Archive for September, 2006

Linksys forms first VoIP partnership

Linksys says a newly-formed partnership with WorldxChange will be the first of many in the voice over IP (VoIP) space.
Under the agreement, consumers will be able to connect to WorldxChange’s XNet VFX (virtual fone exchange) service using the Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway (WAG54GP2), while small businesses will access its service through a Linksys Voice System [...]

September 11th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

AccessLine Opens North Carolina Markets for New Retail SmartVoice VoIP

Provider of hosted VoIP services, AccessLine Communications, has launched a 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 Medium Businesses(SMBs), SmartVoice Service offers as much as 50 percent savings over traditionalbusiness phone service [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

AOL axes TotalTalk VoIP

TotalTalk, which was designed to replace an existing phone service, had drawn just 2,000 subscribers since it debuted last October. It seems the service didn’t stand a chance next to market leader Vonage Holdings Corp, which has about 1.8 million subscribers.
AOL, which is owned by Time Warner Inc, likely will continue to push its AIM [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Global Crossing to Provide VoIP Services for UK Triple-Play Package

Global Crossing today announced it has been awarded a three-year contract to offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) as part of a new service targeted at the research- and-education and consumer markets. The service forms part of a triple-play offering being launched by Inuk Networks later this year aimed initially at a UK university student [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Global Crossing Extends VoIP Outbound Service Portfolio to 14 Countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific

Global Crossing today announced that for the first time it has made its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Outbound Service available to both enterprise and carrier customers in previously unserved parts of Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as in eight new European countries.
The company also has enhanced the service to offer intra-country [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in Other, VoIP

Mobile companies develop new, faster 4G technology

Global mobile operators and device makers are betting that the next level of transmission technology will ramp up mobile phone usage in a way that third-generation technology has so far failed to do.
So-called fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology, now being developed, would allow two-way communication in voice, video and data on a scale that was previously [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in Other

Nokia unveils 3 new phones for fashion collection

Nokia unveiled on Monday three new mobile phone handsets, the 7390, the 7373 and the 7360, to boost its new fashion lineup.
Nokia 7390 is a 3G phone with music player and video calling, and is expected to retail for 450 euros ($578.5), excluding taxes and subsidies.
Nokia 7373, with music and video player, is expected to [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in Nokia

Global Crossing Says It Has Extended VoIP Outbound Service Portfolio To 14 Countries

Global Crossing announced the availability of its Voice over Internet Protocol Outbound Service available to both enterprise and carrier customers in previously unserved parts of Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as in eight new European countries.
In the Asia-Pacific and Latin American regions, Global Crossing has extended availability of the Service to [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Edinburgh University moves to VoIP

The University of Edinburgh has moved to a voice-over-IP (VoIP) system to allow staff more flexibility.
The communications system will link to nearly 10,000 extensions in over 200 buildings throughout the university and allow staff access to remote working opportunities.
Edinburgh’s telecoms and security systems manager, Murray Clayton, says roll out is the first phase of the [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

NetIQ VoIP Security Solution From Attachmate Named 2006 Readers’ Choice Award Winner by Windows IT Pro

The NetIQ® VoIP Security Solution from Attachmate was named a winner in the VoIP Solution category of the 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards. Kim Paulsen, Group Publisher of Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro, announced the winners of the fifth-annual contest September 1, 2006.
“The 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers’ Choice Awards continue our tradition [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

DSG to exit VoIP service market, transfers Freetalk users to Vonage

The U.K.’s largest electrical retailer DSG International Plc. has exited the internet telephony market less than a year after it launched the Freetalk service, according to media reports.
Formerly called Dixons and owner of The PC World and Curry’s, DSG has informed Freetalk users that their accounts have been transferred to Vonage, the U.S. telecoms company [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

VOIP USB Phone by D-Link

D-Link has reportedly launched its new VoIP USB phone, called “DPH-10U”, which plugs to a USB port of a PC.
The company says that DPH-10U is designed for use with any desktop, notebook, or laptop computer running the Internet telephone software Skype under Windows XP or 2000.
Besides, this phone allows making Internet phone calls [...]

September 5th, 2006 - Posted in VoIP