Telecom List - Updated

Your special attention, please, for the Voice 2.0 manifesto, down under in this list. I regret to have overlooked this great article until recently.
Without a doubt, "social phone apps & services" are amongst the most interesting areas within the 2.0 zone. The intelligent phone segment has reached a level of critical mass in many markets. Furthermore, some (open source!) databases and some solution providers are making it much easier now to port apps and content to more mobile phone operating systems. Interfaces are getting (slowly...) better. Digital natives are often preferring their mobile connectivity above web based communications - and they are exploring all new phone features (mms, video, games) that "digital immigrants" have been consistently ignoring.
ut the biggest boosts will come from these new phones being "always on", extending the phone's core capabilities with the phenomenon of "awareness", and from location based apps, that now seem to become an integal part of the smartest new handsets. Location based services will thus reach our back pockets, anytime, anywhere - "socializing" communications and content much further than we even can imagine today.
Some of the companies in the list below are blasting away traditional telecom business - in fact, like Skype, or potentially, like Fring, Jajah and Rebtel. Others are - at least for the time being - potentially good ARPU drivers.
I'm sure that the list below is only a very small representation of what's going on in the world. Making these apps & services available for many phones in many countries is a very complex thing (thanx to our beloved operators), so many of them are only available locally, or still virtually invisible because they're targeting only the relatively still small segment of people with the most advanced phones. Others fail to grow to maturity - and visibility - because the telcos still think that they have to play an active role in offering them thru semi-closed portals, and/or because the telcos still take too big a chunk of the (premium) revenues to successfully monetize these initiatives.
I also see many cool wap concepts from the beginning of the century making a comeback. Wap push might explode this year. Another thing is that many of these companies are European, often originating from smaller (Scandinavian!) markets. For them it's hard to prove the viability of their concepts. And if they do succeed in that in their home market, it's hard to internationalize their business, and reach a massive audience. A funny aspect of this sub-sector is that many of the entrepreneurs behind them, probably coming from the telecom sector, don't seem to know what's presently driving New Web business. They for instance invest heavily in richly designed front-ends, and endless explanations of how their thingies work, where Web 2.0 companies all go for optimizing the Lightness of their interfaces, and for encouraging their users to 'find' all features themselves, or to teach each other on how to use them.
Finally, I am aware that I've largely ignored everything that's presently happening with and around VoIP. And that I've lost track of most new cool apps that recently have been developed within the Skype ecosystem. If you know of any source that comprehensively aggregates knowledge on these subjects of the Telecom 2.0 category, please let me know.

3jam - One to many texting - Communicate
Admob - Buy or sell mobile advertizing - Marketing
Allfreecalls - Make free calls from the USA - Communicate
Anothr - Manage & read feeds in Skype messenger - RSS
Asterisk* - Open source phone system (free) - Software
Beetagg - Scan branded sema code with your cell to get access to website - Marketing
Bitbomb - Web2SMSs reminders - Office
Blogtalkradio - Host your own phone-in talkradio show online - Audio
Bluepulse - Internet 2 cell phone - Software
Buddystumbler - Find someone to IM with - Communicate
Busythumbs - Post & share text & photos from cell to blog - Publish
Byoms - Personalized IM search agents on your cell - Search
Callthefuture - Place future phone calls - Communicate
Cellcast - Record audio or video with your cell phone & share it with friends - Communicate
