Take heart Skype, Fring, Truphone and all other IP-Telephony service providers. Apple (and I assume AT&T) have finally approved a VoIP-over-3G application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and, yes, the iPad.
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AT&T in the Age of Ma Google (Part 1): The Lobbying Effort
While it has always been a master of manipulating public policy, AT&T’s lobbyists have gone the extra mile (or perhaps the “last mile”) in the past week by filing comments proposing that the FCC develop guidelines for killing off POTS.
Nuance Voicemail-to-Text Powers AT&T’s Transcription Service
It’s official. The platform for AT&T’s Voicemail to Text service is Nuance Communications. As described on the AT&T Mobility Web site, the carrier charges $9.99 per month for the service, which enables subscribers to receive transcriptions of voicemail messages as email and/or text messages in addition to the traditional dial-in-and-retrieve method.
Google Invites You to “Invite a Friend” to Google Voice
Google counters AT&T’s claims of non-inclusiveness, by stepping up viral efforts to make its call management and voice processing service more popular.
AT&T Takes Stock of Mobile Speech, Invests in Vlingo
Right on cue with the issuance of our Mobile Speech Report, AT&T and Vlingo have forged a licensing agreement and strategic alliance whereby AT&T is acquiring a “minority stake” in Vlingo (without making the terms public). Renewed interest by AT&T’s… Read More ›
WSJ Column Calls for End of AT&T/Apple Monopoly Practices
a column by Andy Kessler in today’s Wall Street Journal spells out all that is wrong about the way that the App Store’s staff formally rejected and expunged Google Voice and related iPhone applications and enablers.