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Korean VoIP, 911 and LNP

While we all know VoIP calls allow tremendous flexibility in allowing callers to access their communications wherever there is an internet connection, we also know the new technology doesn't integrate with 911 services in exactly the same manner as the...

Posted on July 4, 2008 12:07 PM

Flat Rate Voice/Data Plans for SMBs

If you are an SMB and you feel you would like to pay less for voice and data service, perhaps now is the time for you to rejoice... Well at least smile. The reason is there is a new flat...

Posted on June 3, 2008 3:32 PM

Of IP Communications and Broadband Reliability

I came across an interesting article in the New York Times by Randall Stross which discusses consumer VoIP services, the differences in quality between them and the general trend towards multiple services of lower reliability replacing a single service (PSTN)...

Posted on June 1, 2008 8:40 AM

Packet8 SIP Trunking Rumor

I have heard a rumor regarding 8x8/Packet8 getting into the SIP trunking business. No confirmation yet but this makes great sense as this area of the market is doing well. All trunks will eventually be SIP trunks it seems... Unless...

Posted on May 17, 2008 10:08 AM

Brand Marketing Position in Telecom

I have come across an open position for a brand marketing specialist in Dallas, Texas. You would be working for a major telecom/datacom company and probably gain tremendous global experience. If you are interested, or know someone who is --...

Posted on April 8, 2008 9:19 AM

Vermark's Big Telecom Expense Management Ambitions

One of the fastest areas of growth in the communications market has got to be telecom expense management as TEM solutions are needed to better manage corporate telecom spend levels. The sheer variety of communications services like PSTN, SIP trunking...

Posted on March 23, 2008 8:01 PM

Vermark's Big Telecom Expense Management Ambitions

One of the fastest areas of growth in the communications market has got to be telecom expense management as TEM solutions are needed to better manage corporate telecom spend levels. The sheer variety of communications services like PSTN, SIP trunking...

Posted on March 23, 2008 8:01 PM

Communications To Fuel Global Economy Growth

Infonetics pegged PBX growth at 7% last year and they further mentioned that companies are beginning to slowly see the benefits of IP-PBX systems beyond the typical costs savings associated with lower phone bills. With unified communications software now available...

Posted on March 20, 2008 8:20 PM

International Calling Alternatives

While perusing the international calling channel on TMCnet I came across an article which details the checklist of items you need to be aware of when choosing an international calling service. While many people are likely to think about the...

Posted on January 10, 2008 5:04 PM

OCS Training

It goes without saying that unified communications was one of the most exciting growth areas in the communications market this past quarter. Microsoft continues to be a major driver of this technology with its Office Communications Server (OCS) product. In...

Posted on December 13, 2007 12:38 PM

Mobility as Strategic Advantage

It is obvious that mobile device proliferation has had a dramatic increase in productivity for knowledge workers worldwide. In addition it is well known the US government and military functions more effectively because it relies on Blackberrys.   It goes...

Posted on November 20, 2007 10:32 AM

Ooma Dialog

I wrote a blog entry titled Ooma Hysteria a few months back. A point I made in the entry is that ooma calls can potentially be tapped by users. Others commenting in the blog agreed. The company’s Chief Technologist Jeff...

Posted on October 20, 2007 4:58 PM

What eBay Should do with Skype

Please enjoy the unedited November 2007 Publisher’s Outlook column from Internet Telephony Magazine.   ---   OK, I was wrong. Really wrong. Over a billion dollars wrong in fact. Why? I believed eBay and Skype had a solid strategy to...

Posted on October 14, 2007 7:05 PM

Skype Outage Article

Jon Arnold and I were both quoted recently in a San Francisco Chronicle article titled Skype reveals outage source, tells customers it won't happen again. The article is extremely well-written, gets perspective from a number of people and weaves each...

Posted on August 21, 2007 1:19 PM

What We Learned From the Skype Outage

As organizations move to VoIP and other forms of IP communications it is imperative they realize the world of IP is far different from the PSTN and circuit-switched networks of yesterday. While Internet Protocol is the protocol of the Internet...

Posted on August 20, 2007 4:26 PM

Telecom Cost Management

One of the fastest areas of growth in communications – and there seem to be so many these days, is telecom cost management. In recognition of this fact, TMC has launched a Telecom Cost Management channel which is being sponsored...

Posted on August 15, 2007 3:57 PM

TransNexus

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 VoIP peering panel with Jim over a year ago.  ...

Posted on August 15, 2007 11:39 AM

IVR Technologies

I recently had the opportunity to ask IVR Technologies Vice President of Business Development Barry Sher about his business and the direction he is taking the company.   IVR Technologies is a software development company providing integrated application, media and...

Posted on August 11, 2007 3:11 AM

Ooma Hysteria

I received e-mails from a number of bloggers this morning linking to their stories about ooma, the latest p2p VoIP scheme promising free long distance to the masses. The difference between ooma and other p2p solutions like Skype is the...

Posted on July 19, 2007 11:44 AM

Packet8 Voice Recording

Packet8 is now offering professional voice recording for it’s Virtual Office Hosted iPBX Phone Services. These prompts can also be used for website narration and PowerPoint presentations.   I believe this is a great innovation from parent company 8x8. My...

Posted on July 13, 2007 9:23 AM

Aricent

As Zippy says quite well in this article, "Normally, when a new company makes its debut, Yours Truly will cross his fingers and wish good luck upon the company's uncertain future. That won't be necessary with Aricent, which comes out...

Posted on October 26, 2006 6:56 PM

VoIP White Paper

If you are new to VoIP and want to learn more you must read Ted Wallingford’s mini-white paper titled Overcoming the challenges to the VoIP revolution. This is a well-written article on VoIP and how it will change the world....

Posted on April 11, 2006 10:09 AM

The Free PSTN Call

For those of you who are unfamiliar, DialPad was the first company to offer free US calling over the Internet from anywhere in the world. The service worked over dialup but as you might imagine the quality was better over...

Posted on December 18, 2005 3:43 PM

My Travel This Week

I visited IP4IT this week and met old friends from Sphere Communications. They told me about me about their new relationship with Ingate systems allowing secure SIP trunking in the enterprise. This is important because dedicated SIP trunks are the...

Posted on November 15, 2005 1:18 PM