Andy Abramson |
October 13th, 2008 |
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Windows Mobile devices are one of the more popular platforms here in the USA so the new Global IP Solutions (GIPS) Videongine announcement is a call for video and VoIP developers to get outside the box and begin thinking how they can bring real video to the mobile phone. CNET's [...]
Andy Abramson |
October 12th, 2008 |
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Dean Bubley has some insightful commentary about HSUPA and what it means to VoIP over 3G in his latest posting. I've used HSUPA on my Novatel Data Card via AT&T;'s 3G network and clearly see the difference, especially with mobile video conferencing. There's a major quality advantage with HSUPA over [...]
Andy Abramson |
October 11th, 2008 |
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I've had the good fortune to use WiFi on the Heathrow Express when I'm in London. The experience, which is made possible by T-Mobile connects train mounted access points to 3G radios that are mounted in each car on the train. The experience has been good enough to hold video [...]
GigaOM |
October 9th, 2008 |
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Today, Qwest Communications launches an Internet portal that allows users to access and see what's happening on their home phones. Dubbed qHome, the service allows users to see who's calling their home phone, listen to voicemail, forward messages, manage their contacts and place a phone call, all from the Internet. [...]
Andy Abramson |
October 1st, 2008 |
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In a move that has been speculated for some time, Virgo Publishing has acquired the assets known as VON from TICC, the holder of the rights. The key is they plan to hold an event that is a conference and expo. Virgo is a proven publisher who has had success [...]
GigaOM |
September 30th, 2008 |
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It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone - but nevertheless a survey conducted by International Data Corporation on behalf of Zeugma Systems, a company that makes an edge router for broadband networks, shows that consumers simply hate bandwidth caps and will likely switch to another carrier if they [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 30th, 2008 |
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Talking for less just got easier in the USA. The spectrum swap and bi-lateral roaming agreement between Leap Wireless (Cricket) and Metro PCS, a value priced leader in mobile, means that the incumbent giants Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T; now have to look over their shoulders at the two [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 24th, 2008 |
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Filed under: Multimedia, Peripherals, Motorola, CDMA After personally trying out Sprint's AIRAVE, we're confident that femtocells have a place in this world. Thankfully, Motorola's already trying to make them less of an eyesore by integrating a CDMA femtocell into something we wouldn't mind showing off in the den: an inconspicuous [...]
GigaOM |
September 24th, 2008 |
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Asus Eee PC ABI Research put out a report this morning saying by 2013 there will be 200 million ultramobile devices, an emerging class of gadgets that includes netbooks, ultramobile PCs and mobile Internet devices. The report says today there are about 10 million such devices, about 90 percent of [...]
GigaOM |
September 23rd, 2008 |
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So the big day is finally here: Google has released its Android operating system, the latest entrant into the mobile OS wars. The Android-based, HTC-made G1 was launched earlier today at a ceremony in New York, and among the attendees were our intrepid reporters Liz Gannes and Craig Rubens. After [...]
GigaOM |
September 22nd, 2008 |
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According to research firm TeleGeography, at year-end 2007 there were 25.3 million consumer VoIP lines were in service in Western Europe, up 69% from 15 million in 2006. There were 6.5 million VoIP subscribers in 2005. That number is going to top 37 million by end of 2008, nearly 29% [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 21st, 2008 |
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In what has to be a blow to the homeland favorite, SPIRIT DSP, Norwegian codec king GIPS grabbed the voice communications crown in Russia, winning the contract to supply a voice engine to Mail.ru reports VoIP-News out of the UK. GIPS, which is best known as the creators and inventors [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 21st, 2008 |
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Some may call this trolling, but I have to air these thoughts out: 1. T-Mobile or Three will create a true VOIP play complete with a softclient for the PC. Bets are it will be either Counterpath's eyeBeam or SipPhone's Gizmo Project client as they are both multi-platform, but I [...]
iLocus |
September 18th, 2008 |
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For T-Mobile, it is ok to use WiFi in the US to offload voice traffic (sometimes without informing the customers), but in the UK it refuses to interconnect with Truphone and in Germany it altogether seeks a ban on VoIP over iPhone, whether the call is made over 3g broadband [...]
GigaOM |
September 18th, 2008 |
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GigaOM Mobilize conference -- Carriers panel Without carriers and their data networks, mobile applications wouldn't be possible. So let's show them some love, says Chetan Sharma, of Chetan Sharma Consulting, the moderator of the panel. The consensus is that mobile data is becoming more important to carriers and it's growing [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 17th, 2008 |
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For the record, I've known and been friends with Michael Robertson, the founder of SipPhone/GizmoProject since his days with MP3.com. He clearly is a visionary, a pioneer and someone who is never afraid to say what's on his mind. Yesterday he sent me a note expressing his views and frustration [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 16th, 2008 |
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My trip to IT Expo will be very short. I'll be there just today, and had to quickly recruit a replacement for my panel that I was moderating tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing as many friends as possible today and tonight, as IT Expo should be a solid event [...]
iLocus |
September 16th, 2008 |
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7.7 million VoIP access lines shipped during the quarter, down from 7.9 million lines in 1Q08. This represents second sequentially quarterly decline... [[ Read the full story ]][...]
Andy Abramson |
September 13th, 2008 |
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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 is when the airlines and the carriers could make all kinds of money [...]
Engadget Mobile |
September 13th, 2008 |
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Filed under: EV-DO, MVNOs, CDMA, MiscWe'll be honest -- we weren't all that jazzed about Cricket's unlimited video clip service at $5 per month, but this is something we can get into. The animalistic carrier has just launched an unlimited mobile broadband package in several Texas cities, Las Vegas, Oklahoma [...]
Andy Abramson |
September 12th, 2008 |
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With all the fuss LapTop Magazine's News Editor Joanna Stern and I caused with our five minute VoIP "hook up" over Aircell a few weeks back that really stirred up a lot of attention, I had to laugh when I read that there is now a growing concern over American [...]
