Global Crossing enters VoIP peering market
By: By Carol Wilson
Global Crossing this morning threw its hat into the VoIP peering ring, launching VoIP Community Peering, which brings its end-to-end IP connectivity to service providers...
New Global Telecom gets SMARTer
By: By Dan O'Shea
Voice-over-IP wholesale carrier New Global Telecom today announced the release of its third volume in its VoIP informational series, "Strategic Market, Acquisition & Retention Techniques," (SMART) for service providers launching hosted VoIP telephony services to small- and mid-size business customers....
MetaSwitch takes aim at cable industry
By: By Carol Wilson
Having firmly established its softswitch technology in the independent and competitive telephone markets, MetaSwitch is expanding its focus to the cable TV industry, announcing a new product platform designed to let cable companies provide business VoIP services....
MetaSwitch lands two consortia
By: By Carol Wilson
MetaSwitch today announced two new customers, and the first commercial validation of its expanded strategy for softswitch deployment....
Cable tops J.D. Power telephony survey
By: By Carol Wilson
Consumers think the best telephone companies are actually cable companies, according to the J.D. Power & Associates 2006 Residential All-Distance Telephone Customer Satisfaction Study...
A new approach to VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
A new national Internet telephony player is banking on its experience in the interconnect industry to launch a new voice-over-IP service in the small and medium-sized business space. Read the full-length article here...
Fusion launches free international VoIP
By: By Tim McElligott
With an Internet version of the 1980s equal access codes, Fusion Telecommunications International launched its free VoIP service this week under the brand efonica...
Globalcomm: Exec preaches selling on value
By: By Carol Wilson
CHICAGO--The telecom industry needs to stop selling on price in a race to see who is cheaper, and start selling on value, according to the president and CEO of VoIP wholesaler New Global Telecom...
Globalcomm: BroadSoft adds marketing program to boost carrier sales
By: By Tim McElligott
CHICAGO--BroadSoft director of strategic marketing Diane Myers said the hundreds of features available on its application software platform can overwhelm enterprise customers during the service provider sales process, so this week the company launched its QuickStart Express go-to-market program...
Globalcomm: Global Crossing enhances VPNs, VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
CHICAGO--Global Crossing today announced the latest in a series of enhancements to its business and wholesale product lines, including a VoIP Community Peering feature that mimics wireless on-net calling plans and improved Virtual Private Networking performance...
Private phone numbers in vogue
By: By Carol Wilson
For more than a decade, the telecom industry has been promising to make communications easier for its customers by allowing them to have a single phone number, regardless of what device they use to communicate...
Global Crossing launches VoIP VPN
By: By Carol Wilson
Global Crossing is using Globalcomm to showcase a network-based voice-over-IP virtual private network service that allows businesses to migrate to an...
Ready to compete with your bank?
By: By Vince Vittore
When Atlantic Central Bankers Bank, or ACBB for short, launched its own telecom division early this year, it did so more out of desperation than anything else...
M5 charts a different competitive path
By: By Carol Wilson
The competitive service provider industry has largely been divided into two camps: the companies that built their own facilities and those that counted on cheap wholesale access to incumbent facilities....
Verizon Business expands VoIP across Europe
By: By Tim McElligott
From VON Europe in Stockholm, Sweden this week Verizon Business launched several VoIP-related products and services to expand its business presence across the European Union...
AOL gives VoIP a new look
By: By Carol Wilson
AOL is introducing a new VoIP service, AIM Phoneline, that not only provides a free phone number for inbound calls but is designed to serve as a second line for consumers who have given up their landline phones, or want a second number for home-based businesses or online activity, such as auctions and dating services....
Skype hits 100 million mark
By: By Carol Wilson
Skype announced today that it has registered 100 million users in the company's two-and-a-half year history....
EarthLink teams with Linksys on VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
EarthLink has teamed up with Linksys and Cisco Systems to sell a VoIP package that includes service and hardware...
XO extends VoIP PBX offering
By: By Carol Wilson
XO Communications has moved its up-market VoIP service to a nationwide platform, announcing today that its XOptions Flex package of business VoIP services is now available for businesses with up to 160 employees per location, in 50 major metropolitan markets....
MindSpring gets new VoIP bounce
By: By Carol Wilson
A familiar old brand name will adorn a new VoIP service from EarthLink – MindSpring is being dusted off as the name of its revamped PC-to-PC calling service....
TELECOMNEXT: Yahoo! launches new VoIP client
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--Yahoo! tomorrow will unveil a new global version of its Yahoo! Messenger VoIP client in the U.S., introducing both new features and a new, more powerful voice engine....
Sprint takes PBX on the road
By: By Vince Vittore
Sprint is taking what could logically be thought of as the next step in its voice-over-IP evolution with the launch of a new service...
VON: Speakeasy tracks VoIP growth
By: By Carol Wilson
National voice and data provider Speakeasy said it saw rapid growth of both broadband and VoIP service in 2005 and expects even more rapid growth this year in both arenas. ...
VON: Level 3 expands VoIP portfolio
By: By Carol Wilson
Through its WilTel acquisition and a number of partner arrangements, Level 3 Communications has expanded its portfolio of wholesale voice services and accelerated VoIP adoption....
VON: Vortex goes national on Tekelec
By: By Carol Wilson
SAN JOSE--Vortex Broadband Communications is launching its fixed wireless voice and data services nationally, using Tekelec’s 6000 VoIP Application Servers to deliver voice, broadband and hosting VoIP servers...
