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Time Warner widens VoIP service reach
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February 11, 2005 |
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Called
Digital Phone, the service uses Voice
over Internet Protocol technology, known
as VoIP, which allows voice calls to be
digitized and sent over high-speed
Internet connections or cable lines, as
opposed to routing calls over the
traditional circuit-based phone lines.
Time Warner launched the service last
June .
Time Warner VoIP Service >> |
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Fixed voice revenues shrink as VoIP
swells -
February 10, 2005 |
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Traditional voice telephony is on the
decline while IP services, favoured by
businesses for productivity gains, are
poised to surpass it.Revenues for
fixed-voice services in Europe are set
to drop three per cent annually, from
$108bn in 2003 to $95bn in 2008,
according to market researcher IDC.
Fixed Voice Losing to VoIP Rapidly
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Sphere Delivers Enterprise Telecom API
- February 7, 2005 |
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Sphere
Communications is demonstrating a
complete, operational enterprise
telecommunications system on the expo
show floor in booth #531. Sphericall
software is being shown interoperating
with a range of endpoints and gateways
such as Cisco, Polycom and Sayson IP
Telephones; AudioCodes and Allied
Telesyn media gateways;
Sphere Delivers Enterprise Telecom
API >> |
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NIST report urges caution with VoIP
security
- January 31, 2005 |
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A new
report from the National Institute of
Standards and Technology urges federal
agencies and other organizations to take
care in switching to voice-over-IP
technology because of security concerns.
The 99-page NIST report, “Security
Considerations for Voice over IP
Systems,” includes nine recommendations
for IT managers to help them implement
VoIP in a secure manner.
NIST VoIP Security >> |
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Is Google Eyeing the VoIP Marketplace?
- January 25, 2005 |
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Google is
rumored to be considering a play for the
burgeoning Internet-based phone service
market. If so, it would be the latest
non traditional -- that is, non telecom
-- firm to jump in. Google reportedly is
searching for a "strategic negotiator"
to help it partner with a telecom firm.
Google VoIP Play >> |
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WiMAX Gains Traction But Needs VoIP
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January 25, 2005 |
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WiMAX is
becoming a force in the wireless access
arena, at least in parts of the world,
reports In-Stat. By 2008, worldwide
sales for WiMAX equipment will be
billions of dollars, but over half of it
will be for Customer Premise Equipment.
WiMAX, a new form of BWA, helps shift
the economics of broadband to make it
cheaper than ever to deploy.
WiMAX Needs VoIP >> |
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Mixed legacy for FCC's Powell
- January 21, 2005 |
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Powell,
appointed chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission by President
Bush in January 2001, leaves behind a
booming, substantially deregulated
marketplace that has embraced high-speed
Internet connections, wireless and voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in ways
that were nearly unimaginable in the
1990s.
FCC Chairman Resigns >> |
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SPIT: VOIP's Dark Side
- January 21, 2005 |
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Spam over
Internet telephony (SPIT) may become the
latest information age nuisance as the
(VOIP) era
arrives, say industry players. While
SPIT is not a problem yet because there
are few VOIP users, the industry is
preparing for what could prove to be a
worse problem than e-mail spam, with no
real solutions in sight.
Spam over Internet Telephony - SPIT
>> |
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IBM, Airespace Join Group To Speed
Mobile VoIP Adoption
- January 21, 2005 |
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Group
members will perform interoperability
testing to speed the process of
providing VoIP that seamlessly switches
between different types of networks such
as Wi-Fi and cellular. Airespace, an
enterprise WLAN equipment vendor being
acquired by Cisco, this week joined IBM
and security vendor VeriSign as the
first three members of an alliance to
speed the availability of converged
voice-over-IP (VoIP) services.
VoIP WiFi and Cellular >> |
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Security House Warns Of VoIP Viruses
- January 18, 2005 |
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Corporate
network security specialist Mirage
Networks has issued a warning that one
of the top new targets for hackers this
year is likely to be voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP). Although VoIP hasn’t
been a major security target so far, its
rapid adoption in the enterprise will
cause that to change, Mirage thinks.
VoIP Viruses and Security >> |
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Wi-Fi With VoIP Could Be Telephony
Alternative
- January 15, 2005 |
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Currently
emerging Wi-Fi handsets with Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) capabilities
could develop into practical
alternatives to traditional cellular
communications and as cordless
phone-type replacements in consumers’
homes or in business enterprise’s Wi-Fi
networks, according to study/consulting
group ABI Research.
