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XConnect Signs Up Dutch Cable Companies

January 25, 2006

A joint initiative comprised of UPC Netherlands, Casema, MultiKabel, Essent and CaiW, totaling more than 7 million subscribers with more than 450,000 telephony subscribers - today awarded the VoIP Peering contract to a partnership of XConnect, the world's largest provider of "Plug and Peer" Voice over IP (VoIP) interconnection services and Kayote Networks, a leading provider of interconnectivity solutions for routing and peering. This landmark agreement enables all participating operators to share VoIP traffic directly over their IP networks, completely bypassing traditional phone networks and thereby eliminating PSTN interconnection fees.

Eli Katz,� founder & CEO of Xconnect� is speaking at Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO tomorrow during the VoIP Summit.

"This groundbreaking deal is a momentous event highlighting the tremendous impact VoIP is having on the paradigms and business models of today's telecommunications," said Katz. "With one of the most highly saturated cable marketplaces, providing services to almost 97% of Dutch homes, the Netherlands is an excellent pioneer for driving the world's first cable VoIP Exchange, and we are honored to have been selected to lead this esteemed group of operators in connecting their subscribers' calls."

VoIP Peering Visions

January 24, 2006

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Tuesday Evening Keynotes: AT&T, Pingtel, General Motors

January 24, 2006

Tuesday evening’s keynoters represent a vast cross section of the industry. AT&T, arguably the most recognizable carrier in the world, Pingtel, a provider of open source SIP-based PBX technology, and General Motors, a behemoth enterprise consumer of telephony services.

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As I sit here waiting for them to begin their discussions I am struck by the variety of keynoters and the variety of conference attendees.

Spencer Kicks Off IT EXPO

January 24, 2006

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Mark Spencer kicked off the 13th Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO today with a keynote speech entitled “Digium Got Punk’d.”

Rich Tehrani, TMC president and Conference Chairman welcomed the crowd and introduced the show’s first keynoter. Spencer is founder and president of Huntsville, Alabama-based Digium, the creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the Open Source PBX.

Dressed in a bright orange Asterisk polo shirt — a nod to his developer roots — Mark spoke to the assembled crowd and told them a story about how Digium got “Punk’d” and was forced into using VoIP more than they had originally planned.

“Digium is an unconventional company,” he said, “yet even as an unconventional company, we actually use VoIP in rather conventional ways.” He explained how the Digium phone network is really a worst case ‘don’t-try-this-at-home’ (or at work) network running absolutely every latest, bleeding-edge technology utilizing every standard known to man ( and then some) and so on and so on… “Since we’re a company of engineers,” Mark said, “our network has no redundancy, no load balancing, etc… in order to truly test the network.

The Forecast Calls for VoIP

January 24, 2006

It's 34 degrees in New York.

It's 34 degrees in Boston.

It's 34 degrees in Chicago.

It's 73 degrees and sunny in Ft. Lauderdale.

If that's not enough of a reason to come down here, today is also the opening day of� INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East. Final preparations are underway as we get set for a week of VoIP at what promises to be the largest VoIP event ever.

Industry Veteran Michaud To Helm NetCentrex

January 4, 2006

NetCentrex, a leading player in the Triple Play space announced the appointment of industry veteran David Michaud as the new CEO of Netcentrex, Inc. effective today.

Mr. Michaud brings almost 25 years of telecommunications experience, a proven track record of establishing new telecom companies, and extensive experience accelerating their growth. In fact his resume reads like a who’s who of companies that have had an impact on the success of our industry: Carrius, NexTone Communications, Taqua Systems, Tekelec, Excel Communications, Lucent Technologies... His career also includes positions at DSC Communications, AT&T Bell Labs, Southwestern Bell, and IBM.

So Long '05. Hello Opportunity!

December 30, 2005

It’s hard to believe 2005 is almost a memory. Rather than come up with a list of predictions that will most likely come true (if I guess conservatively) or most likely will never come to fruition (if I take some genuine chances) I’d rather wish the readers of my blog a safe, healthy, and happy new year!

Next year will be a busy one here at TMC. As has already been well documented, we are in the process of launching two brand-new magazines (SIP magazine and IMS magazine) in addition to publishing our flagship Internet Telephony.

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UK Set to Claim Title as Europe's "Most Wired"

December 29, 2005

According to research from Point Topic, the United Kingdom has now overtaken France as the biggest broadband country in Europe — although the gap is still narrow. However, this is according to estimates by Point Topic which suggest that the UK will have 9.8 million broadband lines by New Year's Day 2006, while France will have 9.7 million. As the chart below shows, in Q305, France still had a slim lead over the UK.

Nevertheless, the report notes that the British broadband market is facing huge changes in 2006, which should stimulate growth further by bringing increased competition and investment.

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IBM Picks Up Micromuse

December 21, 2005

IBM announced it will acquire San Francisco-based Micromuse in a cash transaction valued at about $865 million.

IBM continues to expand its telecom-related portfolio of products. Micromuse is a maker of voice-, VoIP-� and video-traffic management software. Micromuse's Netcool suite is an engine for event collection, consolidation, and correlation.

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Verizon Testing Nortel IMS Solution

December 14, 2005

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