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Sangoma to Buy Own Shares

December 11, 2008

Report: US Broadband Operators Spent $4.1 Billion on P2P in 2007

December 10, 2008

Next time you visit one of those "click here to steal this copyrighted work" download sites you should know that you're not just taking food from the tables of entertainment industry workers, you're also stiffing carriers with quite a tab. Apparently, carriers spent over $4 BILLION dollars as a result of consumers' use of peer to peer (P2P) networking, and according to research just released by MultiMedia Intelligence, that massive number is DOWN slightly down from the $4.2 billion spent in 2006. On top of the capital expenditure (CAPEX), carriers also dropped about $700 million in operational expenses (OPEX) as a result of P2P networking. Rick Sizemore of MultiMedia Intelligence said, "Our research uniquely quantifies the impact that P2P has on broadband operators. Since the majority of P2P traffic is unlicensed content, our research demonstrates that piracy costs are not only impacting content owners, but broadband providers as well." According to the release announcing the findings: · The value of unlicensed (in some cases known as pirated) music trafficked on P2P networks in 2007 was US$69 billion. · Not all P2P content is unlicensed. The growth rate for licensed content files distributed over P2P networks is much higher than unlicensed, although it is fair to note that we are starting from a much smaller base. · P2P Internet traffic, despite having grown at a torrid pace for years, will grow almost 400% over the next 5 years. Growing from a level of 1.6 petabytes of Internet traffic per month in 2007 to almost 8 petabytes per month by 2012. TMCnet columnist Gary Kim offers more insight on the matter.

Posted in IP Communications, Research, Service Provider

Tagged: broadband, P2P, peer to peer, Research, service provider : Related Tags: broadband operators, multimedia intelligence, spent billion, internet traffic, content, unlicensed

14 Join Open Handset Alliance, Android Gains Momentum

December 10, 2008

So yesterday, the Open Handset Alliance announced that 14 additional companies were joining the Android alliance, demonstrating "their support for Android as an open mobile platform and their commitment to its commercial success." The newest member companies are: · AKM Semiconductor Inc., · ARM · ASUSTek Computer Inc. · Atheros Communications · Borqs · Ericsson · Garmin International Inc. · Huawei Technologies · Omron Software Co. Ltd. · Softbank Mobile Corporation · Sony Ericsson · Teleca AB · Toshiba Corporation and · Vodafone Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum believes the move will lead to a greater number of devices based on the Android operating system over the next year. Said Leach, "This announcement signals greater confidence in the OHA and the Android platform within the mobile industry. The extended membership will lead to a greater number of Android devices in the market next year and could lead to much-needed consolidation in the mobile Linux space." "Google and its OHA partners have the opportunity to build critical a mass of supporting handsets during 2009," Leach added. "If [Google] achieves this momentum in the handset market in 2009, then it has the potential to challenge Nokia and the Symbian Foundation for dominance in the handset software market."

Posted in 4G, Development tools, Google, IP Communications, Mobility, Open Source, Research, Technology, Wireless

Tagged: android, google, mobility, open source, Ovum, Research, wireless : Related Tags: greater number, handset alliance, android, mobile, handset, market

Fed Warns, Digium Defends Asterisk

December 9, 2008

Posted in Development tools, IP Communications, Open Source

Tagged: Asterisk, Blog, digium, FBI, rich tehrani : Related Tags: asterisk, digium

It's That Time of Year...

December 8, 2008

As the year comes to a close, it's time again to feature that publishing staple -- the year end interview.

I'm fortunate enough to work in an industry where people not only have a lot of interesting things to say, they're not shy about sharing their thoughts and insights with our audience. Below you'll find links to several interviews I've posted with some of the companies that operate in our space. Among the threads that are tying these together (so far) is the belief that mobility holds the key to our industry's future. Mobile VoIP, mobile video, mobile UC... you get the picture. I invite you to take a look at this first batch of interviews. There's more on tap, so check back often. The Future of IP Communications Rests With the Mobile Device Jon R. Doyle, CommuniGate's vice president of business development talks about mobility... Open Source IP PBX Vendor Gains International Recognition Xorcom CEO Eran Gal discusses open source and the opportunity ahead... Look For Mobile UC To Open Up In 2009 Vivek Khuller, President and CEO of DiVitas Networks remains cautiously optimistic for 2009... The Future of IP Communications?