Cellitused** - Sell your cell - Ecommerce
Celljournalist - Sell your scoops live - News
Cellpedia - Search for mobile phones - Search
Cellsea - Make, upload & share ringtones - Audio
Cellswapper - Swap out or in a mobile phone contract - Economy
Celltell - Send voice notes from your phone - Communicate
Chinswing - Voice message board - Communicate
Cingularmusicid - Have music recognized thru your cell - Audio
Clicktoscan - Scan, store & share documents with your phone camera - Images
Clicmobile - Mobile social software - Software
Comvu - Broadcast video live from your cell - Video
Connectmeanywhere - Mobile & landlines over IP - Communicate
Craigsnumber - Get a temporary, anonymous phone number - Communicate
Crickee - Send & receive sms for free - Communicate
Daem* - Take pics with your phone cam, have them recognized & win prizes - Marketing
Digitalmagics - Stream your mobile videos over IPTV - Video
Dodgeball - Hook in with your mobile & meet friends - Community
Down2night - Subscribe for text alerts on what's happening tonight (stealth) - Ecommerce
Dsimobile - Start an mvno network - Ecommerce
Egress - Mobile RSS reader - RSS
Emoze - Mobile email and PIM data - Office
Enablr - Transcribe podcasts, Text2Snailmail… - Audio
Entriq - Multi channel PSP technology & services - PSP
Eqo - Call, text & IM your buddies on your mobile - Communicate
Ether - Set up your call center, make money - Economy
Filemobile - Store, organize, share & blog your media - Publish
Flurrymail - Your email on your current mobile phone - Communicate
Foonz - Make group calls for free (USA) - Communicate
Fotochatter - Publish & share photo on web & cell - Images
Fring - Call for free on your 3G cell - Communicate
Frucall - Mobile price comparison - Ecommerce
Funambol - Mobile OS project - Software
Funkycall - Record, upload, deploy & share your phone pranks - Communicate
Gearon - Social mobile network around your cellphone's contacts - Community
Getabuz - Create a voice mail with music - Communicate
Gizmo - Call Gizmo friends for free, or pay low rates - Communicate
Glue - Publish & share your website's content on mobile devices - Publish
Good - Global mobile messaging for the enterprise - Communicate
Grandcentral* - Get 1 phone number for all your calls - Communicate
Groovr - Text to & network with friends - Community
Hobnobster - Web and mobile community & social bookmarking - Date
Hotxt - Skype for sms - Communicate
Hullo* - Integrates soft, cell & landline phones - Communicate
ICQphone - Call at low rates - Communicate
Imity - Sense phones (and friends) around you thru Bluetooth - Community
Imobio - Store, share & rank your mobile photos online - Images
Invitika - Organize, report & share events thru your cell - Community
Iotum - Sorts & processes calls on relevance - Communicate
Iqzone - Upload photo & text for classified ads thru your cell phone - Ecommerce
Iskoot - Call people on your online buddylists - Communicate
Ispott - Mobile treasure hunt - Game
Jabbin - PC2PC voip (Jabber client) - Communicate
Jabphone - Messenger2phone - Communicate
Jaiku - Social phone directory showing where you are (Nokia S60 2nd ed.) - Community
Jajah - Free phone calls, glocally - Communicate
Jangl - Hide your cell phone number (Stealth) - Communicate
Joopz - Web2Text & Text2Web - Communicate
Jott - Voice & text 2 email & mobile - Communicate
Juicecaster - Upload & cast cell photos & videos - Publish
Jumpclaimer - Inform your relatives about your whereabouts thru sms - Communicate
Jumptap - Mobile search solutions - Software
Juvino - Reroute your mobile calls and texting - Communicate
Jyve - Find, meet & interact with Skype users - Community
Kaywa - Publish & share multimedia on web & cell - Multimedia
Kerpass - Personal security software for web & mobile - Identity
Kishkish - Detect lies thru phone - Communicate
Kuscash* - Mobile wallet community - PSP
Linknsurf - Track & share blogs on your mobile - Publish
Loquendotts - Text2sneeze - Communicate
Lowlandsguide~** - Explore the lay of the Lowland Festival with this mobile app - Geo
Mabber - Mobile messenger - Communicate
Mads~ - Buy or sell mobile advertizing - Marketing
