Monthly Archives: September 2005
Carrier, Consumer VOIP Traffic Stats
iLocus has issued its sixth annual VOIP report that includes flurry of statistic tidbits. Among the highlights are that service providers carried 342.7 billion minutes of VOIP traffic from July 2004 to June 2005. Of these minutes, 77.7 billion were … Continue reading
Pay-Per-Call: The Next Pay-Per-Click?
If you look at the $4.1-billion eBay-Skype deal, it doesn't make much sense other than an expensive foray into the pay-per-call world. eBay CEO Meg Whitman talked a lot on the post-deal conference call about using Skype to offer PPCall … Continue reading
Fierce15 VOIP List
FierceVOIP has issued its list of 15 emerging companies. There are a pair of Canadian firms that appear – Atreus Systems and Borderware Technologies – compared with one (Natural Convergence) in 2004. Last year's list featured Skype, Vonage and 8×8.
The Register's Harsh Take on ebay-Skype
The Register's Andrew Orlowski thinks little of the eBay-Skype deal based on an analysis (scolding) he offers up. Here's just one example of his take: “Couldn't eBay have done something more sensible with $4 billion – like give the money … Continue reading
Dot-com M&A: New but Different
Just a quick follow on a post yesterday that looked at the next big deal in the VOIP space. By stepping back and taking a look at the Web landscape, does it seem that unreasonable for a Google or a … Continue reading
The Beginning of the End for Technorati?
You knew it was only going to be a matter of time before Google moved into the blog search market. The question was whether it would be done through the typical “beta” program or through an acquisition such as Technorati. … Continue reading
