Will One Million iPad’s Boost VoIP Traffic?

Telappliant VoIP News
The inclusion of Wi-Fi and 3G gives the iPad the potential to use VoIP, such as applications which allow it to perform similar functions to VoIP phones. It is likely that the iPad tablet will always rely on IP telephony solutions over traditional mobile network operators to deliver voice services, IT news website [...]


iPad Doesn’t Have FCC Type Acceptance

BANGBANGTECH
You can’t get your hands on an iPad for a fair while yet, but you might not know the reason why. Look closely though and it’s there in the very fine print.

Topics: Gizmo, iPad, launch, 3G, Intel, VoIP, FCC


FCC probes Apple’s rejection of Google Voice for iPhone

TMCnet News
…make the best policy decisions,” FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement. The inquiry focuses on voice over Internet (VOIP) applications on wireless phones. It seeks information on how Apple has treated other VOIP programs submitted to its application store …

Topics: wireless, FCC, VoIP, United States, telecom, iPhone


FCC Says VoIP Cos. Can’t Just Close, Like SunRocket

xchange Magazine, AZ
As VoIP grows more popular among consumers, so do the chances that operators will go out of business, whether due to competition, business model inadequacies or lack of funding. The FCC now has decided struggling interconnected VoIP providers aren’t …

Topics: consumer, VoIP, FCC


FCC Pushes For Shorter Number Transfer Time, VoIP Transparency

ChannelWeb, NY
The Federal Communications Commission will require VoIP, wireless and landline providers to transfer customers’ telephone numbers to new carriers within a day, not the four days currently allowed. The plan comes as the FCC’s three sitting commissioners …

Topics: FCC, wireless, consumer, Federal Communications Commission, regulation, carrier, VoIP, telecom, networking, telephone


The State Regulation Continues to Creep in on VoIP Providers

TMC Net
After the release of the FCC’s Vonage (News – Alert) Order in 2005, many states scaled back their plans to regulate VoIP for fear of tripping over the FCC’s jurisdictional framework. Several went so far as to pass legislation preventing local public …

Topics: regulation, FCC, VoIP, Vonage, legislation


FCC Officials: Comcast voip Issues Should Be Considered With Existing Proceedings

Multichannel News, NY
18, two days prior to Martin’s resignation as chairman, asking Comcast to explain an “apparent discrepancy” between its disclosure that the updated network-management practices could affect voip services and a section of its site that says Comcast…

Topics: FCC, VoIP, Comcast