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Google Confirms VoIP, Takes on Skype and Legacy Carriers
8/26/10 at 10:09 AM by Joan Engebretson
Google yesterday confirmed speculation that it would offer web-based calling from its Gmail electronic mail offering. In a blog post the company said the new service would be available to all Gmail users “over the next few days.”
Calls to the US ...
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Is Apple Hijacking TV Everywhere?
8/12/10 at 12:34 PM by Bernie Arnason
Is TV Everywhere, the concept being pushed by the traditional pay TV industry as an answer to free over-the-top video, doomed before it really gets started? Or is it just evolving into a concept driven largely by Apple’s influence?
One argument made on a ...
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DirecTV and Google Partner for TV Ads
8/11/10 at 2:26 PM by Telecompetitor
NEW YORK, Aug 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DIRECTV, the world's most popular video service, and Google announced today a strategic partnership in which Google will become the sales representative for a broad selection of advertising inventory on several cable networks carried on DIRECTV.
As a result of this partnership with DIRECTV national satellite inventory on Bloomberg, Fox Business, Centric, Fuel, ...
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Google Wave or Just Wave?
8/5/10 at 2:42 PM by Jay Cuthrell
Yesterday, Google announced their intention to end Google Wave development as a standalone website. This came as a shock to some Google Wave devotees still euphoric from Google announcing general availability of the product at their ...
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NeoNova Pitches Google Apps to Rural ISPs
8/3/10 at 1:06 PM by Telecompetitor
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- NeoNova Network Services, an industry leader in managed IP services that enable service providers to offer premium integrated communications, superior customer support and professional services and advanced subscriber and network management services to rural Telcos, today announced that they have become an authorized reseller of the Google Apps™ suite of communication and ...
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Google Launches FTTH Progress Website
7/14/10 at 10:43 AM by Andrew Burger
Google's launched a new social media site in support of its "Think big with a gig" plan-- announced in February -- to test an experimental ultra-high speed broadband fiber network in a locale a project team will select from public submissions. The company's ...
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Not So Fast Google Says Frontier, Suing Over Google Voice
6/22/10 at 6:30 PM by Bernie Arnason
Google has a knack for irritating traditional telephone companies, especially with Google Voice (GV). They first irked AT&T, who raised a net neutrality and common carrier argument with the FCC over Google Voice ...
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Google Voice Now Available to Anyone in the U.S.
6/22/10 at 2:35 PM by Bernie Arnason
We’ve chronicled Google’s feature rich Google Voice application in depth. The latest chapter sees Google opening up the availability of Google Voice to anyone in the U.S. Previously, ...
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Google TV: OTT Nirvana or Another Web TV Flameout?
5/21/10 at 8:09 AM by Bernie Arnason
Google announced it’s widely anticipated Google TV product. It’s Google’s attempt to marry the television experience with the web. “Google TV is a new experience for television that combines the TV that you already know with the freedom and power of the Internet,” says Google ...
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Google Buys IP Communications Company, Global IP Solutions
5/18/10 at 8:46 AM by Bernie Arnason
In its latest telecom move, Google is buying IP communications software developer Global IP Solutions (GIPS) for $68 million. GIPS develops software for both IP voice and video communications. Their software powers voice, video, and ...
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