VoIP over Wi-Fi >> |
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MIPS Technologies and Third-Party
Developers Enable Low-Cost,
Multi-Channel Voice
- January 14, 2005 |
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MIPS
Technologies, Inc. together with D2
Technologies, HelloSoft, RADVISION and
Trinity Convergence, today announced a
low-cost solution for multi-channel VoIP
applications, including VoIP residential
gateways, IP phones, VoWLAN phones and
terminal adapters.
High Performance MIPS-based VoIP
Devices >> |
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New Software Eases Development Of VoIP
Hardware
- January 12, 2005 |
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NComm Inc.
has launched trunk management software
that will enable voice over IP (VoIP)
equipment manufacturers to develop
products with standards-compliant T1/E1,
T3/E3, SONET/SDH and SONET APS
physical-layer interfaces.
VoIP Equipment Development Software
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US regulator promises to let VoIP bloom
- January 7, 2005 |
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Speaking
during a question and answer session at
the Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas, Michael Powell predicted that
VoIP will remain a major topic with the
FCC this year. "There will be another 50
more VoIP issues, I guarantee you," he
warned. The US telecoms regulator last
year denied several attempts by landline
telephony companies to...
Unregulated VoIP >> |
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VoIP Races For The Remote Office
- January 5, 2005 |
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Most of us
believe VoIP can reduce the telephony
costs of remote branch offices. What's
harder to determine is which kind of
VoIP we're talking about. Is this the
VoIP that's built around a remote
gateway? The VoIP that involves only IP
phones in the branch office? Or is it a
combination of both?
VoIP Remote Office >> |
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States battle FCC Internet phone ruling
- January 4, 2005 |
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Minnesota
utility regulators will try to overturn
a recent federal decision barring states
from imposing many of their
telecommunications regulations on
Internet phone providers, a sign states
haven't backed down from their fight to
lord over this new, cheaper breed of
phone service.
States Battle FCC over VoIP >> |
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Appeals Court Rules VoIP Can't Be
Regulated
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December 29, 2004 |
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The
efforts of VoIP providers to keep
individual states from regulating their
services received another boost Tuesday,
when an appeals court agreed with a
lower court decision that ruled VoIP is
a data service and, as such, can't be
regulated by states.
Appeals Court VoIP >> |
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World Renowned VoIP Thought Leader Jeff
Pulver Offers IP Communications
Predictions for 2005
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December 20, 2004 |
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VoIP
pioneer Jeff Pulver, who is responsible
for creating the industry standard Voice
on the Net (VON) events and is known as
the "voice" of IP Communications, has
announced a number of predictions for
what will happen to the VoIP industry in
the year ahead.
VoIP in 2005 >> |
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Three Ways to Prepare the Call Center for VoIP
-
December 20, 2004 |
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When any new telecommunications
service is launched, often the hardest hit area of a
telecommunications service provider's business is the call
center. Call center operators are on the front lines,
answering everything from billing inquiries to technical
problem questions, just minutes after a new service is
launched.
VoIP
Call Centers >> |
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VoIP Adoption Remains Elusive, But
Growth Indicators Are Promising
- December 8, 2004 |
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Only 2% of
broadband households currently subscribe
to a VoIP service, according to
"Residential Voice-over-IP: Analysis and
Forecasts (Second Edition)," a
forthcoming industry report from Parks
Associates. This number is lower than
expected considering that at the end of
2002 nearly one-third of broadband
households expressed a high interest in
subscribing to VoIP services.
Residential Voice over IP
>> |
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Worldwide VoIP Semiconductor Market to
Take Off, Reaching $1.7 Billion by 2008,
IDC Predicts
- December 8, 2004 |
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After
years of hope, the worldwide VoIP
semiconductor market is now experiencing
significant growth as the deployment
benefits of packetized voice are being
continuously proven to service
providers, businesses, and consumers.
Accelerated adoption across all system
segments will enable the market to reach
$1.7 billion by 2008...
VoIP
Semiconductor Market
>> |
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Over 5m VoIP subscribers worldwide -
report
- December 7, 2004 |
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There were
over 5m VoIP subscribers worldwide by
the middle of 2004, with the majority of
customers shared by a half-dozen or so
operators, according to figures from
broadband research firm Point Topic.
Worldwide VoIP Subscribers >> |
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SBC VoIP fee
furor draws eyes to BellSouth program
- November 29, 2004 |
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While
local phone giant SBC drew considerable
fire last week for a service offering to
Internet telephony providers, fellow
carrier BellSouth has been selling
similar services for more than a year
without any protest--at least before the
SBC furor.
SBC
VoIP Fee >> |
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VoIP
connects on far more than cost now
-
November 28, 2004 |
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Voice-over-Internet-Protocol, or VoIP,
technology had been, like many things
technological, overly hyped during the
late 1990s. Truly, VoIP's only advantage
over regular phone calls was that it was
really cheap, or free, for the callers.
