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...

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...

Plan B: CLECs turn to MetaSwitch 

By: by Tim McElligott

Anticipating the recent FCC ruling on unbundled network elements that gives competitive carriers about a year to find alternative switching solutions,...

mPhase moves into service development phase 

By: By Vince Vittore

mPhase Technologies this week moved into what is largely a next logical step in its development by launching a services creation strategy designed for...

CallWave launches VoIP apps for mobile users 

By: by Dan O'Shea

CallWave, a provider of hosted voice over IP applications, recently announced two new IP-based applications that could increase the call management capabilities...

Z-Tel morphing into Trinsic 

By: By Carol Wilson

Despite federal regulation changes that undermined a large segment of its original business plan, Z-Tel Communications is not fading away as some might...

Z-Tel turns to VoIP 

By: By Carol Wilson

Z-Tel Communications is experiencing a rebound in the consumer services arena. Since September, when the company’s new management decided to re-engage...

Government, telecom officials talk taxation 

By: By Donny Jackson

A wide range of state and local government representatives met yesterday with communications industry officials in the first of a series of meetings designed...

Universal concerns 

By: By Donny Jackson

Universal service has been at the forefront of U.S. telecommunications policy for 70 years. But financial woes, market changes and political shifts could result in the universal service fund's role changing dramatically during the next year...