SunRocket, the standalone VoIP provider, has gone belly up. This is just the beginning – there will be more casualties among standalone VoIP providers. What’s interesting about SunRocket is that they raised $80 million from BlueRun Ventures (formerly Nokia Venture Partners), Mayfield Fund, Doll Capital Management and Anthem Capital Management, but only have 200,000 customers. [...]
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5 reasons why VoIP providers will go Bust
Recent news has highlighted that VoIP service provider SunRocket has gone bust. This is no case of bad management – more and more VoIP providers will fall off the face of the earth in the coming months and years. Before getting into the why and the who, let’s look at the different types of VoIP [...]
Babelgum strengthens strategy, gets new CEO
Babelgum, the upstart Internet TV network that looks and works much like Joost, has appointed Valerio Zingarelli as the CEO. Zingarelli takes over from co-founder Erik Lumer who will now focus on strategic product development. Prior to Babelgum, Zingarelli was an independent Boardmember of Fastweb, the second largest Wireline Telecommunication Company in Italy. Before that, [...]
What is Ribbit up to?
Ribbit is yet-another startup in stealth mode. According to its web site, Ribbit offers a new way to communicate without the hassle of additional software or hardware, and without having to purchase a new device. Putting voice and choice back into communications…is what Ribbit does. So we now know its some kind of telecom or [...]
Jingle’s 1-800-FREE-411 Service on Skype
Jingle Networks, the provider of the free 411 service 1-800-FREE411, is now easily accessible to Skype users in the United States. Skype is a leading Internet VoIP company that is looking to spread its wings and 1-800-FREE411 is a free Directory Assistance service in the U.S. – so this looks like a match made in [...]
iPhones for less than $15! No Waiting in Line
Would you like to have an iPhone? But cannot shell out $499 or don’t want to stand in line? Bidwarslive.com is allowing people to get an iPhone without waiting in line and without the massive price tag. Bidwarslive.com is auctioning 4 Apple iPhones in July. But they don’t go to the highest bidder! The iPhone [...]
MojoBaby launches Mobile Content site
Mobile content launch pad MojoBaby officially launched this week. MyMojoBaby.com or MojoBaby.com focuses on sharing content with friends and family; Users can post photos and text messages from their mobile phone, somewhat like the love child of twitter and flickr. The nice thing about MojoBaby is a widget called Mojo Player that can be embedded [...]
Openads to focus on much needed features with $5 million investment
Openads, which offers open source ad server software for Web sites to manage their online ad campaigns, is a 6 month old company that spun out of London based Unanimis. While Openads itself is only 6 months old, the open source ad server software its developing is based on open-source phpAdsNew, which has existed since [...]