Mblox - Global mobile transaction solutions - PSP
Mediosystems - Mobile search & recommendation engine - Software
Meetmoi - Mobile dating - Date
Melodeo - Listen to, share, discuss & create podcast playlists, on your cell - Audio
Mfoundry - Develop & deploy mobile apps, rapido - Software
Mig33 - Chat, text & call your friends - Communicate
Minowireless - VoiP on your mobile - Communicate
Mixd - Text & send pix & vids to groups of friends - Communicate
Mobango - Discover & share mobile media - Multimedia
Mobile20 - Wiki about mobile 2.0 initiatives - About
Mobilealibi* - Schedule a call to get you out of a situation - VAS
Mobiledistillery - Port mobile Java apps to 550 phones, rapido - Video
Mobileglu - Web services to your mobile - Portal
Mobilereporters~ - Upload & share your video - Video
Mobilicious - Mobile social bookmarking - Bookmark
Mobiluck - IM, text & share media on your mobile - Community
Mobitv - Get tv & radio on your cell & laptop - Video
Moblee - Opt in to offers direct to your mobile - Ecommerce
Mobloco - Get daily text alerts on things happening near to you - News
Moblr - View or upload & share mobile content - Multimedia
Mobo - Order food on the go, get discounts & avoid waiting lines - Ecommerce
Mobsaver - Price comparison thru your cell - Ecommerce
Mobspray* - Create & share graffiti in places thru mobile2RFID - Game
Mojungle - Live phlogging & vlogging - Publish
Mophone - Store & share mobile content - Multimedia
Movoxx - Get localized & personalized alerts & coupons on your cell phone - Marketing
Mozeo - Text cast to & chat with your own group on your cell - Communicate
Mozes - Share information & people thru your mobile - Community
Mozesmob - Mobile Q&A - Knowledge
Msgme - Communicate or advertize thru sms keyword service - Marketing
M-spatial - Mobile local search solutions - Software
Mycoogee - Access, store & share your cell's contents (client) - Multimedia
Myfoodphone - Monitor & modify eating habits with your camera phone - VAS
Mygamma - Mobile community - Community
Mynumo - Create, share or sell mobile content - Multimedia
Mywaves - Send web videos to your phone - Video
Nellymoser - Mobile content delivery solutions - Software
Nimbuzz~ - Free mobile community calls, chats, IM - Communicate
Nowthen - Publish & share mobile pics - Images
Obopay - Pay with your phone - PSP
On2go - News & alerts on your mobile - News
Openwave - Adaptive mobile suite for content, communications and context solutions - Software
Partystrands* - Let partygoers interact with you & eachother IRL, mobile & online - Community
Partysync - Meet & sms people - Community
Perooz - Mobile content portal - Portal
Pheeder - Alert all your friends with 1 phone call - Communicate
Phonegnome* - Add VoiP to your PSTN, SIPped - Communicate
Phonezoo - Create & share ringtones - Audio
Photocrank - Add graphics & caption to your cell cam photos & share them - Images
Picostation - Create & share your phone cam videos - Software
Pixpulse - Upload & share photos and videos on your mobile - Multimedia
Pixsense - Take, manage & share cell phone pics & videos - Publish
Planzo - Arrange meetings & events online & thru sms - Office
Playtxt - Socialize, flirt thru sms - Community
Plugoo - Take your IM to any page you want - Communicate
Plusmo - Fast, customizable way to get the web on your phone - Portal
Pocketfuzz - Create & sell your own ringtones - Audio
Posticky - Place, access & share notes (also mobile) - Office
Pushy*~ - Personal portal; also mobile - Portal
Rabble - Create it & share it mobile - Community
Rebtel* - Call international at local rates - using your cell phone - Communicate
Resellular - Get out of your cell contract, or take over a contract - Economy
Rminder - Text2phone reminder service - Office
Robocal - Listen out your calendar by phone - Office
Rocketbux* - "RocketEngine: deliver targeted offer to credit card holders' cell;RocketLaunch: sms couponing;RocketPower: local closed loops for mobile marketing" - Marketing
Routecraft~ - Local route planner; add your text to locations & share it; also for mobile - Geo
Saki - Mobile community - Community
Scanr* - Scan, copy, pdf, fax documents using your phone cam - Office
