For those of us who have been using Ribbit’s various Web-based call processing and voice processing services on an a la carte basis, this week brings major news about the business unit’s acceptance into the incumbent telco’s mainstream.
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2010: Taking Recombinant Communications “Over The Top”
“Over the top” (OTT) is gaining momentum as the “term of art” for value-added Voice over IP (VoIP) transport networks. In rapid succession we’ve seen Avaya contemplating a relationship with Skype, Telefonica’s European wireless subsidiary 02 purchase JaJah and most recently Mark Plakias at Orange pointed me to a “Flash-to-VoIP” service, calling it an “OTT cocktail of Flash and Jingle-to-SIP gateway technology + carrier.”
Recombinant Telephony Use Case: Ribbit for Salesforce
I first used the term “Recombinant Telephony” a couple of years ago to describe how well-defined API’s and standards are making it possible for developers to build and market new, rich phone apps from fundamental call processing, voice processing, and business processing resources.
Google Wave Day Tomorrow: Ribbit Conferences In
Google will be issuing some 100,000 email invitations for newbies to enter the world of Google Wave. It will include a phone collaboration extension from Ribbit.