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Nuvoiz: Unified Communications Grows Up

June 19, 2007

The interest in unified communications is not slowing down and I can tell from the subscription interest to TMC’s Unified Communications Magazine the future looks very bright for this burgeoning technology. A few months back I wrote about mid-market unified communications and more specifically a company called Nuvoiz which is aiming squarely at this market as it rolls out its UC strategy. The founder of the company Chong-Jim Koh is an energetic and passionate entrepreneur who seems to have the drive to be a player in the space. Of course UC is a wide open market and there will be no lack of competition. To stay a step ahead of the competition, Koh showed me the slick UI of his UC application. If I had to say what it looks like… I would say it is more Skype-like than other solutions I have seen. This by the way is a complement. In addition, the company offers a mobile client which runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile Devices.

Posted in IP Communications, Microsoft, SIP, Skype, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

SPIRIT DSP and HTC

June 16, 2007

This HTC win seems like a really big deal for Spirit DSP. High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) will integrate the TeamSpirit Mobile Voice&Video Engine into tri-band 3G Windows Mobile based smart-phones it OEMs. “Today besides HTC, SPIRIT software products are deployed by Compal, Quanta, Arima and other leading mobile OEMs in Asia, Europe and US, whose smart-phone shipments jointly exceed 55% of the global OEM/ODM market,” said Alex Kravchenko, VP Sales & Marketing at SPIRIT DSP. See SPIRIT, HTC Develop Video-over-IP Handset for more.

Posted in IP Communications, Microsoft, SIP, Technology, Video, VoIP, Wireless

T-Mobile Fights VoIP

June 16, 2007

Update: Please note this post is regarding T-Mobile UK VoIP has obviously changed the revenue equation in the telecom space with operators now facing competitors which are smaller, nimbler and able to launch new services rapidly. In some ways these new operators embody the ultimate dream of IMS. The only problem is in some cases operators have seen these new services as competitive to their core offerings and in many cases have blocked this competition. Sometimes illegally. That is the contention of Andy Abramson who runs PR for Truphone.

Posted in IP Communications, IPTV, Technology, VoIP, Wireless

Samsungâs Gateway Play

June 15, 2007

Samsung is no stranger to the world of technology with leading positions in memory chips, televisions and mobile devices to name a few. Recently the company has launched a line of gateways dubbed the Ubigate Intelligent Business Gateway (IBG) series. The gateways range from the IBG3026 for large offices down to the IBG2006 for small branch offices and have many leading-edge features such as hot-swappable modules, fan and power supply, redundant power supplies and more. The gateway also has a built-in firewall, anti-virus, anti-spam, URL filtering, web application firewall and end-point security. I met with the company’s charismatic VP of Business Development, Alex Kim who has held positions in the past at 3Com and Spirent. Alex really focused his attention on the four distinct capabilities of the box… VoIP, security, switching and routing. He went on to say in the mid market he believes a single box is a much better solution than individual solutions. Samsung is certainly ambitious as they want to be the IP mobility convergence leader.

Posted in Broadband, IP Communications, SIP, Security, Technology, VoIP, Wireless

WiFi Goes Green

June 15, 2007

Here is an interesting blog post from none other than me on TMC’s new green blog. Be sure to click here if you want to learn more about a solar powered municipal WiFi installation.

Posted in Green, Technology, Wireless

Stop Stealing my WiFi

June 8, 2007

Are you worried about people stealing your WiFi? If you are, be sure to check out this article regarding a window film being used to reduce signal leakage from WiFi networks. Used in the DoD the film also reduces the effects of blasts. And yes, light can pass through.

Posted in Security, Wireless

No More 3G Phones

June 8, 2007

TMCnet’s Spencer Chin has written a well-researched article on the recent patent dispute between Broadcom and Qualcomm. The International Trade Commission has ruled Qualcomm Corp. cannot import some of its baseband chips into the U.S. because they violate patents owned by semiconductor supplier Broadcom Corp. The ban would effectively bar the import of future 3G phones that use Qualcomm’s baseband chips. This is pretty scary.

Posted in Wireless

Google and Apple Collaborate

June 7, 2007

Here is an excellent article from Susan Campbell on the synergies between Google and Apple in their new partnership. The potential for both companies to grow sales is obvious in such a collaboration. Just the YouTube/iTunes synergy alone is worth a great deal. Now think about Google applications distributed on all iPhones. Gmail, Google Search and everything else. The iPhone’s calendar functionality can even be provided by Google. The thought of a collaboration between these companies is great news for both and the losers will be other mobile phone makers, Microsoft and Yahoo.

Posted in Apple, Consumer Electronics, Google, Microsoft, Technology, Wireless

Communigate Unified Communications

June 6, 2007

I just recently demoed a complete unified communications platform based on Flash and Flex2 and all I can say is wow. Pronto! Is a complete communications media center with unified communications built-in. The application has a great user interface that is faster than AJAX technology which is typically powering the latest web 2.0 applications like Google maps. Another benefit of Flash is the system is more secure.

Posted in Broadband, Consumer Electronics, IP Communications, IPTV, Microsoft, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Wireless

ZyXel

June 5, 2007

The engineers at ZyXel have been busy pumping out new products which I recently had a chance to see. One of the company’s latest creations is the ZyWALL 2WG which is 3G and WiFi mobile broadband security appliance for remote offices. The sleek box acts as a 4-port switch which also allows WiFi access and can failover to a 3G (or even 2.5 G) wireless network if the Internet goes down. You can insert an EVDO or HSPDA card yourself once you have chosen a wireless provider. The device also has SSL VPN capabilities and a firewall. In addition to DoS protection the box also prioritizes voice packets automatically.

Posted in IP Communications, Technology, VoIP, Wireless

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