Monthly Archives: December 2007

Digium (the * company) announced today that Asterisk the  open source PBX has been downloaded 1,000,000 times! Since Asterisk is not exactly a consumer product that is a tremendous amount. Though very impressive, my questions is – is the number … Continue reading →

When you are a small company every small milestone is important. Even more when two are reached in one day! First, we are installing today by an Irish customer an independent Flat Planet Phone system. What this means is that … Continue reading →

My blogger friend Alec, has a good story to tell, read about it here. At the same time you can hear about all the cool things iotum is doing with their conference call application…

We are constantly getting inquiries from customers who need what seems to me as basic VoIP services. Requests such as We have customers in 4 countries and we would like to route incoming calls based on the country the call … Continue reading →

My friend Pat Phelan  is really roaming… I can’t keep track of him, one day he is in Vancouver, the next in London and in between he spends a couple of days in Paris. How with all these travels he … Continue reading →

While I am not a great fan of their business plan, I still think the way the big guys are battering Vonage is just not fair. The news that Nortel has jumped on the Vonage patent suit bandwagon, reminds me … Continue reading →

In addition to the new Nokia USB device that I wrote about a couple of days, Nokia launched today a PC Phone. While I have only been partially successful in getting it to work, it is important enough to write … Continue reading →

There is a great post today on GigaOM about how WordPress can actually be the basis for your own social network. Some of the bloggers quoted there suggest that building your presence on facebook serves Mark Zuckerberg well, but does … Continue reading →

My friend Kenny Bain has alerted to me to the grassroots effort to turn the iPod Touch into an iPhone. The advantages are obvious – iPhone costs $399. iPod Touch $299. iPhone requires using a cellular carrier, big bucks. iPod … Continue reading →

Jeff Pulver, the virtual Israeli, has declared Tel Aviv the hotbed of hightech development. And Mr. Andy Voipwatch agrees with him. While there is no question, that Israelis are on the forefront of many technologies, when it comes to products Israel … Continue reading →