Much has changed. Internet phone users
can now place calls from regular phones,
cordless phones or even cell phones.
VoIP Connects >> |
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VoIP Services: Models for the Provider
-
November 20, 2004 |
Cable
companies, small regional telephone
companies, and emerging data-delivery
providers have the most promising
customer base for delivery of VoIP
services, but just as often are the
least prepared to actually deliver those
products.
VoIP Services: Models for the Provider
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Regulator to make concessions to VoIP
operators
- November 16, 2004 |
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The German
Regulatory Authority for
Telecommunications and Posts (RegTP)
intends to modify the existing rules for
assigning local network telephone
numbers. It would be doing this to take
account of developments in the Voice
over IP (VoIP) area, the agency noted. Regulator
to make concessions
>> |
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VoIP Investments
Make Sense Under Bush 2
- November 16, 2004 |
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Even
before the November 2nd election, the
FCC was clearly leaning toward the view
that VoIP should be treated as an
Internet service, immune from state
control. It reinforced that view with
last week's ruling that the Minnesota
Public Utilities Commission did not have
the power to regulate VoIP provider
Vonage.
VoIP Under Bush >> |
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To the Rescue: VoIP Helps Deliver the
Vote
- November 5, 2004 |
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Florida's Miami-Dade
County, one of the most monitored
regions in the 2004 presidential
election, relied on an IP call center to
handle the huge spike in voter volume
that the county experienced on election
day. The call center used 150 Avaya IP
phones to handle calls from voters with
questions...VoIP
Helps Vote
>> |
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Telcos to be pummeled by VoIP?
- November 5, 2004 |
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Residential use of internet telephony
could increase to 13% of the fixed-line
market by 2008, threatening the core
business of traditional telcos to a
greater degree than previously expected,
according to a new report published
yesterday. The report warns telcos that
by 2008 over 50 million broadband users
in Western Europe could be using private
VoIP applications
VoIP Threatening Telcos
>> |
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VoIP drives WLAN IC growth
- October 28, 2004 |
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Consumer electronics and Voice-over-IP
telephones will be two of the biggest
application opportunities for WLAN (or
Wi-Fi) IC sales, accounting for around
half of an estimated $2.8 billion total
market size in 2008. According to a
study by technology research firm
In-Stat/MDR the WLAN IC market has grown
rapidly over the past four years
VoIP
WLAN Growth
>> |
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VoIP brings associated security risks
-
October 27, 2004 |
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As local
companies gear up to take advantage of
the new legislation allowing voice over
IP, many have not fully considered the
additional security risks associated
with the converged network.
Martin May, African Director of
Enterasys Networks, looks at the
additional risk when running a converged
network.
VoIP Security Risks >> |
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Senator at VON Calls for National VOIP
Standards
- October 18, 2004 |
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Sen. John
Sununu (R-N.H), the most prominent ally
of the VOIP community on the Hill,
addressed a large crowd of true
believers Monday afternoon at the first
general keynote of the Voice on the Net
show here, laying out his motivations
behind the major telecom bill he hopes
to see written in 2005.
National VoIP Standards >> |
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Retail VoIP Services Market to Reach
$20.4 Billion by 2009, Reveals
ATLANTIC-ACM Study
- October 14, 2004 |
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According
to "VoIP Revolution 2004-2009: The
Opportunity, The Market, The Players," a
new study by leading telecommunications
research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM, the
retail VoIP market will grow at a
Compound Annual Growth Rate of 64
percent from 2003 to 2009.
Retail
VoIP Services
>> |
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Optivon Selected as LACOM's Preferred
Provider of IP Centrex and VoIP-enabled
Services
- October 14, 2004 |
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Optivon,
an innovative provider of telephony
services, and Latin American
Communications, Inc. today
signed an agreement for LACOM to be a
reseller of Optivon's Advanced Call
Management(SM) services in Puerto Rico.
LACOM has 2,000
lines serving 235 business customers.
VoIP in
Latin America
>> |
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Inventing a new Telecom Wheel
- October 13, 2004 |
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Are we lazy or creatively challenged?
Certainly not! We are however in a tempest of disruptive
technology and economic change.
Hurricane VoIP has swept through the
telecom industry, shaking the
foundations of everything we know.
VoIP Telecom >> |
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Empirix Showcases Hammer FX-IP Release
2.0 at the Internet Telephony Conference
& EXPO
- October 5, 2004 |
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Empirix is showcasing
Release 2.0 of the Hammer FX-IP VoIP
Feature Test Platform at the Internet
Telephony Conference & EXPO, October
5-7, 2004. Hammer FX-IP 2.0 provides
users unparalleled control over IP
signaling message content and sequence.
This capability is critical for
testing protocol extensions.
