You probably know I have been a huge proponent of HD voice as to me it’s an inevitable outcome of transitioning away from the PSTN to IP-based networks which allow us to upgrade CODECs without having to downshift our conversations...
If you haven’t checked out the ITEXPO home page in a while please do so because the show evolves as rapidly as the markets do with relevant quality content being added constantly. There is virtually no part of the tech...
Everyone probably knows I have been a huge proponent of the voice/VoIPpeering space for the last five years. A few of the first people get me enthused about the space were Shrihari Pandit of Stealth Communications and Hunter Newby...
New York's newest carrier neutral data center is CRG West's 32americas facility located at 32 Avenue of the Americas. The 50,000 square foot facility will deliver the power and peering opportunities companies need to reduce costs and manage their network.You...
Here are some shots of Shrihari Pandit the chairman of the VPF Summer 2008 conference here in San Francisco and Gary Kim who is keynoting. Shrihari who is standing at the podium thanked us all for coming and Kim...
IBM has potentially opened the door to enterprise mashups, allowing for the first time these web services which rely on multiple data and/or programming sources to have security built-in. SMash which is short for secure mashup is what the new...
Sarah Hofstetter is a VoIP veteran as she was the head of PR for Net2Phone since the 1990s and has been in the IP communications space longer than just about anyone else out there. The reason I point this out...
For those of you who know Hunter Newby, you are aware is one of the more knowledgeable people in our industry. Hunter is especially well-versed in areas like net neutrality, fiber deployment and not surprisingly carrier hotels. I know many...
Sure, you have heard me wax poetic about VoIPpeering and you may even remember that 2006 was the year of voice peering according to Yours Truly. What you may not know however is that the voice peering federations and...
Listen, I don’t want to overdo discussion of ITEXPO in my blog but the fact of the matter is this recent e-mail sent by my marketing team is a great document discussing what is important at the show. It is...
I recently had the opportunity to ask Jim Dalton of TransNexus about his business and the direction he is taking the company. As you may recall, I was on a VoIPpeering panel with Jim over a year ago. ...
Last year I proclaimed it the year of VoIPpeering. 2007 is becoming the year of rapid VoIPpeering growth. Case in point is the Voice Peering Fabric or VPF who recently stated they have reached a 200 billion minute...
I thought you may be interested in some of the latest white papers and research brought to you by TMC and its partners: · VoIP that Works! · Fax Solutions for Service Providers and Enterprise: Integrating SIP T.38 Fax...
If you have interest in learning about voice peering – and who doesn’t? You want to bookmark the Voice Peering channel on TMCnet to stay up to date on the latest information on the space. A few articles of...
I have been hearing positive comments from the industry regarding the article about XConnect receiving funding to expand their VoIPpeering efforts. What is worth pointing out is the market for VoIPpeering is continuing to grow worldwide and as...
In October of 2006 I cited voice/VoIPpeering as a great investment opportunity. As you may recall, I said last year was the year of VoIPpeering. So you are probably wondering how you can play this market and if...
I am currently listening to a TMCnet Web Summit on VoIPPeering in conjunction with Jon Arnold & Associates. This webinar took place last week. Eli Katz is the first presenter and makes a point I have not really focused...
I am here at the Voice Peering Forum in LA. Things seem to be going well. I have met a bunch of old friends and a few new people. I worked on my presentation early this morning as I am...
I just had a chance to catch the news about Yahoo!'s latest VoIPpeering announcement with VSNL and Teleglobe. Incidentally I am speaking next week at the Voice Peering Forum event in LA. Hope to see you there!...
When designing telecom applications you have to be part clairvoyant. The reason of course is you need to try to figure out what coders you need to support your customer. It is tough to know sometimes who your customer will...
There are a ton of things going on at TMC and one of the most exciting is our web seminar program where we educate decision-makers on some of the latest and most important topics in the world of IP communications...
Here is an article detailing an upcoming VoIP/voice peering webinar. One takeaway you will get from this webinar is that peering is for all service providers not just ones in VoIP. That means cable companies, wireless providers and everyone in-between....
I recently had a chance to catch up with Hunter Newby of telx and speak with him about his newest initiative in the voice/VoIPpeering space. Hunter has noticed an enlightening trend in the world of information technology. As...
You all know what a fan of VoIPpeering I am and to make sure you know how serious I am about this topic we decided our new Web Summits will feature VoIPpeering as the first topic. Here is...
I had a good show today and met new friends and lots of old ones from Stealth Communications, Cantata, Telecom Brazil and others. I have some things to write up based on a press conference I was in today. But...