Forrester: ENUM essential to more CTOs
By Tim McElligott
Forrester Consulting has concluded after surveying high-level telecom network strategists at 11 large mostly incumbent telecom providers that ENUM, a long-emerging standard that facilitates voice-call routing across IP networks, is increasingly being seen as an essential routing function in the network....
Infonetics: VoIP revenues booming
By Dan O'Shea
Infonetics Research has released a report showing that voice-over-IP service revenue roughly doubled in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific from 2004 to 2005. ...
MetaSwitch lands two consortia
By Carol Wilson
MetaSwitch today announced two new customers, and the first commercial validation of its expanded strategy for softswitch deployment....
VoIP quality continue to decline, Brix says
By Carol Wilson
The quality of Internet telephony continues to decline, even as the service goes mainstream, according to service assurance provider Brix Networks....
Skype introduces WiFi VoIP phones
By Carol Wilson
WiFi phones are coming on the market for Skype’s VoIP service in the third quarter, enabling customers to access their Skype service when away from their PCs. The phones are initially available through Skype.com....
Taking VoIP to the cell phone
By Kevin Fitchard
Qualcomm says its new EV-DO Revision A is ready for primetime, supporting the industry's first end-to-end voice-over-IP calls. VoIP to the handset may now be a reality, but it's a reality carriers may be slow to accept...
Cable tops J.D. Power telephony survey
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...
VoIPfone from Brasil supported by ACME Packet
By Tim McElligott
Acme Packet said this week that Brazil’s third largest fixed line service provider, Brasil Telecom, will use its Net-Net session border controllers for the carrier’s VoIPfone service, a SIP-based business and residential VoIP offering...
Vonage tries on another patent infringement suit
By Ed Gubbins
Vonage Holdings is being sued for patent infringement again after being sued by Verizon Communications for the same reason last month...
AudioCodes acquires Netrake
By Dan O'Shea
AudioCodes, having just finished its previously announced acquisition of Nuera Communications, wasted no time announcing its next buy. ...
InFocus: VoIP adoption and the SMB market
By Rich Grange
Internet-based calling is forecast to see another year of dramatic growth in 2006 as service providers and carriers push VoIP further into the SMB market. SMBs are simultaneously becoming more familiar with VoIP and more open to learning about how it can help their businesses reduce costs and upgrade outdated PBX key systems. What does this mean for broadband service providers?...
A new approach to VoIP
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...
FCC raises universal service fund fees
By Sarah Reedy
The Federal Communications Commission voted today to increase the amount cell-phone companies must pay to the Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes phone service in rural areas. ...
Verizon adds VoIP security consulting
By Carol Wilson
360networks to interconnect using Netrake border control
By Tim McElligott
Netrake today announced that 360networks Corp. is deploying its nCite Session Border Controllers to support the security and delivery of its new SIPConnect Service targeting cable operators, ISPs, broadband service providers and VoIP service providers across North America...
Convergence driving Verizon to new IP gear
By Carol Wilson
Verizon next year plans to integrate the five IP networks it operates today onto a single IP network, utilizing new IP routers that are not yet commercially available....
Fusion launches free international VoIP
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...
Nortel offers comprehensive security program
By Carol Wilson
Nortel is expanding its security services portfolio, capitalizing on its networking expertise to offer service providers and enterprise customers consulting service in the security arena, along with a managed service offering and security compliance services. ...
Report: CALEA rules endanger VoIP
By Carol Wilson
A new industry association report claims applying federal wiretap laws to voice-over-IP services will either limit the current flexibility of those services or introduce serious security risks to domestic IP networks. ...
Globalcomm: Alvarion adds triple play to BreezeAccess
By Kevin Fitchard
CHICAGO—Alvarion released a new version of its proprietary broadband wireless base station BreezeAccess VL, which integrates prioritization technology capable of supporting VoIP...
Globalcomm: Exec preaches selling on value
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 Tim McElligott
Globalcomm: Motorola’s open server platforms get boost from Siemens
by Tim McElligott
Globalcomm: BroadSoft adds marketing program to boost carrier sales
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 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...