Posted in Development tools, Enterprise, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Mobility, Open Source, Unified Communications

Tagged: CommuniGate, DiVitas, GIPS, interview, mobility, open source, PROGNOSIS, Unified Communications, VoIP, Xorcom : Related Tags: mobile video, mobile, president, future, mobility

Sangoma's VP on New Cards

December 3, 2008

Posted in Development tools, IP Communications, Open Source

Tagged: Blog, open source, rich tehrani, Sangoma : Related Tags: sangoma

Dell'Oro: Avaya Leads UC Market

December 3, 2008

Posted in Research, Unified Communications

Tagged: Avaya, Research, Unified Communications : Related Tags: third quarter, market revenues, market, avaya, revenues

Zinnov Releases Survey Findings

November 26, 2008

A management consulting firm has released the findings of a recently conducted survey of senior executives from the R&D industry at its 'R&D Globalization Council' held earlier this month.

Zinnov surveyed research and development experts representing over 50 of the leading technology companies at the meeting.

The survey explored how the current global economic crisis is impacting efforts by these global technology companies to innovate new products. It appears that the constant stream of economic doom and gloom notwithstanding, these companies expect brighter days ahead in the not too distant future.

Some of the findings included:

· Despite the current state of the economy, only 27% of the respondents plan a "slowdown in growth" of their Global R&D initiatives.

· "Reduced travel" was cited as the number one response to the downturn (34%), with a freeze on hiring being the second-leading answer at 29%.

Posted in Business, Research

Tagged: IT, survey, Zinnov : Related Tags: technology companies, companies, efforts, survey, global, respondents

Podcast: Interactive Intelligence & Business Process Automation

November 25, 2008

I recently recorded a podcast with Joe Staples, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Interactive Intelligence, where we spoke about a new approach to business process automation. Ironically, what prompted this conversation was a white paper written by Interactive Intelligence CEO Dr. Don Brown entitled -- you guessed it -- A New Approach To Business Process Automation. The white paper is available for download here. Staples gives several examples of business processes and how enterprises can really benefit by leveraging some sort of process automation strategy. In his opinion, the current trends of UC and CEBP (unified communications and communications enabled business processes, respectively) are fine as far as they go, but a new approach, one he dubs CBPA or communications-based process automation takes things to another level, offering enterprises a more efficient solution to their business needs. I urge you to give the podcast a listen.

Posted in Contact Center, Enterprise, IP Communications, Unified Communications

Tagged: business process automation, interactive intelligence, podcast, Unified Communications : Related Tags: process automation, interactive intelligence, business process, business processes, approach business, business

Opera Mini 4.2 Released

November 25, 2008

Opera Software released latest version of its Opera Mini 4.2 browser for mobile phones. The company reports that speed trials have shown a 30% speed increase for users in the US, due to the addition of a new Opera Mini server park in the US. According to the company, this release also marks Opera Mini's official availability on the latest version of the Android mobile platform. A technical preview of Opera Mini was previously released for an earlier version of Android in April 2008. I covered that here. One of the neat things about this version of Opera Mini is that it offers support for more than 90 language versions, including Amharic, Armenian, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kirghiz, Lingala, Marathi, Malayalam, Mongolian, Oriya, Punjabi, Pashto, Sinhala, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Uzbek, Khmer, Kashmiri, Lao and Turkmen. This is great news for native speakers of those languages and on a personal level allowed me to use words like Pashto, Lingala, Assamese and Urdu -- in context -- on my blog.

Posted in Development tools, Google, IP Communications, Mobility, Wireless

Tagged: browser, mobility, Opera, wireless : Related Tags: version opera, version android, latest version, opera, version, released

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