Hammer FX-IP at Internet Telephony
EXPO >> |
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From Spam to SPIT
- September 28, 2004 |
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It doesn't
exist yet, but you know it's coming.
Spam on your cell phone is only a matter
of time. Once the province of small
companies like Vonage and 8x8, Voice over Internet
Telephony, or VoIP, is now spreading to
all the large telecoms.
AT&T is making a
last-gasp effort to survive by embracing
Internet telephony...
VoIP
Market Growth
>> |
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Canada Sizes Up VOIP Regulation
- September 20, 2004 |
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The
Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission on Tuesday
begins a three-day hearing on the
regulation of VOIP
services, finding itself at a crossroads
familiar to the parallel organizations
of the U.S. Federal Communications
Commission and the European Commission.
VoIP
Regulation in Canada
>> |
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Euro VOIP Gets Edgy
- September 16, 2004 |
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VOIP's just about the hottest topic around these days, but
most carriers in the EMEA region are far from offering
commercial IP telephony services to
their end users.
There are at last signs, though, that operators are preparing
to replace existing Class 5 TDM switches with IP-based access
systems.
EMEA VoIP >> |
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MPLS Product and Services at MPLS 2004
- September 10, 2004 |
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Isocore
today announced the technical program
for the MPLS 2004 International
Conference which will take place October
17- 19, 2004 in Washington, DC. MPLS
2004 is the premier event on the subject
of Multi Protocol Label Switching,
Generalized MPLS, and emerging
Internet technologies.
MPLS
Product and Services at MPLS 2004
>> |
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VoIP spam--it's coming
- September 9, 2004 |
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Voice over
Internet Protocol (VoIP) looks to be the
next big deal, a business disrupter that
could change everything in the telecoms
world. The first service
offerings have been launched and
customer take-up has been rapid. Of
course, the big selling point is a
10-fold price reduction over the
telephone offerings of the incumbents.
VoIP Spam - It's coming >> |
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Congress Hangs Up on VoIP for 2004
- September 3, 2004 |
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Federal legislation to exempt Internet
telephony from state regulations and
tariffs has all but failed in the 108th
Congress, ending an ambitious effort to
carve out and protect Internet-related
issues from looming, and highly
uncertain, telecom reform. The idea was
simple enough. Because IP-enabled
networks are inherently interstate in
nature...
VoIP in Congress >> |
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VoIP Continues Meteoric Rise
- August 27, 2004 |
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Voice-over-IP (VoIP) continues to enjoy
stellar growth and is one of the few
bright spots on the IT landscape,
solution providers said. A
research report issued this week by
Synergy Research Group concurs that VoIP
sales are on the rise. According to the
report, the worldwide enterprise IP
telephony market grew about 75 percent
in the second quarter of this year to
$728 million, up from $414.7 million the
same quarter last year.
VoIP Server Consolidation >> |
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Carrier VoIP Equipment Market Up 10%
From 1Q04, Up 21% From a Year Ago
- August 24, 2004 |
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Worldwide
next gen voice product revenue totaled
$389 million in 2Q04, up 10% from 1Q04
and up 21% year-over-year, according to
Infonetics Research's quarterly market
share and forecast service, Next Gen
Voice Products.
Carrier VoIP Equipment Market >> |
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VoIP
via Power Lines
-
August 17, 2004 |
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Fonix
Corp. (OTC BB: FNIX), an innovative
communications and technology company
providing integrated
telecommunications services and
value-added speech technologies,
announces the successful delivery of
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) on
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL),
giving customers more choices in how they receive
voice, data and media services in their homes or
businesses.
VoIP over BPL
>> |
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VoIP
Market Report - Global Equipment
Markets 2003-2008
-
August 13, 2004
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Research
and Markets has announced the addition
of Global Equipment Markets of VoIP
Low Density Premises-based Gateways
and Access Devices for Enterprise and
SOHO Applications 2003-2008 to their
offering.
VoIP
Market Report - Global Equipment
Markets 2003-2008
>>
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Fahrenheit
FBI
- August 9, 2004 |
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The
Federal Communications Commission
voted 5-0 last week to prohibit
businesses from offering broadband or
Internet phone service unless they
provide police with backdoors for
wiretapping access. Formal regulations
are expected by early next year.
VoIP
Wiretapping
>> |
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Russia
target for VoIP market, says report
- August 4, 2004 |
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The
Russian market for voice over Internet
protocol (VoIP) technologies is the
largest in Europe and the sixth
largest in the world, according to
Probe Group LLC's latest forecast.
The new Probe report "Russia:
Europe's Biggest VoIP Market,"
discusses...
