Alec Saunders SquawkBox

This morning we talked with Voxbone CEO Rod Ullens about the launch of their iNum service that provides a single country agnostic number under the +883 country code. An iNum number takes advantage of Voxbone’s IP-based intercontinental network such that calls from any location worldwide are either free or at a very low cost.

Rod spent some time outlining the key features and benefits of the service, how calls are made and the general rollout plans for this service. Spokespersons from four iNum Service Provider Partners – Voxeo, Mobivox, Truphone and OnState discussed how they will be using the service and their rollout plans. Of course, iotum’s CalliFlower will also announce  Wednesday their implementation of Voxbone’s service for access to Calliflower conference calls such as this one.

On the Calliflower Conference Call today: Jim Courtney (Moderator), Dan York, Kevin Baggs, Jeb Brilliant, Sheryl Breuker, Tom Carter, Luca Filigheddu, Carl Ford, Jason Harris, Brad Jones, Pat Kelly, William Volk, Peter Diedrich, Larry Lisser, Nabeel Jafferi, Sergio Meinardi.

 

 Squawk Box November 11 [30:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This morning we talked with Global IP Solutions about the future of video conferencing. You may remember Global IP Solutions as the company that teamed up with Skype to deliver high quality voice over IP from the desktop when everyone said it couldn’t be done. Today they believe we’re on the cusp of the same kind of revolution, but this time for desktop video.

VP Jan Linden and Product Manager John Hermansen discussed desktop video technologies, the challenges associated with delivering quality desktop video experiences, and what GIPS is doing to address them.  To help promote the work that they’ve done, GIPS has put out a whitepaper and video demonstration.

On the Calliflower Conference Call today: John Hermansen, Jan Linden Hudson Barton, Brad Jones, Nabeel Jafferali, Carl Ford, Jim Courtney, Jeanette Fisher, Adam Somer, William Volk, Todd Spraggins, Sheryl Breuker, Terry May, Sergio Meinardi and Yusuf Motiwala

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 Squawk Box October 29 [39:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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For our final daily SquawkBox, we discussed these stories:

• Reports are emerging that AT&T is developing an iPhone tethering plan, but network glitches are holding it up!
• Marlin, a digital rights technology created by Sony and Samsung, is apparently ready for prime time. An open source solution, it claims to solve the problems with DRM solutions from Microsoft and Apple. Have they solved the biggest problem, the fact that consumers hate DRM?
• Vonage dodges the bullet, and refinances their $253 million in convertible debt six weeks ahead of the December 16th due date.
• And Cox Communications… raises their VoIP pricing!

James Body also gave a short recap of the Symbian Show this week in London, and we had a discussion about the future of SquawkBox.  More on that later.

On today’s Calliflower Conference Call: Dan York, James Body, Jonathan Jensen, Jeanette Fisher, Jim Courtney, and Sheryl Breuker.

 

 Squawk Box October 24 [47:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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It’s Regulatory Thursday, and Carl Ford leads a discussion of the the end of the enhanced service exemption.  The FCC wants to revoke the ESP exemption for Interconnected VoIP traffic. Such a decision would not only have a financial impact on Interconnected VoIP provider. The FCC’s counsel has already told the court that this exclusive jurisdiction means that states can still apply things like state USF contributions and other things (regardless of whether it is an information service and regardless of whether there is federal jurisdiction). Revoking the ESP exemption is a huge problem.

For more details on this issue, visit the Freedom2Speak website.

On the Calliflower Conference Call today: Carl Ford, Sergio Meinardi, Alec Saunders, Jim Kohlenberger, Claude Hayn, Dwight Irving, Dawn Mular, Karel Lukas, James Markus, Dan York, Mark Hewitt, James Body, Jonathan Taylor, Geoff Love, Ed Pimental, Anatoli Levine, Jeb Brilliant, Jeanette Fisher, Bill Volk, and Mohamed El-Mohri

 

 Squawk Box October 23 [44:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This morning’s discussion focused on the announcements RIM made at their developer conference yesterday.

RIM’s application store is coming in March, and developers will get 80% of the revenue from the store, as opposed to the 70% that Apple is offering.

Plus:  New Web Tools Become Available (still using Java as foundation); WebSignals allows developers to incorporate push notification in any application, and upgraded developer tools.

During his talk Mike Lazaradis mentioned that Blackberry had 54% US smartphone market share last month.

On the Calliflower Conference Call this morning: Molly Schonthal, Sergio Meinardi, Arshad Merali, Dan York, Jim Courtney, Craik Pyke, Jeanette Fisher, Bill Volk, Mike Pruyn, Yusuf Motiwala, Kevin Bowman

 

 Squawk Box October 22 [33:53m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download