Archive for May, 2005

Verizon, ALLTEL in merger talks?

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 7:16 PM PT Comments (9)

Engadget just got a tip that Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL might be in merger talks.
Haven’t been able to confirm this yet, so take it as a rumor for now, but we just got a tip that Verizon Wireless and ALLTEL have been in merger talks for the past few weeks (and by merger we pretty [...]

The US VoIP Race Is On

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 6:55 PM PT Comments (1)

TeleGeography says that there will be 4.1 million VoIP subscribers by end of 2005 and these subscribers will spend around $1 billion on their VoIP home services. U.S. residential subscriber totals have jumped from 150,000 at the end of 2003 to well over 2 million as of March 2005. Vonage says it has about 700,000 [...]

Vonage has 700,000 subscribers

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 6:48 PM PT Comments (3)

Vonage chief executive Jeffrey Citron told Reuters that his closely held firm currently has more than 700,000 subscribers, and was adding about 15,000 a week. The company added 249,000 subscribers in the first quarter, up from 114,000 in the fourth quarter, but Citron said growth might take a dip, before picking up towards end [...]

Chilean Incumbent Blocking VoIP

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 6:42 PM PT Comments (2)

First Telmex now Telefonica. Regular reader, Leo emailed me a link to story which basically says that Telefonica Chile has been sued for blocking VoIP to their clients. The most amazing thing is that they’re not blocking it by being the ISP, they are blocking it even when they are just the “last mile” providers [...]

Browser Switchers - Fewer Than Expected

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 7:31 AM PT Comments (8)

If you read the news reports you would think that harried consumers sick and tired of malicious spyware and all the other online crud normally blamed on Internet Explorer would be switching allegiances in large numbers. That percentage seems to be around 11%, according to research conducted by Harris Interactive for Opera Software. Well maybe [...]

Satellite Radio CEO Cat-Fight

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 2:51 AM PT Comments (0)

Business 2.0 Hugh Panero, XM Satellite Radio CEO on rival Sirius Satellite Radio and its chief executive Mel Karmazin.
“There’s a difference between press attention, which is what they have, and momentum, which is what we’ve got. He used to tell everyone that satellite radio was a niche business with no future, Now he’s a [...]

Bells Setback in Texas IPTV Battle

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 2:34 AM PT Comments (0)

Baby Bells plans to offer IPTV in Texas had a bit of setback, when Texas State Senate rejected a proposed legislation that would have allowed Verizon and SBC to fast track their IPTV services by signing a single statewide video franchise agreement, instead of negotiating with individual cities. The cable guys on the other hand, [...]

T-Mobile USA 3G in 2007

Om Malik, Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 12:33 AM PT Comments (4)

If you are waiting for 3G from T-Mobile USA, well then you have a long wait ahead of you. The company is not likely to launch its services before 2007. “We plan to begin the 3G rollout in the second half of next year and the first services shall launch in 2007,” T-Mobile USA’s Chief [...]

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