Fitting in
By: By Ed Gubbins
The question put to a panel of experts at the Voice on the Net show in Boston last week was, Where does [IP multimedia subsystems] fit in?...
VoIP's rising voice
By: By Jason Meyers
If the Voice on the Net show being held in Boston this week is any indication, voice over IP is at least maintaining the momentum--and, at best, gaining--it has established over the past few years. The Telephony editorial staff's coverage of the event highlights an array of new service provider rollouts, technology enhancements and application introductions...
Another gold rush
By: By Carol Wilson
The news of eBay's $2.6 billion acquisition of Skype brought a real sense of deja vu to those of us who lived through the go-go '90s...
The Search for Online Attention
By: By Bryan Wiener
I just moved to a new home and, priding myself as an educated telecom consumer, decided to search online for long-distance options in my new area. ...
VoIP reprieve
By: By Carol Wilson
Depending on what market report, forecast or analysis you read, voice over IP is gaining widespread acceptance or failing to live up to expectations....
So you want to write a VoIP RFP--Part II
By: By David H. Yedwab and Jay Brandstadter
Back on April 18 of this year, our Telephony article examined initial guidelines in developing a VoIP RFP. We return now, in particular to address the question of assistance in helping you craft that RFP. In other words, "Who are you going to call?"...
Carrier VoIP gains momentum
By: By Kevin Mitchell
VoIP, for many years, was just over the horizon and never quite here, but 2004 looked to be a breakthrough year, especially for North America, and it certainly turned out that way...
Enterprise VoIP: To adopt or not to adopt?
By: By Matthias Machowinski
There is no denying that IP voice is growing in public awareness. Although most enterprises still cling to their trusty circuit-switched voice networks, their grip is slackening, with IP PBXs now accounting for a majority of PBX sales...
On a clear day
By: By Carol Wilson
A lot of people saw the current fracas over VoIP and E911 coming from a long way off...
Triple play or grand slam?
By: By Sarah Hofstetter
The best chance to win and keep a residential long-distance customer is by delivering a valuable bundle with a strong brand and last-mile access. The...
Slow movers
By: By Vince Vittore
Inertia is one of the more powerful forces known to man. Most us exist in a comfort zone, and frankly don't want to change our habits and peculiarities...
VoIP's collaborative strength
By: By David Yedwab
For years, telecom has been looking for a silver bullet that will bring black ink to the balance sheets of equipment providers...
The heart of the matter
By: By Tim McElligott
In the case of Verizon offering VoIP providers access to its public safety answering points in order to help solve their E-911 dilemmas--despite their competitive relationships--it is enough, and rather refreshing, to take Verizon at its word that altruism played a large part in its decision...
VoIP's formative years
By: By Jason Meyers
As we gear up for our second annual VoIP event, it has become abundantly clear how far VoIP has advanced in the service provider sector in just one year...
What? Me worry?
By: By Vince Vittore
A survey released last week should give some ammunition to carrier executives living under the impression that perhaps all this talk about voice over IP...
Modern Frankensteins
By: by Alex Liu
When Bela Lugosi bellowed, "the transformation is almost complete," he was one of many in a notorious list of soothsayers whose reality never quite met the hype...
So you want to write a VoIP RFP
By: By David H. Yedwab and Jay Brandstadter
Sooner or later, any enterprise or organization will have to come to grips with a request for proposal (RFP) or equivalent for VoIP acquisition. Certainly some have already been down this road, and what follows are lessons learned...
The true total cost of ownership
By: By Ben Allen Francis
Voice-over-IP 911 has already become the subject of talk radio, so the next step is logically this...
Schnook power
By: By Tim McElligott
America Online wasn't even a concept when cartoon villain Boris Badenov, of Rocky and Bullwinkle fame, uttered his famous words...
Universal debate
By: By Vince Vittore
What started off as a relatively quiet internal industry debate over how light regulation should be applied to voice over IP became full-fledged public...
Security and VoIP: The sky is NOT falling
By: By David H. Yedwab
Just as the enterprise VoIP market has begun to grow vigorously, a recent spate of news about the security risks attendant to VoIP have been circulating about the industry...
The convergence comeback
By: By Jason Meyers
The concept of "convergence," a term once so hackneyed and tied to anticipated trends that didn't materialize on time that it became almost taboo, appears to be coming back into fashion these days...
VoIP enterprise shipments crack 50%
By: By David Yedwab
Good news, bad news
By: By Carol Wilson
According to today's headlines, the telephone companies are doomed, and there's little they can do about it. According to last week's news, they are still...
Consumer retorts
By: By Jason Meyers
The week of that gadget-lovers' Mecca known as the Consumer Electronics Show seems an appropriate time to address some of the paramount issues service...
