Microsoft Disconnects Response Point VOIP Product
eWeek
Microsoft is discontinuing its Response Point phone system software, which businesses of up to 50 people could use to manage a complex phone system and make calls via VOIP.
Topics: VoIP, SMBs, Microsoft, launch
Mobile VoIP Poised to become the Principal Transport for Various Access Technologies, Says Frost & Sullivan
TMCnet News
Mobile VoIP is no longer just hype, but has become a credible threat to traditional voice revenues. Considering, that this is only a matter of time until Internet protocol (IP) becomes the principal transport for various access technologies, an ambitious group of mobile VoIP start-up companies are creating a paradigm shift in the [...]
FBI Warns on VOIP Attacks
No Jitter (blog)
I recently heard from Mark Collier, CTO at SecureLogix and one of the industry’s security gurus. He pointed me to a recent FBI press release on a growing VOIP-driven security threat: Denial-of-service attacks that are launched as a way of masking separate identity theft or other types of fraud attacks.
Topics: FBI, launch, [...]
Skype Statement On Windows Phone 7 No-Show
Top 10 Mobile Phones
After making headlines last week by saying that it would not be creating a VoIP app for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform, Skype has commented further on the matter but confirmed little in detail.
Topics: VoIP, iPad, software, ISP, Skype, iPhone
Mobile Voice Shows First Signs of Stagnation
Total Telecom
According to InfoCom latest release of the Mobile Traffic Quarterly Monitoring, mobile voice traffic volume in Western Europe is giving first signs of stagnation as growth starts to slowdown.
Topics: telecom, VoIP
Verizon Business Offers New Bundled Plan in Europe
TMCnet
Verizon Business is telling European companies it can help them cut back on mobile service costs, including international roaming fees, with its new bundled plan.
Topics: Europe, Verizon, telecom, VoIP
BT’s Faster Broadband Could Improve VoIP
Telappliant VoIP News
VoIP solutions could improve across the UK following an agreement between BT and Alcatel-Lucent to increase broadband speeds. Broadband provider BT signed a five-year partnership deal with infrastructure specialist Alcatel-Lucent which will enable the telecoms giant to deliver super-fast broadband to business and customer users.
Topics: broadband, VoIP
Study: VoIP Accounts For 54% of French Fixed-Line Traffic
TMCnet News
Calls originating from consumers’ internet gateways, known in France as “les box”, accounted for 54 percent of all fixed-line traffic in the fourth quarter of last year, according to telecommunications regulator Arcep.
Topics: telecom, VoIP
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 [...]
3G Handsets Could Help Mobile VoIP Solutions Soar
Telappliant VoIP News
The growth of 3G handsets will increase potential access to mobile VoIP solutions, with 3G technology allowing simultaneous use of speech and data services and higher data rates. The strongest handset shipment growth was seen in the Middle East and Africa, followed by the Americas, particularly in the USA. Europe, however, saw only [...]
TalkFree Launches PickRoute VoIP Termination Service
TMCnet News
TalkFree, a leading international VoIP carrier, has launched PickRoute, an A-to-Z VoIP termination service for small and medium-sized businesses and resellers already utilizing a VoIP switch or IP PBX
Topics: launch, VoIP, termination, telecom, San Francisco
Wireless Broadband Growth, Further Advances in IP-Based Services, Strong Margins and Cash Flow Highlight AT&T’s First-Quarter Results
TMCnet News
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today reported strong first-quarter results highlighted by rapid growth in mobile broadband, further expansion of AT&T U-verse services and continued solid gains in IP-based and strategic business services. Progress in these areas and disciplined execution on cost initiatives drove solid financial results, including consolidated revenue growth, improved margins and strong cash [...]
O-bit Offers Resellers Chance to Provide Cost-Effective Colocation Services
Total Telecom
Voice and data network solutions provider, O-bit Telecom, has launched its new colocation solution, Hostwise. The new offering will give resellers the opportunity to provide their customers with advanced data centre services, allowing them to meet the growing demand from businesses for stable and reliable server hosting solutions.
Topics: colocation, reseller, telecom, VoIP
VoIP on 3G: Do You Really Think You Can Beat the Mobile Operators at their Own Game?
UCStrategies
The mobile operators have maintained their profitability by controlling the ground rules by which their services can be used, and they are not about to abandon that lucrative franchise.
Topics: 3G, VoIP, mobile operators, 4G, cellular
NetCarrier Expands With Asset Purchase
TMCnet News
NetCarrier Inc, a regional telecoms provider in the eastern US, announced today that it has acquired the assets of SNiP Link LLC, increasing its core commercial voice and data customer base.
Topics: telecom, VoIP, carrier
