The Jeff Pulver Blog: Looking forward to meeting the IP Communications Startup Class of 2007

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April 11, 2007

Looking forward to meeting the IP Communications Startup Class of 2007

A world with pervasive broadband offers amazing opportunities for startups to take advantage of.

I see wonderful opportunities for people to figure out presence. I see new challenges to be taken up against the incumbent communications systems that continue to be part of our everyday lives. I look forward to watch entrepreneurs take on the software challenges that will move the communications space forward.

And just wait until the major Telcos of the world start to fully embrace IP Peering. ENUM is already happening and will continue to happen (albeit slower) in some parts of the world than others.

I also believe in the future of Mobile VoIP. Fixed Mobile Convergence can happen. I've met some vendors who might just be the ones to make it a reality. It is just a matter of time, because it WILL happen.

Enterprise VoIP is just barely scratching the surface of what is possible. Sometimes, revisiting the oldest ideas using new technologies has the greatest opportunity to disrupt a marketplace.

As I work on Fall VON 2007, I am looking forward to engaging the IP Communications Startup Class of 2007, and learning how they plan on taking on this exciting marketplace. Are you in the class of 2007, or an alum of another exciting batch of disruptors? I would love to hear your thoughts and ideas. Please drop me a line.

Tags: voip, startup, ipcommunications, voip, ENUM, FMC, presence, von07, von, Jeff Pulver