VoIP
Russian Market
>> |
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P2P
does VoIP on Pocket PCs and PCs
- July 30, 2004 |
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Skype
has released version 1.0 of its
Windows software for peer-to-peer
(P2P) telephony including "SkypeOut",
which allows users to call any phone
in the world at local calling rates.
Skype 1.0 also includes a new file
transfer feature and other
enhancements.
Peer
to Peer VoIP >> |
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Packet8
E911 Service
- July 23, 2004 |
| Packet8
is the first broadband telephone
service to offer Enhanced 911 (E911)
service which automatically routes
emergency calls and provides
computer-based "screen pops"
of caller information to emergency
personnel at local Public Safety
Answering Points (PSAPs).
E911
Service from Packet8 >> |
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VOIP
regulation bill approved in committee
-
July
23, 2004 |
| A
U.S. Senate committee has approved a
bill that would exempt voice over
Internet Protocol (VOIP) service from
most government regulation. The
Senate Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee on Thursday
approved the VOIP Regulatory Freedom
Act of 2004...
VoIP
Regulation >> |
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Senate
Committee Would Let States Tax VoIP Services
-
July 22, 2004 |
| The
Senate Commerce Committee approved an
amendment pushed by Sen. Byron Dorgon
(D-SD) that would allow states to levy
taxes on VoIP services to pay for
universal service and to compensate
traditional telephone companies for
the use of their phone lines...
VoIP
Providers - State Tax
>> |
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Covad
Releases White Paper on Future of VoIP-
July 20, 2004 |
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Covad Communications
Group, Inc., a leading nationwide provider of
integrated voice and data communications, today
released a white paper that reviews the current
status of Voice over Internet Protocol and
compares offerings from the industry's main sectors.
Future
of VoIP >> |
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Trillium
SIP Technology Adopted Globally to
Power VoIP and 3G Wireless Network
Infrastructure
- July 20, 2004 |
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Continuous
Computing(R), the leading provider of
high availability Network
Service-Ready Platform(TM) solutions
for telecom equipment manufacturers,
today announced additional worldwide
adoption and validation of its
Trillium(R) Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP)...
SIP
Technology and 3G Wireless >> |
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VCs
falling over themselves to spend on
VoIP
- July 20, 2004 |
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With
a theoretical $85bn of unclaimed VC
funds in the pot, technology companies
could be missing out on milking the
venture capitalist cash cow - the
money men and women are just falling
over themselves to invest in voice
over IP, or VoIP.
VCs
Invest in VoIP >> |
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VOIP's
second act
- July 19, 2004 |
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Following
the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
Commerce Department officials realized
the agency's emergency warning system
didn't work. Largely dependent on an
antiquated and unreliable public
address system, agency officials
couldn't reach their staff quickly
enough to keep everyone safe.
VoIP
in Homeland Security 6 >> |
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Special
Feature: 6 steps to VoIP and IP
Telephony
-
July 13, 2004 |
|
Thinking
about IP telephony? Unsure of what you
need to know, where you should start
or who you should partner with? In
this in-depth feature, telephony guru
Vikki Bland steps you through the
entire IP telephony process - from
vendor consultation, to system
analysis and ultimately,
implementation...
VoIP
Made Easy
>> |
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Boeing
set to announce Cisco VoIP contract
- July 13, 2004 |
| Boeing,
the US aerospace group, is expected to
announce today that it plans to roll
out one of the world's largest
internet telephony networks over the
next few years. Equipment maker
Cisco Systems hopes the contract will
help demonstrate that voice over
internet protocol (VoIP) is ready for
large-scale deployment.
Cisco
VoIP >> |
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Planning
a VoIP Tech Infrastructure
- July 12, 2004 |
| In
many cases, features that companies
took for granted in their legacy
private branch exchange (PBX) systems
are missing in the VoIP-powered ones.
Missing user and system features can
increase costs by as much as 50
percent of the initial investment.
VoIP
Infrastructure Planning >> |
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Building
Enterprise VoIP (IP PBX)
- July 6, 2004 |
| In
its simplest form, an enterprise VoIP
network is simply a server, a switch
and a quantity of IP phones and
terminal devices.
As a case study, an enterprise
with 40 employees in a sales
environment will be utilized. A few other assumptions are
necessary for this model.
VoIP
Technical Bulletin
>> |
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Pakistan's
WorldCall Telecom Ltd & Cameroon's Douala1 select Intec DCP real-time charging
technology for billing IP and VoIP services
- June 29, 2004 |
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Intec
Telecom Systems, a global provider of operations
support systems for the telecommunications
industry, today announced that it has signed two
contracts in Africa and
Asia
for its real-time charging solution, Intec DCP.
