So much for making quick use of your $8.5 billion dollar investment Steve.
Today Tango, one of the fastest growing communication services ever, announced that its service will be the first mobile video calling service available for the upcoming Windows Phone update “Mango” beating out Microsoft’s own mobile video calling service Skype.
Not that this should come as a surprise. After all Microsoft has a track record of botching acquisition integrations and given that Tango is still a start-up, they’re afforded the benefit of not having to deal with Skype’s massive daily operations (nor the Microsoft bureaucracy).
But adding fuel, or at the very least press release fodder, to a fast growing competitor is never a good thing.
Given the rising interest in consumer and business video calling one has to wonder if Tango, who now has the platform trifecta of iPhone, Andriod and Windows Phone, won’t soon become the front runner in mobile video calling. With video quickly becoming as pervasive as voice it would be a mammoth position to be in.
Thanks to a few month head start on each platform, a laser focus and a boatload of cash, Microsoft’s Skype could have a very real competitor for the first time. The disruptor becomes the disrupted.
Sounds pretty familiar, huh Microsoft?
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Windows Mobile Gets Tango, Skype Holds up the Wall
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Windows Mobile Gets Tango, Skype Holds up the Wall
October 26th, 2011
Polycom SoundStation Duo
File this one under why didn’t this exist already.
Today Polycom announced their latest conference phone offering, the SoundStation Duo, which marries VoIP and PSTN calling capabilities into one device.
Polycom SoundStation Overview
The Polycom Duo comes packed with all the industry leading features that you’ve come to expect from Polycom such as:
- SIP based, with support for today’s leading IP PBX platforms
- Killer voice quality through Polycom HDVoice
- Full dial pad and four softkeys
- White scale LCD
- Power over Ethernet through a single RJ45
- Single FXO port
Plus…
- Automatic failover from IP to analog in case your network goes down
- Applications port for connecting a mobile phone when an analog line isn’t available
Polycom SoundStation Duo is a Win-Win
This dual-mode conference phone is a smart move by the folks at Polycom.
With analog line revenues decreasing, but still representing a large chunk of their conferencing business, the Polycom Duo will allow Polycom to merge their legacy SoundStation into their current IP offerings. This will give Polycom them the ability to painlessly phase out their analog offerings without losing revenues to those behind the times.
All while ensuring the market laggards are future proofed for when they final make the switch.
The Polycom SoundStation Duo is now available through certified Polycom partners like VoIP Supply with a list price of $849 USD.
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Polycom SoundStation Duo
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Polycom SoundStation Duo
October 4th, 2011
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USDA, Broadband, Rural America http://snapvoip.blogspot.com
ISPs and Telecommunications companies strewn about in 16 states will receive more than $103 million in funding from Federal Government to expand High speed broadband Internet service to rural America that have not seen the high-speed service in their…
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USDA awards $103M+ To Expand Broadband Internet In Rural America
August 23rd, 2011
Even though many communities across USA are looking at Kansas city, Kansas with envy, I am happy that Google has broken grounds on the project. Even if Google is selective (1100 communities wanted Google Fiber to Home) in it’s High speed networks and where they are laid out, other providers can not ignore the fact that fiber to home is the way to go. Google and it’s Gigabit Fiber network will be…
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March 31st, 2011
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ChinaTel advances its deployment in the Haixi Special Economic Zone within the People’s Republic of China SHENZHEN, China & SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions,…
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ZTE Will Supply Equipment and Services to ChinaTel for Its Wireless Broadband Network in Fujian Province
March 15th, 2011
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