Hmm, you have to wonder if these stand alone VoWLAN phones will grow the legs required before 3G hits. If we are getting 200-400 Kbps on a mobile phone, PDA and alike who will want to cart around yet another device to get the same service? I have toted my fair share of devices around and I can safely say, unless it’s small enough and does it all, I aint interested. Give me a Dual mode Pocket PC / GSM device with a SIP softphone anyday.
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteArchive for February, 2005
AOL getting close to VoIP?
Excerpt From Lightreading:
AOL, the Internet division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX – message board), has been testing its VOIP service for months, and the service’s debut may be only weeks away.
One source familiar with the company’s plans says the targeted launch date is March 16. Another source, though he couldn’t confirm the date, notes that there has been an upturn in softswitch deployment activity at AOL recently, which suggests AOL is very close to a launch.
Written by Erik Lagerway - Visit WebsiteSBC + AT&T Merger Spells Unemployment
We all know Callvantage has been going head to head with Vonage on broadband phone service. One has to wonder if this merger with SBC will hinder the Callvantage service offering. It could be a positive twist for Vonage, currently in a massive PR blitz.
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Some 13,000 jobs would be cut in the planned merger of telecom giants SBC Communications and AT&T announced this week, according to documents presented to analysts Tuesday.
The SBC documents indicated a large chunk of cost savings from the proposed mega-merger would come from reducing staffing in sales, billing, network maintenance and administrative services.
The cuts would eliminate about six percent of the 210,000 people employed by the two firms.
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