Skype has ambitions that go beyond simply offering cheap voice. It wants to be a communication platform that is embedded in various computer applications, consumer electronics and mobile devices. In order to do that the company is ramping up its presence in Silicon Valley. Read More »
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Juniper Research says that the total number of mobile VoIP minutes will jump from 15 billion minutes in 2010 to 470.6 billion minutes by 2015. US is going to account for 135 billion mobile VoIP minutes by 2015. Now good news for mobile VoIP startups. Read More »
Twilio, a San Francisco-based startup that offers a platform and services to marry voice to the web world is launching OpenVBX, an open source web application that is in essence a roll-your-own Google Voice. With the app you can route calls to existing phones. Read More »
Jive Software today launched what it hopes will become a Facebook-style social networking platform for businesses, complete with an activity stream, an open API and an application store. But whether Jive’s new offering can make social networking more palatable to business users remains to be seen. Read More »
Skype says that less than a week after it was made available, nearly 5 million people have downloaded the 3G version of its iPhone app, with the demand distributed across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. But how many people are actually using it? Read More »
Mig33, a mobile social service with 34 million members, in October of 2009 decided to shift its center of gravity to where its customers were: Asia. It also went from selling voice minutes to social games and virtual goods. The moves seem to be paying off. Read More »
Skype is launching a new set of subscription plans that would make it even cheaper to call globally. These plans come as a 60-minute to unlimited calling packages. Prices to many locations across the globe are going to be around a penny a minute. Read More »
It’s rare to see our political leaders use common sense when making decisions, so when they do, we should celebrate. House Republican leaders led have reportedly sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to allow the use of Skype for video conferencing purposes. Read More »
We all marvel at Facebook, with its roughly 400 million users. For context, consider Skype, which at the end of the fourth quarter of 2009 had 560 million registered users, a data point Skype’s chief technology strategist, Jonathan Rosenberg, shared with the attendees of eComm. Read More »
There will be 288 million users of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) by 2013, says market research firm, In-Stat. Indeed, while so far, VoIP has been driven largely by the likes of cable companies, the next big VoIP boost is going to come from mobile. Read More »
Skype and Nokia this morning announced the addition of Skype for Symbian to Ovi Store, which is picking up traction with Nokia users around the world. It’s a huge win for Skype in terms of distribution and brand awareness, and a major threat to carriers. Read More »
Skype and Verizon this week announced a partnership that would embed the Internet calling service on Verizon’s smartphones. The question on my mind was: Is this deal exclusive? And when executives refused to share details, I did some digging. Here are some new details. Read More »
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