NeuStar acquires VoIP CALEA compliance leader Fiducianet
By: By Tim McElligott
As part of it pursuit for more homeland security business and it efforts to grow its portfolio of third-party trusted services to communications providers, NeuStar acquired Herndon, Va.-based law enforcement compliance company, Fiducianet, this week. ...
KMC says goodbye to CLEC business, hello to IP services
By: By Carol Wilson
KMC Telecom is exiting the CLEC business, and selling its local service assets to Century Tel and Telcove...
Number 1 in session control, Netrake signs SunRocket
By: By Tim McElligott
Netrake earned the top spot in a recent market share report from Frost & Sullivan, which ranked suppliers of session border control equipment. ...
Happy days are (kinda) here again
By: By Carol Wilson
Telecom equipment spending rose in 2004 for the first time since the industry bubble burst in 2000, according to the TIA's 2005 Market Review and Forecast....
SBC, AT&T make big promises
By: By Carol Wilson
(Photos: Dorman, left: Jennifer S. Altman/Bloomberg News/Landov; Whitaker, right: Diane Bondareff/ Bloomberg News/Landov)... ...
On the verge of convergence
By: By Jason Ankeny
The FCC's ruling on VoIP regulations is combining with the growing scarcity of wireless spectrum to make converged cellular/Wi-Fi networks an increasingly viable alternative to traditional system buildouts. How the marriage of two disruptive technologies promises to change the way service providers do business...
XO aims VoIP at small business
By: By Carol Wilson
XO Communications is hoping to woo small business customers with a flat-rate integrated access service that combines high-speed Internet access with voice...
Fast forward: Brian McFadden, Nortel Networks
As the member of the executive leadership team at Nortel Networks with the most internal experience, Brian McFadden has ridden the roller coaster of fates...
Telstra seeking new U.S. identity
By: By Carol Wilson
The brand name “Telstra” is predominantly associated with the Australian telephone company now facing privatization in its homeland. But Telstra Inc. is looking to make a different name for itself...
GlobalTouch opts for Telco System's ATA
By: By Vince Vittore
GlobalTouch Telecom said today that it has picked Telco Systems' Access211 analog telephone adapter (ATA) for use in its SIPTalk calling service. ...
Powell confirms he’s leaving FCC
By: By Donny Jackson, Mobile Radio Technology
FCC Chairman Michael Powell has confirmed that he is resigning from the agency in March (Photo by MIKE BLAKE/Reuters/Landov)...
SIPfoundry unveils open SIP PBX platform
By: By Dan O'Shea
The keys to mainstream market success for many technological innovations and often the most difficult ingredients for them to come by are interoperability...
SBC, Comcast enliven convergence
By: By Carol Wilson and Vince Vittore
In an increasingly heated broadband battle royale, it's telco cunning versus cable TV leverage, and a shot in the arm for cross-industry competition...
Covad chasing residential VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
Covad Communications will trial a line-powered version of voice over IP within the next three months, in hopes of opening up the consumer VoIP market...
Performance Technologies develops high-density gateway, partners with MetaSwitch
By: By Tim McElligott
Performance Technologies’ Voice Technology Group has developed its third generation and highest density media gateway module for original equipment manufacturers...
Level 3 to eliminate 600 jobs
By: By Carol Wilson
Despite plans to live large in the voice over IP world, Level 3 Communications is shrinking its employee base, today announcing a work force reduction...
InfiniRoute launches VoIP peering for wireless
By: by Dan O'Shea
InfiniRoute Networks, a company aiming to be an carrier-neutral provider of VoIP managed peering services, has announced the availability of its peering...
Samsung to sell Sonus IP switching gear
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Samsung will incorporate Sonus’ packet switch architecture into its wireless infrastructure portfolio, Sonus officials said today. The deal makes Samsung...
Comcast readies aggressive VoIP push
By: By Carol Wilson
Comcast’s long-awaited announcement today that it will aggressively pursue Voice over IP service is just the latest salvo in the cable industry’s steady...
Conversent, FiberNet merge
By: by Ed Gubbins
Conversent Communications, a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) operating in seven Northeastern states, has agreed to merge with FiberNet, which...
CES: Dialpad launches second line service
By: By Vince Vittore
Taking a different approach than the vast majority of the voice-over-IP market, Dialpad Communications today announced new unlimited, ultra-cheap voice...
Qwest delays residential VoIP
By: By Carol Wilson
Qwest Communications has delayed the launch of its residential voice over IP service, saying it needs to do further testing. That service will now be...
Net2Phone expands U.S. reach
By: By Carol Wilson
Net2Phone announced today that its expansion plan now covers 80% of the United States, including all major markets. The company is in the process of acquiring...
Vonage connects troops for free
Vonage is capping its biggest year with a big donation. The company announced today that U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan racked up 200,000 free...
Mercator: Softswitch hype turns into market momentum
By: by Tim McElligott
The softswitch market, as defined by investment banking firm Mercator Capital, grew to $169 million in the third quarter, as the softswitch case expanded...
