP infrastructure. How many service providers use such services and what kind of growth are you experiencing? We now work with 150 service providers. Our average revenue growth is in the region...

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Chill out! The telcos have done a great job

Wed, 2008-04-09 18:48 — Faisal Kawoosa

Content wouldnâ€™t be king without broadband. And broadband would be a waste without the content. It has now become a â€˜virtuousâ€™ cycle of one driving the other. There are now 162 million websites (one form of content) worldwide. That sort...

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Interview with Sarik Weber, CEO, Cellity

Thu, 2008-04-10 16:56 — JR

What is driving mobile telephony arbitrage in form of callback and VoIP? Skype is not covering mobile VoIP well. There is demand for intelligent and cost-efficient apps on mobile. From user perspective mobile prices are high. So there is an...

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Comm chip companies need to invest in startups

Fri, 2008-04-11 12:05 — Faisal Kawoosa

The top 5 communications chip makers hold nearly 60% of the market share. The rest is shared by over 200 other chip vendors. Of the top 5 vendors, only Qualcomm has a specific market that it addresses. Others have a...

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Truphoneâ€™s acquisition of SIM4travel

Sat, 2008-04-12 06:26 — JR

Truphone has acquired SIM4travel, mobile operator focused on bringing affordable roaming to travellers, for a little over $5 million. Truphone is a privately held startup. The company has so far raised $25 million in funding. What could the acquisition mean...

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Shaw Communications 1Q08 VoIP Update

Tue, 2008-04-15 09:47 — Sabiya Naaz

Surpassed 500,000 VoIP lines during the quarter. VoIP lines were up 56k during the quarter to 492k (out of 1.52 million Internet subscribers). Subscriber numbers include pending installs. VoIP service margins strengthening. VoIP footprint grew in the quarter with launches...

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Mega pixel video surveillance cameras

Tue, 2008-04-15 11:43 — Anonymous

Out of the expected 30 million units of video surveillance cameras to be shipped in 2007, a very small (but growing) number of 60,000-75,000 among them are expected to be Mega Pixel cameras, according to Pixim. That amounts to about...

CounterPath on a roll

Tue, 2008-04-15 11:44 — Anonymous

I am not sure how familiar you are with the name CounterPath, but the mouse just swallowed another little cub from the FMC zoo. Bridgeport Networks is the second FMC vendor acquisition of the week for the relatively lesser known...

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WonderChip for mobile VoIP

Tue, 2008-04-15 11:45 — Anonymous

Mobile VoIP is in for a rollercoaster ride. If you have been looking to try mobile VoIP but the cost of handset is an issue, you may not need to wait much longer. Infineon has introduced a VoIP-enabled WiFi chip...

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