What caught the eye of the digirati at ITExpo was a Facebook app called 8×8 Connect, which was introduced on the second day of the conference.
VoIP
VoxBone Saw a Doubling in VoIP Traffic on its Network in 2009
VoIP carrier VoxBone issued this press release that validates our view that a growing number of businesses are building their communications solutions on IP-telephony backbones with well-defined API’s.
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.”
Broadsoft To Launch Retail Store for VoIP Apps
You know we’ve moved into the era of Recombinant Telephony when one of the major VoIP service platform providers, BroadSoft, launches its own AppStore.
JaJah Supports Phone Calls Between Twitterers
VoIP service provider JaJah has introduced a protocol that enables Twitter users to originate phone calls over the Internet.
Nortel’s Auction Continues With Voice Applications (Sort of)
The Financial Post indicates high levels of interest in the company’s “Carrier Voice Application Services” group.
Growth Scenarios for Google Voice
Google is poised to broaden the reach of its Google Voice service beyond the original GrandCentral subscriber base. With 1 million phone numbers in reserve with Level 3, it’s time to take stock of Google’s options as a Web-based, virtual voice network operator.
Cast A Vote to Port your Phone Number to Google Voice
You may be able to signal to Google that you’d like them to accelerate the introduction of BYON to Google Voice by casting a vote here. We’ll monitor developments as the service is refined in the coming months.
Amazing Fact: Second Life Generates 1 Billion Minutes of Voice Calls per Month
This story by Dean Takahashi in Venture Beat provides vivid evidence of the changing models for call origination among social network participants. According to one report, this is about 12% of the traffic level on Skype these days, but given the much smaller user base, it speaks to the power of linking voice channels to all the increasingly addictive and immersive social networks.