Cisco has quietly released two new wireless VoIP phones - one of which is a slick new desktop phone we have been playing around with in the VoIP Supply offices. The first - the Cisco CP-7925G - is the replacement for Cisco’s CP-7921G wireless VoIP phone. According to my man Ted at UC500.com the CP-7925G comes [...]

When someone first described Fonolo to me I couldn’t fathom it. I mean…it can’t be true. A voice service that is both useful AND easy to use? But that’s just what Fonolo’s “Deep Dial” service delivers. If you’re not familiar with Shai Berger and his company Fonolo - look out - their company enables you to take control [...]

For those of you out there who celebrated a holiday and enjoyed a few days away from it all, I hope you and yours enjoyed it. I know I did. For those of you still “away from it all” I wish I was there with you - continue to enjoy. After a few day break, I [...]

Over the last two weeks we have heard from almost every corner of the VoIP industry. The executives we have interviewed are pioneers, thought leaders and visionaries that are truly shaping the future of this industry. Then there is Andy Abramson - a guy who is all three rolled into one. From his position as CEO [...]

The small medium business (SMB) and the IP PBX markets are two markets that are hotly contested these days. 3CX - purveyors of a software based Windows IP PBX for the SMB - sits at the intersection of both of these markets. Who better to discuss the Near Future of VoIP within each of [...]

Some people - really smart people - just don’t get it. Thanks to the economy there are lot’s of people - some of whom are really smart - pointing out the compensation that many of the nation’s top executives are raking in this year. Me? I could really care less how much some CEO or VP at [...]

In what has been a rather bizarre chain of events, I went from not having Internet access at home (mostly like due to our first REAL snow of the year) yesterday, to not being able to access Gmail (today…who knows). Yes, I realize that there are more important things in the world, but these two little [...]

When you hear the words VoIP you instantly think of innovation. And in order to waver the storm that will continue for most of 2009 - the VoIP industry must continue to be innovative. What better way to get a glimpse into the innovations to come in the next year, then talk to one of the [...]

With the likes of Vonage on the verge of extinction thanks to the pummeling they’ve received since the start of their operations, no one can dispute the impact cable companies have had on the VoIP industry over the last few years. But will 2009 bring a further tightening of their grip on the industry - [...]

I recently started reading the blog of Carl Weinschenk over at ITBusinessEdge after working with him on a story about Mobile VoIP. One post that caught my attention had to do with Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), Unified Communications (UC) and whether supporters of the technology should be optimistic or pessimistic about the prospects of both [...]

If you know anything about VoIP, you know that your networks performance is paramount to a quality calling experience. This is where our next interview in the series is coming from. Steve Wong is the VP of Marketing for ClearSight Networks. ClearSight Networks an analysis and monitoring solutions provider who is in the business of ensuring [...]

I haven’t written much commentary of late, due to the Near Future of VoIP series, but this morning I caught Om Malik’s piece on the bleak future of telecom via Techmeme. The story reminded me that - contrary to Om’s statements - telecom does have a bright future. It’s not, however, in the way we once [...]

We have heard from folks in the hosted, the mobile voice and the emerging voice as a service spaces, but now let’s hear from someone in the highly criticized, yet ever so promising space of Unified Communications. David Schenkel is the CTO of Objectworld, a company that provides unified communications software solutions that enable [...]

I could tell from just spending a little time on the phone with him, that Dan Hoffman was someone that needed to be included in this series. Dan, the CEO of Voice as a Service provider M5 Networks in New York City is one of those visionaries that is changing the way mid-sized businesses view [...]

The next interview brings Peter Diedrich. Peter is the CEO of Voice Services platform provider Mobivox. If that description of Mobivox strikes you as odd, that’s because Mobivox recently announced a change in their strategy - moving from a direct to consumer Mobile VoIP play, to a value added services platform for carriers play. It should [...]

One of the VoIP services that I use quite often is Junction Network’s OnSIP VoIP service (especially good when using with Rf.com on the Apple iPhone), so it is only natural to have their CEO, Mike Oeth tell me a little bit more about what he’s sees as the near future of VoIP. Mike is [...]

For the latest in this series, I present Irv Shapiro. Irv is the CEO of one of my favorite companies, IfByPhone and he really knows his stuff. He has started three technology companies in last 30 years.  His first, Metamor Technologies, was a two-time Inc 500 award-winning consultancy, and his second, Edventions, was an elementary [...]

For the first interview in the series, I looked to Phone.com CEO Ari Rabban. Ari is an IP communications industry veteran, with specific expertise in the start-up environment, moving companies from concept to operation. Ari joined Phone.com from Pulver Ventures, an incubator for new IT companies. Previously, Ari served as vice president of corporate development and [...]

One of the questions that I am asked most frequently about the VoIP industry is “What’s next?” It’s was with that in mind, that I have decided to run a month long interview series with many of the industry’s thought leaders about the near future of VoIP. The thought leaders, comprised of CEO, VP and product [...]

Mobile VoIP service provider truphone announced the availability of their Truphone application for the iPod Touch today. This announcement, which is the latest in a series of announcements out of the company, essentially turns your iPod Touch into a pretty robust WiFi Voip phone or, to coin a new term, a VoIP Smartphone. With the iPod [...]