Bio: Mike Seto, Todays VUC Guest
Michael Seto
Vice President, Market & Business Development
Voice Communications
Polycom
Michael Seto is vice president of market and business development for Polycom’s voice communications division.
Counterpath’s New Eyebeam Release
Jason Fischl, CTO of long time-VoIP leader Counterpath, contacted me by email to advise that they have released a new version of Eyebeam for Windows that is supposed to address the G.722 interoperability issue reported last fall. The release is available in their support forums. Licensed users can update their installations now. I’ve downloaded the release and will be trying it out over the next couple of days.
Dramatic Delta Around Delta Three
Looks like big change is afoot at Delta Three, namely they've sold a controlling stake in the company to investment company D4 Holdings. Doug Mohney of Fierce VoIP has the details from an SEC filing. Delta Three was the white…
Philips DECT Phones: Fail!
After a few weeks of use we’ve decided that these Philips DECT phones we acquired on WOOT.COM have just got to go. At $49 for a set of four handsets they were certainly inexpensive so I’m not all that upset. There are simply too many things about the devices that are source of frustration, so I’m once again shopping for alternatives. I should know better than to make impulse purchases. I’m such a sucker for new gadgetry.
What is the cause our frustration? So kind of you to ask….
Connecting The Dots: Verizon, Delta Three & Panasonic
Om Malik suggests that Verizon’s shutdown of their VoiceWing residential VoIP service could be the end of Delta three. When I first started experimenting with VoIP Delta Three was flying high, and I looked at their I Connect Here offering briefly. They managed to land some very interesting deals, including Verizon’s ill-fated Voice Wing and a partnership with Panasonic called JoIP.
Verizon’s Home Hub: Initial Hands-On & The Backstory
Tomorrow will see the launch of Verizon’s Hub home phone offering. Engadget has a post describing their initial hand’s-on experience with the device. Also, Telephony Online has a nice piece on how Verizon went about developing the Hub in conjunction with OpenPeak.
In reading through both these posts I find myself left doubting that Verizon is going to get much traction with the device & service.