Archive for August, 2006

Gips And Skype To Offer Voice Quality To VOIP-Enabled Hardware Devices

Global IP Sound (GIPS), provider of embedded voice processing technology for the Voice over IP (VOIP) market, has announced it has extended its relationship with Skype. This relationship will enable hardware manufacturers the ability to offer Skype-compatible IP phones. These hardware solutions will utilize GIPS technology, specifically, GIPS Voice Engine Embedded.
The two companies have enjoyed […]

August 24th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

New Tektronix Mobile Test Platform Provides the Highest Performance Available for Reliable Testing of 3G and 3.5G Broadband Wireless Network Elements

Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE:TEK), a worldwide provider of communications network management and diagnostics products, announced the Tektronix K1297-G35 Protocol Tester for mobile equipment manufacturers and mobile operators. Building on Tektronix’ recognized leadership in simulation and emulation of mobile network elements, the K1297-G35 brings to market the highest level of test performance available, and allows the testing […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP, Wireless

Foundry’s Third Generation VoIP-Ready Switches Deliver Industry’s Most Scalable Power Over Ethernet Solution

Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY) a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today introduced two new modular systems to its FastIron(R) SuperX line of Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches. The FastIron SX 800 and FastIron SX 1600 provide a scalable, secure, low-latency and fault-tolerant infrastructure for cost-effective deployment of Voice over IP […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

All Broadvoice VoIP Customers in the United States Have 911 Service

BroadVoice, the leading provider of high quality, feature-rich broadband phone services to consumers and businesses, announced that 100% of its customers in the US now have access to 911 service. A BroadVoice customer dialing 9-1-1 is connected to either a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), or the National Emergency Call Center, both of which are […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

AccessLine Opens North Carolina Markets for New Retail SmartVoice VoIP Service

AccessLine Communications, a leading provider of hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, today announced the North Carolina launch for the new retail version of SmartVoice Service — the company’s hosted VoIP service that delivers the benefits of advanced business telephone service at a fraction of the cost. Specifically designed and built for Small and […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Africa: VOIP is Engine for Developing Telephony

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Ernest Ndukwe has described the development of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as the engine of telephony in developing countries like Nigeria.
Speaking at the first day of the three-day VoIP forum in Lagos, that opened on Monday, Dr. Ndukwe in a paper entitled […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Sipera IPCS 310 Supports More VoIP Environments

VoIP security technology provider Sipera Systems of Richardson, Texas, announced Monday expansion of its IP communications security solutions to more environments.
The company’s IPCS 310 will now offer protection of VoIP and IM to more environments, allowing enterprises, especially in the financial services and healthcare industries, to secure legacy systems and additional IP communications applications against […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

India: Low-cost VoIP service launched

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has formally launched “Matallo” (Telugu for `in words’) phones, a low-cost voice over Internet protocol service (VoIP), at his camp office on Monday.
Developed by Nettlinx in association with US-based Smart IMS, the service would be launched across the State under the brand name Matallo.
Dr. Reddy expressed happiness over a group […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Avaya, Cisco Dominate VOIP

Avaya Inc. is busy bolstering its VOIP story for branch offices as research firms named the vendor, along with Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO - message board), the market leaders in enterprise voice-over-IP.
According to Synergy Research Group Inc. , the overall market for enterprise IP telephony in the second quarter grew just over 30 percent […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Minacom’s Zoey Puts VoIP Testing in the Hands of Subscribers

VoIP test systems provider Minacom announced today the introduction of its latest product, the Zoey interactive VoIP test agent.
In a press release, Minacom described Zoey as “an automated Interactive Voice Response (IVR) agent customers can call to test their own service quality.”
Zoey’s capabilities are quite intriguing, since it puts VoIP testing in the hands of […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Samsung SCH-A900

Specs:
CDMA 800/1900 MHz with EVDO capability; Bluetooth radio; external OLED featuring 65,000 colors; internal LCD featuring 212,000 colors; 70 MB of internal memory; microSD expansion slot; 3.2-megapixel image sensor; TV-out and USB port; speakerphone.; battery life is 246 minutes of talk time, 315 hours of standby time.
Pros: Offers the highest image resolutions currently available from […]

August 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Samsung

Eyeball Networks Releases Proxy, Firewall and NAT Traversal Solution for VoIP Services and Devices

Eyeball Networks today announced the release of its Any-Firewall™ Server which enables seamless traversal of VoIP calls through firewalls, Network Address Translation devices, and web proxies.
One of the biggest obstacles of widespread VoIP adoption is the inability of data packets to traverse firewalls and connect participants using different firewall products and configurations. Eyeball’s Any-Firewall™ Server […]

August 19th, 2006 - Posted in Other, VoIP