Real-Time
Charging Solution
>> |
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Qwest
announces voice over IP service for enterprises
- June 28, 2004 |
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Qwest
Communications International Inc. announced that
it would begin rolling out a voice over IP
network service to a handful of cities in July,
expanding it to an additional 22 cities,
including Washington, by year’s end.
Enterprise
Voice over IP >> |
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ATSI
Secures NexTone Softswitch Technology for Its VoIP
Network
- June 28, 2004 |
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ATSI
Communications, Inc. has acquired a NexTone™
Communications Session Controller to enhance its
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network.
Voice
over Internet Protocol Networks >> |
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Carriers
in North America Select MERA VoIP Solutions for
Enhanced VoIP Services
- June 25, 2004 |
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MERA
Systems, a leading vendor of carrier-grade VoIP
solutions, announced at SuperComm 2004 that
Maximus Telecom, a Quebec-based wholesaler, has
deployed MERA’s MVTS session controller for
enhanced voice services in the region.
Mera
Networks MVTS Session Controller >> |
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Nortel
Wants to Take VoIP to the Next Level
- June 24, 2004 |
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Taking a page from
open source initiatives, Nortel Networks
announced a global strategy at SUPERCOMM to
jumpstart mass market adoption of SIP-based
multimedia by making it easy to for device
manufacturers and other vendors to interoperate
with its Multimedia Communication Server (MCS)
5100 and 5200 products.
SIP-based
Multimedia >> |
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Nuera
Introduces New Media Gateway for Cable VoIP
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June 15, 2004 |
| Nuera
Communications, Inc. introduced the ORCA ®
BTX-4K media gateway to help cable operators
easily deploy cost-effective public telephone
network interconnections.
Cable
VoIP Gateway
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| Digital Phone
Service, as Time Warner Cable is
calling their voice over Internet-protocol
offering, is now available for current
subscribers for a three-month trial rate of
$19.95 per month.
Home
VoIP Service >> |
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MetaSwitch
Extends VoIP Leadership Position with Class 5
Softswitch Enhancements
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June 15, 2004 |
| Building on three
years of field success, MetaSwitch today announced
a suite of significant product enhancements to its
VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch, designed to
deliver the scalability and flexibility demanded
by the world's most demanding service providers.
Class
5 Softswitch from MetaSwitch >> |
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8x8
Teams with Level 3 to Enhance Residential VoIP
Services
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June 14, 2004 |
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Level 3
Communications, Inc. and 8x8, Inc. today
announced that 8x8 has signed an agreement to
use Level 3’s (3)VoIP EnhancedSM Local service
to enhance its residential VoIP offerings in
more than 50 U.S. markets.
Residential
VoIP Service >> |
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Bringing
Harmony to VoN Europe
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June 7, 2004 |
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Arca
Technologies Ltd, the leading
developer of test, analysis and
simulation equipment for the telecom
industry, today announced general
availability of their exciting new
product: the emutelTM|Harmony
Telecommunications Test Platform for
VoIP and PSTN.
VoIP
PSTN Test Platform
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US
groups lobby over VoIP regulation
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June 3, 2004 |
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The
Voice on the Net coalition has called
on the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) not to apply
traditional telephone regulations to
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
FCC
Regulations on VoIP
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MPLS
& Frame Relay Alliance Interoperability Testing
to Demonstrate VoIP over MPLS Networks
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June 2, 2004 |
| The
MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance
announced today that its member
companies will begin interoperability
testing next week at the University of
New Hampshire InterOperability
Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
VoIP
over MPLS Networks >> |
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Business-Class
VoIP Now Available
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June 2, 2004 |
| NuCall
Communications Inc.(TM) announced today the
commencement of business operations to provide
Business-class VoIP(TM) (Voice over Internet
Protocol) telephony services.
Business
Class VoIP >> |
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LANsurveyor
8.5 Diagrams SIP-Based VoIP Devices
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May 2004 |
| Neon
Software has made available LANsurveyor 8.5 for
Windows. LANsurveyor helps network administrators
and IT managers diagram networks, monitor key
network components, remotely manage key systems,
create network and desktop asset reports, and
solve network problems.
SIP-Based
VoIP Devices on the Network >> |
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Performance
Analysis of Voice over IP Networks
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May 2004 |
| While
the idea of a single managed network consisting of
data and voice traffic is appealing for many
reasons, the need to ensure acceptable voice
quality remains a primary concern. Voice
over IP Performance Analysis >> |
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Revving
the VOIP market
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May 19, 2004 |
| It's
been a busy few days for Vonage. Last week, the
Edison, N.J., outfit announced a big
distribution deal with RadioShack that puts its
service in approximately 4,000 of the chain's
stores in 38 states.
