We have learned that Skype, the Internet telephony division of eBay that is in the process of being spun out and sold to a group of private equity investors, is close to signing a massive distribution deal with Lenovo, the Chinese company that makes PCs and… Read More »
Voice
A few months, ago when covering the launch of Google Voice, I wrote a post entitled: Meet Google, Your Phone Company. That headline sums up why Google’s voice service has drawn the ire of everyone from AT&T to Apple Today, Ma Bell asked the Federal Communications… Read More »
Skype, a division of eBay, is likely to announce tomorrow that the beta version of its Skype for SIP offering will interoperate with Cisco Systems’ Unified Communications 500 system. This follows closely on the heels of similar arrangements struck by Skype with Shoretel and SIPfoundry’s sipXecs… Read More »
Josh Silverman, chief executive officer of Skype, wants to make sure that his Internet communications service works over the 3G networks of various phone companies including AT&T. He is going to be speaking tomorrow at an event organized by the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., extolling… Read More »
If history is any guide, then recent actions by Skype co-founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom indicate that they wouldn’t hesitate killing off their own creation, unless eBay settles and pays them a lot of money. Here is why: Friis and Zennstrom had earlier sued not… Read More »
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom’s Joost and Joltid today announced and filed a lawsuit against Michaelangelo Volpi, Joost’s former president, CEO and chairman; and his current private equity firm and Joost investor, Index Ventures. The suit claims that Volpi and Index breached fiduciary duty, interfered with… Read More »
Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg yesterday said the giant carrier is giving up on the landline and will be reorganized to reflect those changes. He cited the inevitable decline in landline subscriptions and said that video is the core product in this new era of telecommunications (notice… Read More »
