Archive for October, 2006

Global Crossing Launches VoIP Professional Services

Global Crossing announced it is introducing VoIP Professional Services, which will leverage an enhanced agreement with Avaya, a global leader in business communications applications, systems and services.
VoIP Professional Services includes technical services, transition management and managed solutions. Common elements in many solutions may include network readiness assessment and design, network integration and implementation, and managed [...]

October 5th, 2006 - Posted in Other, VoIP

Vodafone launches own-brand low-cost 3G mobile handsets

British mobile phone giant Vodafone has launched its first self-branded low-cost third generation (3G) mobile handsets which will be rolled out in Europe from October.
Huawei Technologies, China’s largest telecoms equipment maker, will supply the company the new clamshell handsets, called Vodafone 710, under a strategic alliance agreement signed by both sides early this year.
“The [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in Other

LG Philips unveils “world’s thinnest” mobile phone display panel

South Korea’s LG Philips LCD unveiled what it claims to be the world’s thinnest liquid crystal display (LCD) for use in mobile phones.
The new panel, only 1.3 millimetres (0.052 of an inch) thick including the module, is about a third slimmer than the TFT-LCD (thin-film transistor liquid crystal display) panels currently in use for [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in LG, Philips

Japanese Coke machines to accept cellphone credit payment

US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola has said it will equip its vending machines in Japan to accept credit payment through mobile telephones, an increasingly popular money option in the country.
Coca-Cola Japan said its machines will start accepting iD, a contactless credit service on mobile phones developed by cellular industry leader NTT DoCoMo and Sumitomo Mitsui [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in Other

BenQ German mobile phone subsidiary files for insolvency

The German mobile phone arm of Taiwanese group BenQ has filed for insolvency as unions and politicians protested at the company’s treatment of 3,000 employees who are set to lose their jobs.
BenQ had said on Thursday it was withdrawing funding from the unit, just a year after acquiring it from German group Siemens.
A spokeswoman for [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in Other

Intel’s Ultra Mobile PC Gets 3G Capability

Sierra Wireless will provide embedded wide-area wireless modules to a new Intel UPMC platform that will enable devices to hook up to 3G (third generation) wireless telecommunications, creating a new way to use a UMPC.
Until now, UMPCs from most companies, including Samsung Electronics and Asustek Computer, have included two wireless functions, WLAN (wireless LAN) for [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in Other

T-Mobile dumps VoIP restrictions

T-Mobile will allow VoIP calls over its Web ‘n’ Walk-branded 3G network for the first time when it launches a set of new data tariffs next week.
Until now, customers who used the operator’s data services to make VoIP calls were ordered to stop breaching their customer agreements. VoIP and instant messaging services were prohibited in [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Yankee Group Reveals Web VoIP Services as New Market Threat to Telecom Incumbents

Yankee Group announced that web-based VoIP applications are posing a competitive challenge for traditional service providers in their drive to maintain customers. While telcos typically focus their attention on the competition from cable companies and wireless carriers, a new market threat comes from Internet-based voice applications, which offer consumers a compelling service that enables low-cost [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Coms F1000/F3000: WiFi VoIP Handsets

UK VoIP company, Coms, has just launched two WiFi VoIP handsets in advance of their service which is going live on 9 October.
Coms claim their service will be the first in the UK that let people choose their own phone number from 178 UK geographic area codes.
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October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

Ixia Launches Software For VoIP Testing

Calabasas-based Ixia has launched a new, software-only version of the company’s IxVoice VoIP testing system, the firm said yesterday. The new IxVoice Lite software tests IMS and VoIP protocols. The firm said that the entry-level software is designed to test SIP, SCCP, H.323, and other voice-over-IP protocols, and can be used on individual workstations. Ixia [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

iSkoot Rolls Out VoIP Application for Dual-Mode Phones

iSkoot has introduced the iSkootDuo solution that enables dual-mode phones, supporting GSM/CDMA and WiFi networks, to connect to a variety of VoIP services. The Java-based thin client phone application and network server offer connectivity to services likeSkype , GoogleTalk, AIM, Microsoft Messenger and Yahoo Messenger.
iSkoot’s technology enables VoIP over three different network connections, WiFi, [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP

911 dispatchers unable to find callers on VoIP

Area residents who sign up for the latest telecommunications technology — Voice over Internet Protocol phone service, or VoIP — could be cutting themselves off from quick and effective emergency services response.
Dispatchers in the Lackawanna County Communications Center may not be able to pinpoint the location of someone who uses VoIP to call 911, officials [...]

October 1st, 2006 - Posted in VoIP