VoIP Calling Plans cut prices
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GlobeTel
Announces Full Launch of VoIP MagicPhone Program
- May
19, 2004 |
| GlobeTel
Communications Corporation, Inc. today announced
its residential and business rollout of the
GlobeTel MagicPhone and calling plans.
GlobeTel
Magic-Phone roll-out
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VoIP
Rental Offers NexTone Session Controller-Based
Hosted VoIP Solution
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May 18, 2004 |
| Communications,
enabling real-time VoIP traffic from the edge to
the core of carriers IP networks, today announced
VoIP Rental, a provider of equipment leasing and
advanced VoIP applications, is offering NexTone's
industry leading session controllers as a hosted
service available to customers on a monthly rental
basis.
VoIP
Equipment Rental and Leasing
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CallRex
Selected By ShoreTel To Provide VOIP Call
Recording Solution For ShoreTel5 IP PBX System,
Announces Telrex
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May 11, 2004 |
| Telrex,
the leading developer of VOIP recording and
monitoring software today announced that it has
been selected by ShoreTel, Inc. to provide VOIP
call recording and monitoring for the ShoreTel5
IP PBX system, which begins shipping this month.
IP
PBX System Call Recording
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IPspeak.net
launches VoIP package
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May 11, 2004 |
| The
home VOIP market has a new entrant as IPspeak
launches a plug and play system, including both
software and handset.
Home
VoIP Market
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Shoreline
Award-Winning IP Phone System Empowers Businesses with
New Applications and Easier VoIP Migration -
June
2, 2003 |
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Shoreline
Communications, a pioneer in the development of
multi-site IP PBX systems,
today announced significant enhancements to its
award-winning Shoreline4 IP phone system that deliver
increased collaboration capabilities.
IP Phone Systems first to Integrate Converged
Conferencing into IP PBX
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Quintum’s
Advanced VoIP Call Routing Server Delivers Intelligent
Management of Next-Generation Voice Networks
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February 5, 2003, Eatontown, NJ |
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Quintum Technologies, a
leading VoIP innovator, today announced the availability
of its new Advanced VoIP Call Routing Server, a unique
solution for intelligently managing call routing through
the increasingly complex IP-based voice networks being
deployed by today’s service providers. VoIP
Call Routing Server
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VoIP
Ready for Big Asian Push
- January 16, 2003 Times News Network |
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This
may well be the year of VOIP with telecom services
from networks that deploy voice over Internet protocol
receiving as much as a 320 per cent boost over the
previous year. VoIP
in Asian Market
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snom
Releases SIP Media Server
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October
28, 2002, Berlin
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snom
technology releases its latest component of the snom
4S SIP soft switch, the media server. The media server
offers mailbox, auto attendant, conferencing, music on
hold, error-explanation and other media related
services to SIP clients. Together with a SIP PSTN
gateway and SIP phones customers can run their
telephony infrastructure with up to 500 users based on
the snom 4S solution.
SIP Media Server >> |
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RADCOM
VoIP Testing Solution Wins Best of Show -
October
22, 2002, Paramus, NJ |
| MegaSIP™,
a high volume SIP Generator, is recognized for its
contribution to the successful development and
deployment of IP telephony products and services.
VoIP
Testing Solution >> |
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Telecor
Partners with Quintum Technologies for VoIP Solution
-October
22, 2002, Eatontown, NJ
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Bundled
Solution Includes Tenor® VoIP MultiPath Switch and
VS1 PBX Phone System. Quintum’s Tenor
product line is noted for providing high quality voice
communications and a risk-free migration path for VoIP
solutions. The Quintum Tenor addresses the main
concerns customers have with deploying VoIP.
VoIP
MultiPath Switch and PBX Phone System
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Verizon
vaults into managed IP voice
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October
14, 2002, Network World
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| Verizon
recently introduced a managed service designed to let
network executives off-load the responsibility for
maintaining internal Cisco voice-over-IP equipment and
network quality of service onto Verizon.
Managed
Voice Over IP
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Vonage
Completes 2 Millionth VoIP Call Over SIP Network
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October
11, 2002, Edison, NJ |
| Just
two months since its one-millionth call milestone,
Vonage’s call volume rapidly increased, completing
its second millionth call faster than any other VoIP
phone service provider. With nearly five thousand
customers, Vonage DigitalVoice terminates more than
30,000 calls per day over its proprietary session
initiation protocol (SIP) network. . .
VoIP
Over SIP Network
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TSYS
selects PROGNOSIS by Integrated Research -
October
8, 2002, News@ir.com |
| TSYS,
a global provider of electronic transaction services
for some of the world’s best known and most
respected financial institutions and retailers, has
selected PROGNOSIS® by Integrated Research (IR), to
manage its HP NonStop™ . . .
