Hmm..Is it just me or is VoIP back bigtime now, albeit as a money spinner. The last time I blogged about Skype, things were at a high for that market. Last few days, there has been quite some noise from a coupla players. One’s a new startup called Jajah and the other’s good ‘ol grand-daddy of ‘em internet portals, Lycos. Interestingly, both follow a new kind of value addition. While Jajah, lets you use your regular landlines to call other countries, Lycos goes a step further and gives you a local US number that is tied to your user account on the software. I have tried out Lycos and so far, it sure does seem to work without a glitch. Jajah- blame the Indian populace. We’ve already used all the trial minutes that they have allocated for this country ;) Anyways. I sure thought it was interesting to see varying thoughts coming into play in this market and how marketers wanna survive on under 1cent calls !!

Meanwhile, at another plane, the merger of Alcatel & Lucent is sure creating a ripple effect in the telecom equipment industry that has seen worse times. With paranoid American administration trying to do its best to ensure the spread of unbridled capitalism or whatever they feel it is and blocking deals by foreign industrial groups, it sure is interesting to see modern day insularity at play !

And at yet another plane, do give the PaGaLGirL a dekko. They are running a couple of very well thought out interviews with working women. And their forum too seems to be going great guns. Good show  Sowmya :)