Regular readers of this blog should have noticed that in the past few weeks I’ve been covering some topics much less while I’m writing more about other topics. It’s just the result of an analysis of what the readers of my blog are looking for so I’m just behaving accordingly. Makes sense, right?
Since I still work actively in the VoIP/ telecommunications space, I have tested and reviewed a number of VoIP Providers. One service that I am particularly fond of is Axvoice (www.axvoice.com), I will discuss the details some other time. Anyway, VoIP always remains one of my major interests and I keep being involved in this space as well as being in touch with the most representative people in the VoIP arena.
Ok, what if you want to follow them on Twitter? Who are them? How can you find them? To give you an aswer to the previous questions, here is a list (alphabetical order) of the top 30 people (I met in person 24 of them) who are worth following on Twitter if you are interested/involved in VoIP.
1) Alec Saunders
Former Microsoft manager, canadian guy, father of 5 and CEO of Iotum, company behind the great conference calling service Calliflower.
Follow Alecat: http://twitter.com/asaunders
2) Alex Drewniak
Alex is one of the Rebtel’s men, who also takes care of their corporate account. Very active on Twitter, worth a follow.
Follow Alexat: http://twitter.com/drewie123
3) Alok Saboo
Alok is the only Phd student in this list and looks like a very passionate guy for everything is VoIP. Definitely a person to follow.
Follow Alokat: http://twitter.com/truvoip
Andy is the CEO of Comunicano, one of the most important PR agency in the US, with customers mostly in the field of unified communications (just to name one, GrandCentral, now Google Voice, was his customer)
Follow Andyat: http://twitter.com/andyabramson
5) Craig Walker
Former CEO of Dialpad, former CEO of GrandCentral, now one of the minds behind Google Voice, the latest innovative service launched by Google. Very nice and friendly guy, it’s always a pleasure speaking with him.
Follow Craigat: http://twitter.com/cwalker123
6) Daemon Welch Abernathy
Former Nokia employee, he’s a real, proud, geek. A must follow.
Follow Phoneboyat: http://twitter.com/phoneboy
7) Dan York
One of the men behind Voxeo, a company deeply involved in the VoIP space. As of a couple of days ago, Director of Communications at Voxeo.
Follow Dan at: http://twitter.com/danyork
David Beckemeyer
David is another VoIP guru based in the bay area. One of the minds behind Phonegnome and Phweet.
Follow Davidat: http://twitter.com/mrblog
9) Dean Elwood
Dean is a hands-on VoIP guy who worked for various companies in the VoIP space. UK-based.
Follow Dean at: http://twitter.com/deanelwood
10) Don Thorson
Don is one of the minds behind Ribbit, the mountain view based VoIP company recently acquired by British Telecom. Another very nice guy and very active on Twitter.
Follow Donat: http://twitter.com/donthorson
11) Frederik Hermann
Frederik is a German guy emigrated to Mountain View in order to head the communications at Jajah. Very nice guy, it’s always a pleasure talking with him.
Follow Frederikat: http://twitter.com/netzkobold
12) Garrett Smith
Do you have questions on what the best wifi phone is? How expensive the latest VoIP router is? Ask Garrett.
Follow Garrettat: http://twitter.com/garrettsmith
13) Irv Shapiro
Irv is another person I met during one of my trips to California. He’s CEO at IfByPhone, a Voice 2.0 company.
Follow Irvat: http://twitter.com/irvshapiro
14) James Body
James is a leading engineer of Truphone, a popular mobile VoIP service based in UK. James is a real expert of low level protocols and design and he is really, really a funny guy. Worth following. BTW, ask him how many mobile phone he owns…
Follow Jamesat: http://twitter.com/jamesbody
15) Jeff Pulver
Jeff is the VoIP guru here and one of the first early adopters of this technology. Jeff is the inventor of VON conferences and now involved in many initiatives in the field of social communications and unified communications (the latest one is about HD Voice)
Follow Jeffat: http://twitter.com/jeffpulver
16) Jim Courtney
Long time high technology executive, Jim has been involved with Skype Journal since a few weeks ago, when he launched his new Venture VoiceOnTheWeb.com. I keep learning a lot from him.
Follow Jimat: http://twitter.com/jimcanuck
17) Ken Camp
Ken is certainly an early adopter of any kind of technology and a Telecom expert. Definitely a must-follow.
