If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Abbeyphone, my company’s division for consumer VoIP, just came out with the new summer rates, really very cheap. Abbeyphone is a not much advertised service, but I have to say that it works very well, from any SIP device or [...]

Jeff Pulver informs on his blog that Free World Dialup, the pioneer VoIP service he launched 12 years ago, will not be free any longer. Members now have to pay a $30/year subscription fee in order to continue to use FWD’s services. I definitely praise this move, and every VoIP user should. It’s an important sign [...]

I predicted many times that a new trend with VoIP services would have been the ability to solve specific problems for the final users. This can lead to both services that are free for users or that users are willing to pay for. In any case, there are many ways to monetize them, directly or [...]

Thomas Howe’s blog post caught my attention today. It’s all about MagicJack, a VoIP service based on an USB/ATA device, which is advertising on web and TV, through messages and claims that Thomas defines “misleading“. Take a look at Tom’s post and judge by yourself. I haven’t seen those ads, but knowing Tom’s expertise and after [...]

As already announced in this blog, I will moderate a panel on “Advantages of Open Source VoIP” during the upcoming Internet Telephony Conference and Expo taking place in Los Angeles from Sept 16th to Sept 18th. As per my request, I’m happy that Jonathan Christensen, Skype’s General Manager for Audio and Video, is joining the panel [...]

A few months ago the UK-based mobile VoIP operator Truphone bought Sim4Travel, a company which provides an international sim card to cut costs of international roaming. Today they sent me an email with a promotional offer by which I can get a free SIM card by paying for 10 pounds of talk time credit on it. I [...]

I’m not used to read blog posts on my Nokia E61 while on the go, but yesterday there was an exception. While I was waiting for my flight I came across a post by Stuart Henshall which caught my attention more than others. The blog post was about the ability to make an escalation from a [...]