Image via CrunchBase Panasonic, long only thought of as a consumer brand--which they're not only--has entered the cloud communications space with support from Broadsoft. The new entry to the market is simply called Panasonic Cloud. Simply put, the company which once rejected ad great Jerry Della Famina's ad agency to work with them when you suggested the line "from the people who brought you Pearl Harbor" is about to make a strafing run at the US Small and Medium Business market with a $39.95 a month per line charge, after the purchase of equipment that runs $299 for one corded... Read more »
DOCSIS 3.0 pushes cable broadband market
DOCSIS 3. pushes cable broadband marketplace CALIFORNIA, USA: Global cable modem termination systems ( CMTS ) and edge quadrature amplitude modulation ( QAM ) revenue increased to $ 368 million in 4Q10, up two percent from 3Q10, finds market analysis firm Infonetics Study in its latest report. Read far more on CIOL XO Communications gets [...] Read more »
Mobile Operators Clarifying VoIP Rules on Data Networks
Image via Wikipedia Vodafone Italia is clarifying their permitting of VoIP, or when they'll block it. In Spain and France I've noticed how some of the mobile operators were blocking Skype and SIP calls over their date networks. It seems to be impacting the pre-paid market more than the contract market, but in the case of Vodafone Italia they are being very clear in defining which customers can, and which can't place or receive Skype or VoIP calls. My feeling is that this is really a pre-cursor to what the mobile operators will permit when LTE rolls out on a... Read more »
Skype Goes Lower and Lower To Get More and More
Skype announced a "lower bandwidth" version of their mobile client, designed to work with more operators around the globe than their current three they have signed up after being live with Three in the UK for almost three years or so, and Verizon in the USA. While no technical details were announced, it was interesting that at Mobile World Congress where everyone is going up in the bandwidth apps game, Skype chose to go lower and down, evidence that they know their market for users on the upper end of early adopters and advanced users may have peaked and now... Read more »
The Sunday Morning Post-Why Is Skype Putting IPO on Hold?
Image via Wikipedia First the Wall Street Journal reported Skype may be putting their planned $100 million dollar or greater IPO on hold. Then out came TechCrunch with more fuel for the fire. So while I think the slowdown has everything to do with figuring out how to make money, not just gain more users and some looming regulatory concerns. Stating the obvious about the key challenge at Skype today is to get the users currently on Skype to start paying Skype for outbound calls and inbound numbers. two services which Skype basically sells separately, or treats as two different... Read more »
Latest Voip News
PingTone Donates VoIP Phones to Bread for the World HERNDON, Va.–(Company WIRE)–PingTone Communications, Inc., a market leader of hosted VoIP services to companies and government offices right now announced the donation of VoIP phones to all of the offices of Bread for the World, a faith based anti-hunger advocacy organization. Bread for the World has [...] Read more »
Research and Markets: The Israeli Telecom Market is Relatively Stable in Terms of Size, with Growth Projected to Go …
Research and Markets: The Israeli Telecom Market is Relatively Stable in Terms of Size, with Growth Projected to Go … DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/91c31c/israel_telecom_int) has announced the addition of the “Israel Telecom Intelligence Report: 4G and Multiplay to Drive Growth in a Mature Telecom Market” to their offering. As the Israeli telecom market is [...] Read more »
Handheld and IPWireless Sign Strategic Partnership for Public Safety & Government Market
Handheld and IPWireless Sign Strategic Partnership for Public Safety & Government Market SAN FRANCISCO and LIDKOPING, Sweden, February 11 /PRNewswire/ — – Companies to Showcase the First Product Under This Partnership, the Algiz 7 Rugged Tablet, at Mobile World Congress. Read more on ITNews Read more »
Google Nexus One-Style Active Noise Cancellation Boosts MEMS Microphone Market
Google Nexus One-Style Active Noise Cancellation Boosts MEMS Microphone Market The introductions of Google’s Nexus One and Motorola’s Droid marked the arrival of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology in the cell phone market, a development that is expected to boost the market for Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) microphones, according to iSuppli Corp. Read more on Cellular-News.com Read more »
Vertica Continues to Outperform the Analytic Database Market
Vertica Continues to Outperform the Analytic Database Market Vertica is entering the new decade at full speed after ending 2009 with its best year and best quarter ever. The company’s remarkable growth in this current economic climate is proof positive that businesses are desperate for better and faster data analysis and are turning to the [...] Read more »
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