http://gigaom.com/2008/02/11/verizons-voip-patent-game-continues/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2008/02/11/verizons-voip-patent-game-continues/#comment-861935 Here Comes Trouble: Saving Big Iron in Telecom - GigaOM Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:00:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11472#comment-861935 <p>[...] Verizon’s VoIP patent lawsuits only accelerate these trends. The telcos enjoy very high margins on the $7-to-$10 per subscriber that comes via the likes of Vonage, Cox and Charter; legal successes hasten the pace of work to shut off this revenue. The cable companies can pursue settlement-free peering of voice traffic between each other. People with SIP-based broadband phones get voice functionality without touching the telephone network. The telcos have still not recovered lost revenue from the last group of competitors (i.e CLEC’s) defeated in the courtroom. [...]</p> [...] Verizon’s VoIP patent lawsuits only accelerate these trends. The telcos enjoy very high margins on the $7-to-$10 per subscriber that comes via the likes of Vonage, Cox and Charter; legal successes hasten the pace of work to shut off this revenue. The cable companies can pursue settlement-free peering of voice traffic between each other. People with SIP-based broadband phones get voice functionality without touching the telephone network. The telcos have still not recovered lost revenue from the last group of competitors (i.e CLEC’s) defeated in the courtroom. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/02/11/verizons-voip-patent-game-continues/#comment-860939 » Verizon’s lucrative new profit center: VoIP lawsuits Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:53:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11472#comment-860939 <p>[...] Darth Verizon’s crack legal team has been a busy bunch. They found a money pot in their VoIP patents and they are milking it for all that it is worth. Until there is some kind of a technology shift or a more sensible court ruling, VoIP providers may have to start paying protection money to the big V. Verizon’s VoIP patents have become a lucrative source of income for the second-largest phone company in the U.S. After squeezing out $120 million from Vonage, the company has been filing patent infringement lawsuits against all comers — from tiny startups to cable giants like Cox. Today Verizon went after Charter Communications. (from GigaOm) [...]</p> [...] Darth Verizon’s crack legal team has been a busy bunch. They found a money pot in their VoIP patents and they are milking it for all that it is worth. Until there is some kind of a technology shift or a more sensible court ruling, VoIP providers may have to start paying protection money to the big V. Verizon’s VoIP patents have become a lucrative source of income for the second-largest phone company in the U.S. After squeezing out $120 million from Vonage, the company has been filing patent infringement lawsuits against all comers — from tiny startups to cable giants like Cox. Today Verizon went after Charter Communications. (from GigaOm) [...]

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