VoIP
Management
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Encore
Enters VPN Router Market
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October
3, 2002 |
| Encore
Networks Inc. announced the BANDIT, a secure broadband
access router, ideally suited for branch offices, that
combines VPN security, remote diagnostics, dial
backup, and extended network management tools in a
single compact device.
Encore
Enters VPN Router Market >> |
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Byte
of Success
The Payoff from Voice Over IP
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July 2002, Chaim Yudkowsky |
| One
of the early consumer promises of the Internet was
cheaper long distance service. A number of start-up
companies innovated ways to try to make the process
seamless . . .
Voice
Over IP vs PBX
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Nortel
Networks to Deliver Voice Over IP to Compass Bank -
June
19, 2002
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala. |
| Compass
Bank, one of the top 40 U.S. bank holding companies by
asset size, has selected a voice over IP (Internet
Protocol) solution from Nortel Networks . . .
Nortel
Voice Over IP
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NEC
Introduces NEAX® 2400 Internet Protocol eXchange (IPX) -
June 18,
2002,
Sinagapore |
| NEC
Corporation (NEC) today announced the general release,
within the Asian region, of its NEAX 2400 Internet
Protocol eXchange (IPX), the industry's leading
enterprise-wide IP Telephony System that supports
peer-to-peer connectivity, as well as IP transport and
traditional TDM telephony. NEC
IPX IP Telephony System
>> |
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Winning
VoIP solutions
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June 13, 2002, ComNews |
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World
Cup, U.S. enterprises opt for multifunction
communications technology.
Voice
Over IP Solutions
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RAD
Data Communications Unveils New Vmux-2100 Next
Generation Compressed Voice Gateway
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June
4, 2002 Atlanta, GA |
| RAD
Data Communications today launched its new Vmux-2100
compressed voice gateway, which enables up to 16 T1 or
E1 lines to be extended over a single T1, E1 or
Ethernet uplink.
Voice
Over IP Gateway
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Multi-Tech Enhanced VOIP
Gateways Dynamically Select Between SIP and H.323
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June
04,2002
ComNews |
| Multi-Tech
Systems, Inc., a leading data communications and
telecommunications company based in suburban
Minneapolis, is announcing a number of product
enhancements to its MultiVOIP gateways at SUPERCOMM
2002 in Atlanta this week. VoIP
Protocol Detection
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Technology
Lead: Generation Why the Internet Works
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Golden,
Colorado, 2002
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|
Technology
companies are exploring new methods of reducing costs
while increasing market-reach and revenue. One
method which is gaining wide attention is
"internet-based' lead generation,
channel
development and
product
launch.
Technology
Lead Generation
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Juniper
Networks Announces Voice Enhancements to G10 Cable
Networking Platform
- June
04,2002
San
Antonio, TX |
| Juniper
Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR), a leading provider of
trusted infrastructures for the New Public Network,
today announced new enhancements to its G10 cable
modem termination system (CMTS) to support
revenue-generating Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
services.
Cable
VoIP
>> |
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Metaswitch
Publishes White Paper On Voice Over IP In Broadband
Access Networks
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| MetaSwitch,
a leading supplier of carrier-class, next generation
switching solutions, today announced publication of a
White Paper reviewing the implementation and
deployment of Voice over IP (VoIP) in broadband access
networks.
Voice
Over
IP White Paper
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Vendors
extend VoIP interoperability |
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LAS
VEGAS - Signs of momentum behind IP voice/data
convergence were plentiful last week at
NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas as vendors moved to
address common complaints about the technology, and
early adopters shared their lessons learned.
voice-over-ip
systems >> |
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Selecting
A VoIP Softswitch Solution
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| Consider
this scenario: you are a cable operator that has
decided upon a softswitch-based strategy for your
voice over IP (VoIP) deployment. You have decided that
a softswitch solution is what will enable you to save
millions of dollars of capital and operating
expenditures . . .
Voice
Over IP (VoIP) Software Switch >> |
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Is
VoIP ready for prime time?
April
27,2002 SearchNetworking |
| VoIP
is starting to take hold, but most companies are
watching their steps and testing the waters before
diving in headfirst.
Voice
Over Internet Protocol >> |
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SIP
gives VoIP technology a boost
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April 25,2002 SearchNetwork |
| Enterprises
are looking closely at Voice over IP (VoIP) technology
for their telephony, conferencing and other
communications needs.
VoIP
SIP
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Equant
announces global IP Telephony
February
25,2002 Atlanta |
| New
service is industry's first desktop-to-desktop,
carrier-grade IP telephony solution available
globallyEquant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is
introducing global IP Telephony, the next major step
in providing a full suite of voice services that will
enable multinational companies to move seamlessly . .
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