Level 3 to eliminate 600 jobs
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 turns to VoIP
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 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...
Z-Tel morphing into Trinsic
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...
Universal concerns
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...
Z-Tel turns to VoIP
By Carol Wilson
Having read the UNE-P handwriting on the wall, Z-Tel Communications is now turning to Voice over Internet Protocol to deliver its business and residential...
Yet more VoIP: Covad, Qwest go national
Carol Wilson
Both Covad Communications and Qwest Communications announced national voice-over-IP rollouts last week, and while neither was a surprise, they collectively...
VoIP-enabled CPE market fills with new product entries
By Vince Vittore
The already-crowded and fractured market for voice-over-IP customer premises equipment got a lot more so on both counts last week with two separate announcements...
Emergent entices carriers with hosted VoIP solution
By Tim McElligott
Emergent Network Solutions, a Dallas, Texas-based provider of next generation voice infrastructure, introduced a VoIP infrastructure package for wholesale...
Siemens acquires WLAN handoff company
By Kevin Fitchard
Siemens is acquiring WLAN vendor Chantry Networks and its wireless voice and data convergence technology. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Chantry specializes...
Vonage does video
By Vince Vittore
Vonage today announced that it has signed a deal with Viseon to offer the Dallas-based company’s videophone to subscribers wanting Vonage service. Targeting...
Covad grabs VoIP spotlight
By Carol Wilson
Covad Communications one-upped Qwest Communications by announcing an even larger national voice-over-IP offering, only a day after Qwest’s national announcement...
