GigaOM

Its not quite often that I get moved by a post. However, this one very succinctly captures the slow but confident pace of technological metamorphosis of India.

I’m talking about getting technology to the people, the people who really sweat, who really bleed, who really work. People who crave to do something better with their lives, not for their own sake, but for their children. People who see a better future in their kids than they can ever hope to have for themselves. People who know that the project they are involved in will never be complete in their lifetimes, who’s results will be judged by future generations, and despite all that, still put in more than the get out of it. That is what moves me. Life building upon life. Innovation builing upon innovation. The future is not out there, it’s in here. In life, in hopes, in dreams.

• Wi-Fi Planet on NYC’s Wireless dreams, with a little plug for me.
• Telecom’s Gold, Copper
• AT&T dails into CableLabs, chatting VoIP it seems
• POPStar dials XTen
• Covad on VoIP regulation
• BT says IP IP Hooray

Sonus Networks’ despite being kicked off Nasdaq, largely because of some problems with SEC (which is like saying slightly pregnant) is having a good year when it comes to selling its products. Revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 were $42.4 million up from $36.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 and $15.4 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2003.  Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 was $4.9 million or $0.02 per share compared with a net income of $3.0 million or $0.01 per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 and a net loss of $7.3 million or $0.03 per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2003. A clear sign, that the VoIP remains a hot market, admittedly not a large one. With AT&T gettings its VoIP groove on and Level 3 getting aggressive, the upside doesn’t come as a surprise. Those are two big customers. I am sure the conference call would have more information.

• Henshall hates Vonage, loves Skype…almost loves Skype
• Red Herring On Packet8 and its video IP phone. (via Andy)
• For some reason people are overestimating MCI’s abilities and its recent decisions to jump on the VoIP bandwagon. MCI is all about last ditch efforts and desperation these days.
• Kagoor’s cable connection
• Vonage 311
• Skype for mac beta
• Now a VoIP Fax machine
• RCN hooks up with General bandwidth for VoIP
• Global (double) Crossing touts its VoIP expertise. irony is missed on these guys, especially in the light of recent Vonage outages.

Bonusfon of Union City, Califronia has released BuzzfonP2P, a free soft phone that makes clear pc to pc calls possible without the choppiness, echoes or the high static sounds. It’s so easy to use, no configuration necessary, Buzzfon p2p will traverse most NATs and firewalls, the company claims and adds, that it promises to uphold the “no spyware installed” regulation. Bonusfon, a broadband VoIP service provider will be launching “BuzzfonP2P” through Buzzfon.com and will be competing with I guess Skype, amongst others. (PC owners, try and let me know. It does not work on Mac!)

AT&T has finally teamed up with cable companies in a bid to push its VoIP service. AT&T will recommend customers to local cable co. for broadband service and this is a win-win for both parties. T gets the distribution, and no port blocking type of problems. Cable guys can quickly roll out VoIP service without spending a dime, so to speak. Turns up the heat on tiny players in the market. Boyd Peterson, an analyst with Yankee Group, told USA Today. “It’s a pretty simple thing to do that benefits both parties.” Dave Watson, an executive vice president at Comcast added, “AT&T’s selection of Comcast and other cable providers is a strong endorsement of the value, capability and reliability of our high-speed Internet service.” Net2Phone also works with cable companies, where it acts as their outsourced VoIP provider. Funny, how they don’t get much attention, compared to Vonage which is just a few miles south of them.

Great curry, great clothes and now broadband everywhere - Britain is finally becoming a reasonable destination. British Telecom has figured out a way to extend its DSL service beyond the de riguer four kilometer-from-central-office distance to about six kilometers. That is enough to get the service to pretty much everyone even in tiny villages and hamlets. I guess they had to do something - especially given the pressure from independents using a motley crew of wireless and wireline technologies. Near 100 percent coverage will be completed by end of 2005. Stateside, a lot of start-ups are working on developing this DSL-boost.