Screentonic - Mobile advertizing platform - Software
Scribeit - Group chat thru mobile messaging - Communicate
Searchquest - Real estate map mash-up for cells - Geo
Sharpcast - Synchronize all photos online & mobile - Images
Shazam - Have music recognized thru your cell - Audio
Shotcode~ - Scan branded sema code with your cell to get access to website - Marketing
Shozu - Upload & share photos, videos & text on your mobile - Multimedia
Sitòfono - Receive calls from your website - Communicate
Sky-click - VoIP call center solution - CRM
Skylook - Record & store all Skype communications - Communicate
Skype - Call, conference, messenger, file sharing - Communicate
Smartpox - Sema-encode & share URLs, phone numbers & email addresses - Identity
Snapvine - Send audio files to & communicate with your friends, on your cell - Audio
Socialight - Share pictures & notes with your cell phone - Collaborate
Soonr - Mobile2web & v.v. - Communicate
Spinvox - From voice to text to mobile or email - Communicate
Splashblog - Publish & share mobile photos - Images
Splashdata - Mobile tools for media, payments, shopping… - Software
Starhome~ - Mobile roaming solutions - Software
Stufflinker - Mobile and web bookmarking - Bookmark
Supcast - Publish your media online thru your cell - Publish
Swarmteams* - Solutions to set up & manage mobile One2- or Many2Many community communications - Software
Talkplus - Get a second mobile number on your cell - Communicate
Talkster - Mobile2IM for free - Communicate
Talktrust - Call anonymously - Communicate
Tapgad - Get & reply to email thru sms - Communicate
Tapuxmobile* - Mobile fun & community content & apps - Software
Teleflip - PC2Text - Communicate
Telepo - Fixed to mobile convergence solutions - Software
Tellme - Search businesses thru voice, get rich info or text back - Search
Text2store - Get best offers & coupons on your mobile - Marketing
Textamerica - Mobile blog - Publish
Textmarks - Customize your own sms info service - Communicate
Textpayme - Mobile P2P micropayments - PSP
Tictap - Price comparison for mobile - Ecommerce
Tiggdo - Personal mobile portal - Portal
Tjat - Mobile instant messaging - Communicate
Traincheck - Get an sms with the next 3 departure times - VAS
Treemo - Post, manage & share media online & mobile - Multimedia
Truphone - Mobile VoiP - Communicate
Twttr - Share where you are thru your cell phone - Communicate
Txtmob - Share sms messages with your friends - Communicate
Umundo - Upload & share mobile videos and pix - Multimedia
V4s - Add voice to your email - Communicate
V-enable - Mobile speech search - Search
Vicito - Group text service - Communicate
Vixo - Send, get & forward sms messages - Community
Vizrea - Upload & share (camera phone) photo content (Subm. By Mac) - Images
Voice20manifest - The end of telecom as we know it, the dawn of its total convergence with the web (cf. follow-up article: http://saunderslog.com/2006/09/30/voice-20-a-year-later/) - About
Vpodtv - Create & share your (mobile) tv channel - Video
Vradio - Turn your cell into a worldwide radio - Audio
Wablet - Call & chat ID - Identity
Wadja - Use & share the web on your mobile phone - Community
Watchmedoing - Upload & share mobile videos - Video
Wattpad - Publish & share stories on your cell phone - Publish
Waymarkr - Turn your mobile into a life phlogging wearable - Images
Whisher - Share free wi-fi - Wi-fi
Widsets - Create mobile widgets - Software
Wikipediamobile - Wap version of Wikipedia (by Sevenval) - Publish
Winksite - Create & share mobile content - Multimedia
Xanco~ - Mobile phlog & vlog - Publish
Yackpack - Group voicemail - Communicate
Yodio - Record & publish audio anywhere from your phone - Audio
Youmail - Record unique voice mail recordings for anyone that calls you - Communicate
Zaptxt - RSS to email, sms, messenger - RSS
Zemble - Communicate, collaborate & connect thru group text - Communicate
Zingku - Text2website content sharing - Community
Zlango - Icon language for sms - Communicate
Zooof* - Discover, maintain & extend your family ties - Community
Zyb - Store, manage & share your cell's data - Store
Zypsy - Post & get matches for classified ads thru cell & email - Marketing

Updated 070311.