Follow Kenat: http://twitter.com/kencamp
18) Kerry Ritz
Former CEO of Vonage UK, he’s now CEO at Palringo, an innovative unified communication service for a wide range of mobile phones.
Follow Kerryat: http://twitter.com/kerryritz
19) Lee Dryburgh
Lee is a VoIP expert, very well known in the last couple two years for being the organizer of eComm, the premier conference on emercing communications.
Follow Leeat: http://twitter.com/leedryburgh
20) Martyn Davies
Voip Expert from Dialogic, UK based, Martyn has been talking telecoms for the past 20 years.
Follow Martynat: http://twitter.com/martyndavies
21) Mark Spencer
CTO and Founder of Digium, the mother of Asterisk, the most popular open source VoIP project so far. Does he need introductions?
Follow Mark at: http://twitter.com/markster
22) Moshe Maeir
Israeli guy, he wants to make the world flat when it comes to telephony.
Follow Moshe at: http://twitter.com/flatPlanet
23) Phil Wolff
Phil is now the man behind Skype Journal. He’s involved in everything related to VoIP and Skype.
Follow Philat: http://twitter.com/evanwolf
24) Rich Tehrani
CEO of TMCNet and, together with Tom Keating, a long time observer of what’s going on in the VoIP space.
Follow Richat: http://twitter.com/rtehrani
25) Scott Wharton
Former VP of Broadsoft, I met Scott at the P&PTechCenter in Sunnyvale. Impressed by their new venture, Vidtel, a pure IP to IP video telephony service. Worth a follow (not for his avatar, though!) 
Follow Scottat: http://twitter.com/scottwharton
26) Stuart Henshall
Together with David, co-founder and CEO of Phweet, a service which brings VoIP to Twitter, and founder of Skypejournal (which left after the acquisition of Skype by eBay).
Follow Stuartat: http://twitter.com/stuarthenshall
27) Thomas Howe
Tom is an expert of everything about voice mashups and as of a couple of days ago, he’s the CEO of Jaduka.
Follow Tomat: http://twitter.com/howethomas
28) Tom Keating
One of the men behind Internet Telephony Magazine & Expo. A long time observer of what’s going on in the VoIP space.
Follow Tomat: http://twitter.com/tomkeating
29) Tsahi Levent Levi
Tsahi, from Israel, is product manager at Radvision. He eats SIP and Video for dinner 
Follow Tsahiat: http://twitter.com/tsahil
…and, last but not least,
30) Myself!
10 years in the VoIP market, social media enthusiast, Twitter addict. Don’t forget to follow me!
Follow me: http://twitter.com/filos
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I was inspired by apostfrom Luca Filigheddu, a perennial VoIP commentator who always has something to say, who posted about his list of top 30 VoIP thought leaders who used twitter and their twitter accounts. My list is much smaller, but contains a few people I thought deserved to be on the list (
it is as important: You can now follow me on twitter to receive more from me on a variety of topics. Not to indulge in self promotion, I’ll quote Luca Fligheddu who just recently gave me his vote of confidence and included me in his list oftop 30 VoIP leaders to follow on twitter. Download your free eBook guide on Video Conferencing, the Enterprise and You. Post from: VoIP Survivor Related posts Open Standards Are Not Open Source (3) VoIP from around the net: March 19, 2009 (0) Switching
FierceVoIP officially unveiled our Twitter efforts two weeks ago, and we expect to crank the tweets in about 10 days down at VoiceCon, followed by the MetaSwitch Forum and NAB later in April. For more: – Luca’s Top 30 VoIP People Twitterlist. – FierceVoIP ‘s Twitter page. Related articles Twittering the telcos – FierceTelecom Of VoiceCon, CTIA and Twitter – FierceVoIP read more…
Luca Filigheddu has a Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter postworth checking out. TMC’s Rich Tehrani and I are on the list. Honestly, I haven’t seriously started using twitter until the beginning of this month, so I’m just ramping up my followers and who I follow. So I’m grateful to Luca for still considering me for the list
Luca Filigheddu has a Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter postworth checking out. TMC’s Rich Tehrani and I are on the list. Honestly, I haven’t seriously started using twitter until the beginning of this month, so I’m just ramping up my followers and who I follow. So I’m grateful to Luca for still
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