Archive for June, 2009
Google Voice: Your New Social Security Number?
Google began a phased launch of Google Voice yesterday. They are sending out invitations to a select few. Others can request an invitation. No word on when Google will open the service to anyone. The Google Voice (GV) experiment is an interesting one. At its core, GV is disrupting the very nature of telephone numbers. [...]
How to Register for Google Voice VOIP Service from Outside the USA
I know of a lot of you got invitations from Google Voice VOIP Service but unfortunately you are not in USA. Don’t giveup, a VOIP Guide reader talks about his personal experience on setting up Google… Topics: telecom, telecommunications, VoIP, USA
AT&T/TerreStar Ready Satphone Service
AT&T Mobility will resell satellite service and phones from TerreStar Networks, by the end of this year. TerreStar is scheduled to launch its first monster satellite on July 1st. It uses satellite/cellular handsets designed to be about the same size as a conventional smartphone. Topics: satellite, convention, carrier, 3G, Hughes, AT&T, handset, broadband, Sprint, wireless
Wcell.com Mobile VOIP Service Offers Cheap International Calls
Another mobile VOIP service has joined the ever growing mobile VOIP market. Can Wcell do any different to mobile voip model with some really cheap international calls to India and other countries… Topics: mobile VoIP, telecom, VoIP, telecommunications, International calls, India
The Tricky Road to Mobile VoIP for Business
On June 22, I wrote a post about the growing competition to BlackBerry in the enterprise smartphone sector. In passing, I noted that Agito Networks, which offers a way to use cellular and wireless in the same device, has announced support for research… Topics: mobile VoIP, BlackBerry, wireless, cellular, VoIP
Verizon: Solid Performance Unrewarded by Chaotic Market
Verizon Communications (VZ) looks like a great buy right now. The company has weathered the crisis very well, is adding new subscribers faster than its peers and sports a nearly 6% dividend yield. More importantly, however, the company should have little trouble delivering results sufficient to justify its current stock price of $31. Topics: telecom, [...]
Sprint WiMAX Phone?
PhoneNews says Sprint is internally testing the HTC Hero and may release it at the end of the year. They also say Sprint is testing a Samsung device running Android with built-in CDMA/WiMax connectivity. Topics: WiMax, Sprint, Android, wireless, CDMA, Samsung, T-Mobile
Wireline Broadband More Valuable than Mobile Broadband?
Mobile broadband and wireline broadband services are focal points industry-wide these days, as they should be. They represent the lion’s share of the future of the business. But, in the minds of consumer’s, which is more valuable? New research from Strategy Analytics indicates that wireline broadband access continues to be subscribers’ primary and most highly [...]
BCE: Another Share Buyback?
It appears that BCE Inc. (BCE) is gearing up to instate another share buyback program after its recent debt issue locked in an attractive financing rate. Bell Canada intends to call C$600-million worth of 5.5% Aug. 2010 bonds after an oversubscribed issue of five-year notes with a coupon of 4.85% raised $1-billion on Tuesday. Topics: [...]
The Dream: Universal SIM Card + Universal Address Book
Think of this: a SIM card that offers you the lowest rate to call a local number in the country where you are roaming plus an “smart” address book that automatically gives a local number to your contacts, depending on the country where you are roaming. All of … Topics: telecom, SIM Card, telecommunications
Pre Hits a Million, But Still Playing Catch-Up
The Palm Pre Application Catalog has officially hit a million downloads, according to mobile analytics company Medialets. While no numbers have been confirmed by Palm, the exclusive Sprint handset reportedly saw 50,000 sold on launch day. These devices collectively experienced 100,000 downloads – averaging two apps per device and 5,500 downloads per app on that [...]
90,000 Gbps Capacity Needed for Wireless Backhaul in a 4G World
Fostered by the development of mobile broadband transmission technology such as EV-DO 2000, HSPA/HSPA+, WiMAX and LTE, the growing supply and demand for mobile data will lead telecommunications providers to triple their backhaul capacity between 2009 and 2013, according to a new In-Stat research report. Topics: broadband, telecom, telecommunications, wireless, WiMax, 4G
Google Voice VOIP Service Opening Today
Get Ready for Google Voice,a VOIP Service which can blow away many competitors by its sheer brand name is all set to go public today. As we predicted a few days back that Google has bought over 1… Topics: VoIP, telecom, telecommunications
Cisco Really Pushing Telepresnce-Why Don’t They Just Buy Skype
It looks like Cisco is pulling out all the stops to make people in general more aware of their push for Telepresence, aka, video conferencing for the big corporate set. They have just launched a contest for everyone to tell them they want “Telepresence.” Topics: video conferencing, Skype, VoIP
Sprint Escapes Class-Action Lawsuit
Judge Robert Bryan of the U.S. district court of Tacoma, Wash., ruled this week that Sprint will not face a nationwide class-action lawsuit. The suit, brought about by a California based consumer-advocacy group, alleged that Sprint overcharged some customers … Topics: California, Sprint
