Archive for July, 2006

Taiwan sets up ViTA Forum to certify VoIP products

The Taiwan government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and seven other organizations and companies have jointly formed the ViTA Forum, dedicated to establishing a set of certification standards for related VoIP products.
The seven other initial members of the ViTA Forum are: Telecom Technology Center, Taiwan International Standard Electronics (TAISEL), Taiwan Telecommunication Network Services (TTN), Chunghwa [...]

July 14th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Multi-Tech Announces New SIP-Focused Voice Over IP Gateways

GLOBALCOMM ‘06, McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth 39031 — Multi-Tech(R) Systems, Inc., a leading data communications and telecommunications technology company based in suburban Minneapolis, is announcing new MultiVOIP(TM) voice and fax over IP gateways targeted towards businesses implementing SIP (Session Initiated Protocol) telephony. The new MultiVOIP FX Voice/Fax over IP Gateways will be shown at this [...]

July 14th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

SunRocket Chooses MegaPOP VoIP From US LEC

US LEC Corp. (Nasdaq: CLEC), a full-service provider of IP, data and voice solutions to businesses and enterprise organizations throughout the Eastern United States, today announced its agreement to provide MegaPOP(SM) VoIP services to Vienna, Va.-based SunRocket, one of the fastest-growing providers of residential Internet phone service.
“SunRocket chose US LEC’s MegaPOP VoIP for its [...]

July 14th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Cingular launches mini HBO series for cellphones

Cingular Wireless, the No. 1 U.S. cellphone service, said on Wednesday that cable channel HBO has produced a special mobile mini-series based on the popular show “Entourage” that extends the story beyond what is shown on television.
Cingular, a venture of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., and its rivals Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications Inc. [...]

July 12th, 2006 - Posted in Other

Taipei Rolls Out Citywide Wireless-VoIP Network

The city government of Taipei, in the island state of Taiwan, expects to have 200,000 inhabitants making phone calls using VoIP over citywide Wi-Fi by the end of this year.
Ten firms are involved in promoting the “Taipei Easy Call” project, which consists of rolling out Internet-based mobile phones that can switch between calls made using [...]

July 9th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

El Salvador Successful Leap into VOIP Bandwagon

DIDX.org network, the world Leader in wholesale VoIP number offering, with over 2500 global telcom members, now offers VOIP number services from El Salvador.
DIDX is a marketplace for cutting edge telecoms and ITSP companies from around the world, who aggressively buy, sell and trade DID’s using the Internet protocol. Members of this trading group range [...]

July 9th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Verizon, Samsung Launch 3.2-Megapixel Camera Phone

Samsung and Verizon have unveiled a new camera phone designed to raise the bar on all-in-one handsets. Dubbed the SCH-a990, the new camera phone is the first phone with 3.2-megapixel capabilities offered through Verizon.
According to the companies, the new device, which has a built-in flash, can produce photos that are on par with point-and-shoot digital [...]

July 9th, 2006 - Posted in Samsung

Legal Bun Fight Over VoIP Deal Escalates

The legal proceedings between IP Telephony softswitch developer, Transcom, and Adelaid-based ISP, Chariot, heated up outside the courts this week as Transcom’s Queensland-based subsidiary accused the ASX-listed Chariot of misleading the market.
Chariot has issued a statement to the ASX denying the allegations and reiterating that it intends to fight the Breach of Contract claims in [...]

July 7th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Viva la VoIP

Tired of triple-digit phone bills? David Flynn shows how to make the internetyour next best friend when it comes to saving money.
Certain conversation topics are almost guaranteed to find a sympathetic ear: the weather, slow trains, high petrol prices, choked roadways, utter boredom with celebrity obsession. Oh, and phone bills.
Nearly everyone agrees they pay too [...]

July 7th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Microsoft Unified Comms Lacks VoIP, IM Compliance Tools

Microsoft Corps complicated unified communications product roadmap, unveiled with much fanfare last week, is missing an important component: regulatory compliance tools for VoIP and instant messaging, according to Avanade Inc, an Accenture-Microsoft joint venture.
There currently are no compliance regulations for instant messaging and IP phone calls. But as these technologies become centrally managed, as Microsofts [...]

July 6th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Opera Australia makes its voice heard with VoIP

Opera Australia has signed a two year deal with a telecommunications provider to supply voice, data and mobile services and an IP-based PBX to support its migration to VoIP.
The new network, to be integrated by NSC enterprise solutions, will replace the company’s 14 year old ICT infrastructure following an audit last year.
Timeliness of installation is [...]

July 6th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

VoIP processor offers ‘first’ complete IMS solution

Mindspeed Technologies Inc. has announced its seventh-generation Comcerto VoIP processor, designed for emerging IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) networking applications. According to the company, the Comcerto 900 Series processor will enable service providers to solve the increasingly difficult challenge of seamlessly transcoding wireless and wireline protocols in order to transport voice and video between legacy circuit-switched [...]

July 6th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP