Archive for September, 2006

VoIP Shopping Site for Businesses

Navigating your way through today’s VoIP industry can be a daunting proposition. These days, there’s no shortage of VoIP providers, each one promising to deliver the highest quality and most innovative products. How is a growing business to know which VoIP provider will be the best fit?
Broadband phone service comparison site VoipReview.org wants to assist […]

September 27th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP, Wireless

BroadSoft Debuts VoIP Applications in Bangladesh

VoIP application software provider BroadSoft introduced its BroadWorks VoIP application platform in Bangladesh this week.
The IMS-compliant BroadWorks platform seems to be a good choice for the more rural and remote sections of Bangladesh, where telecom services are not always available. The platform features include hostedPBX ( News - Alert), Business Trunking, Mobile PBX and Call […]

September 27th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP, Wireless

Telecom NZ sells US$17.6 mln stake in Telecom Samoa Cellular to EU firm

Telecom New Zealand has netted a NZD$20 million(US$13 million) profit from its sale of a 90 per cent stake in Telecom Samoa Cellular to European firm Digicel.
It sold its share for NZD$26.6 million (US$17.6 million), 340 per cent above its book value of about NZD$6 million.
Telecom International general manager Anthony Briscoe said Telecom was pleased […]

September 27th, 2006 - Posted in Other

Ring 9 Deploys Tekelec 6000 VoIP Application Server

Tekelec announced today that it was tapped by Ring 9 to deploy its Tekelec (News - Alert) 6000 VoIP Application Server to enhance the company’s VoIP offerings targeted at small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
The SIP-based Tekelec 6000 provides hosted private branch exchange (PBX (News - Alert)) services that will then allow Ring 9 to offer […]

September 26th, 2006 - Posted in Other

The Beauty of VoIP Hits the Runway in New Marketing Campaign

In a new kind of marketing campaign announced today to promote the latest season of the CW Networks America’s Next Top Model television show, VariTalk LLC., provider of audio and video personalized marketing and advertising, is enabling fans to send and receive personalized messages from the shows host– model, Tyra Banks.
As part of the new […]

September 26th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Big VoIP Revenue for Small Potato Providers

Located just a few miles from the San Diego Convention Center (the home of the upcoming Internet Telephony Conference & Expo) is NetSapiens, a company that makes the lives of smaller service providers much easier.
I spent some time with Anand Buch, Co-Founder & CEO of the company, and learned more about what they are up […]

September 26th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Sony Ericsson K610i review

The K610 is a very functional, understated phone that sports most of the features of the higher end K800i, without the frills. Although it’s not intimidating as its bigger brother, the K610i is still a solid workhorse.
There are two cameras in the phone: a 2 megapixel one and a VGA one for video calls […]

September 26th, 2006 - Posted in Sony Ericsson

Hanaro Telecom Secures Enterprise VoIP Service With Fortinet’s High-Performance FortiGate Security Platform

Fortinet announced that Hanaro Telecom has successfully deployed Fortinet’s FortiGate(TM)-800 security appliances to protect its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service offering for enterprises in Korea.
One of Korea’s most successful integrated telecommunications companies, Hanaro Telecom has 3.6 million subscribers and provides a wide range of broadband Internet and voice services. The company recently began diversifying […]

September 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Other, VoIP

Primus Offers Free VoIP Calls

Primus Telecom is offering a free trial of Internet phone calls to thousands of Victorians.
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As of yesterday, the Primus Internet Phone trial was made available through The Age. The trial provides two weeks of free use with up to four hours of total talk time.
Calls can be made to landlines in Australia and to 15 […]

September 23rd, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Samsung SGH-Z400 review

As with the excellent D600, the tri-band GSM and 3G capable SGH-Z400 employs what is arguably Samsung’s best handset design format - the slider. As I wrote this review, Orange, O2 and Vodafone were all listing the Z400 online from free depending on the tariff.
Samsung plays a cagey game with the Z400. It is […]

September 23rd, 2006 - Posted in Samsung

Samsung SGH-D900 Ultra-Slim Mobile Phone

Samsung has made incredible leaps forward in the past few years. It wasn’t that long ago that you considered a Samsung when you couldn’t afford a tier one brand like Sony or Panasonic, but those days are long gone. These days, not only is Samsung considered a tier one brand, it has actually cemented […]

September 22nd, 2006 - Posted in Samsung

AccessLine Launches Service Trainer System

AccessLine Communications, a leading provider of hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services, today announced the launch of Service Trainer, an element of AccessLine’s SmartProvisioning 2.0 system. By automating the delivery of “just in time” training materials tailored to meet the needs of each user, AccessLine has solved one of the most complex aspects of […]

September 20th, 2006 - Posted in Other, Wireless