There’s a new calculus afoot among “agile” application and software developers, especially those addressing the marketplace created by new mobile devices. It pays to “sell solutions,” especially when your solution is for a very specific, well-recognized problem.
Skype
Skype is Just Not That Into Recombinant Communications
Phil Wolff at Skype Journal said it all in a very insightful post: “Skype’s mobile bizdev execs trumped Skype’s platform technology execs.”
What’s Happening at BT-Ribbit?
Opus Research tries not to promulgate rumors, but I’ve heard from two different sources that BT, which acquired phone-app specialist Ribbit in late July 2008 for $105 million, has initiated some major changes in the organization.
Avaya and Skype Announce Alliance
Avaya is making it easier for its existing customers to initiate and control voice calls over Skype’s network. At the same time, the two companies have chartered a “strategic alliance” and are ironing out details of a technology roadmap that will bring video teleconferencing and “federated” instant messaging (in the U.S. only) into the service mix.
In U.S., Google Voice is Now “Open For All”… Release the Hounds!
Google has shed the last shred of exclusivity around its Web-based call management and messaging management mash-up (aka Google Voice).
Skype’s Deal with Verizon Wireless: Is That All There Is?
Both Verizon Wireless and Skype have confirmed that they have forged an agreement that will “deeply embed” Skype’s services into selected smartphones marketed to Verizon Wireless’ 91 million subscribers. As a result of the agreement, Skype will be “always on”… Read More ›
VoIP over 3G on the iPhone: It’s a Matter of Policy
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.
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.”
The Recombinant Avaya: Closes on Nortel Enterprise Systems; Closing in on Skype?
This is a banner day for Avaya. After five months, its proposed acquisition of Nortel ES has finally closed. Now it is apparently thinking of Skype.
Skype Expands Launch of SIP-based Beta to All Businesses
In response to demand from “nearly 10,000 companies” Skype has expanded the availability of its Skype for SIP “beta” service to all comers. Phil Wolff explains provides detail on the service in this post on Skype Journal. But the gist… Read More ›