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TMC Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary for ITEXPO!
The next ITEXPO marks the 10th anniversary for Internet Telephony Conference & Expo. I for one cannot believe its been 10 years! We started ITEXPO way back in 1999. That was way back in the 20th century. Did VoIP even...
Posted on October 30, 2008 3:05 PM
Logitech Acquires SightSpeed
I'm a huge fan of SightSpeed and so I was pleasantly surprised this morning to read that Logitech has acquired SightSpeed for approximately $30 million in cash. I'm a fan of both companies actually, and my favorite webcam is the...
Posted on October 29, 2008 9:07 AM
New Blackfin BF51x Processor Launches
Analog Devices unveiled the new Blackfin BF51x series, the newest members of their convergent-processor family. Blackfin processors are very popular when building Asterisk-based appliances, including the Digium Asterisk Appliance AA50 and Astfin. The Blackfin convergent-processor architecture offers reduced cost, power...
Posted on October 27, 2008 10:46 AM
fring updates Symbian VoIP client
fring, just released fring's latest version 3.36 for all Symbian 9 devices. fring, the "Swiss Army knife" of mobile VoIP/IM apps supports MSN Messenger, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, SIP, and more. fring's blog writes, "Having upgraded the GUI (the way...
Posted on October 24, 2008 1:06 PM
Tell me something I don't know - Telefónica & Microsoft team up for Live Messenger VoIP
Just saw a news release put out today that Telefonica and Microsoft have teamed up for Live Messenger VoIP. CNet also picked up this news. Only one problem - on October 2nd, I discovered Microsoft had added something called "Voype"...
Posted on October 24, 2008 11:59 AM
Rovio Wi-Fi VoIP Robotic Webcam
The WowWee Rovio is a cool Wi-Fi enabled robotic webcam. I like to call Rovio a remote-controlled VoIP webcam sentry robot. The Rovio is pretty futuristic looking. It looks like it belongs on some sci-fi TV show or movie....
Posted on October 24, 2008 11:32 AM
Use VoIP to Telecommute for a Merry Christmas!
How do save money in this worldwide tight economy so that you can have a Merry Christmas with lots of gift giving? (Not that gift giving is the main point of Christmas) Well, one way is by using VoIP to...
Posted on October 24, 2008 10:15 AM
iSkoot for Skype on Google Android
iSkoot announced that its mobile application, iSkoot for Skype, is launching in the Android Market, Google's new mobile application store. iSkoot for Skype is the first VoIP solution available in Google's Android Market and of course making it the first...
Posted on October 23, 2008 1:25 PM
Analysis of a VoIP Attack
VoIP security is often overlooked by IT administrators as well as VARs and resellers that deploy VoIP in the enterprise. They do so at their own peril, however. One of the main factors behind using VoIP is to save money....
Posted on October 23, 2008 11:00 AM
Fonality Beats Avaya and Boasts 3,000 Call Centers
Fonality's CEO Chris Lyman spoke with me earlier today to talk about the strong inroads Fonality has been making in the call center market. Chris said, "Fonality has become a big player in what I like to call the...
Posted on October 22, 2008 9:59 PM
2008 World Series Wager: Oranges for Cheesesteaks?
I was sent a release about a wager between two hosted VoIP companies over which team will win the World Series - either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Tampa Bay Rays. The bet involves a dirty dozen cheesesteakes by Alteva...
Posted on October 22, 2008 12:42 PM
Mobile VoIP Challenges
Today, Global IP Solutions (GIPS) announced the public availability of a whitepaper that highlights the challenges and opportunities critical for high quality when implementing mobile VoIP, called "Implementing VoIP for iPhones and Smartphones."The paper can be found at http://gipscorp.com/products/gips_in_action.php, and...
Posted on October 20, 2008 3:59 PM
TMC & Digium Announce Registrations open for Digium|Asterisk World
Registration to the upcoming Digium|Asterisk World conference is now open, according to an announcement today from Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, the open source Asterisk Company. So you early bird types can now register and add it to your...
Posted on October 20, 2008 12:30 PM
Excellent Telecom & Voice over IP Blog
If you haven't been reading On Rad's Radar, you should. This TMC blog is written by Peter Radizeski the CEO of Rad-Info, Inc. Let me take an excerpt from his bio. "Today, I am still an agent for about 20...
Posted on October 20, 2008 11:46 AM
Vonage Lives to Fight Another Day...
Vonage today announced an agreement for a $220.3 million financing which is seen by many experts as crucial to its survival. Silver Point Finance LLC, which already holds a $216 million financing stake in Vonage, will lead the financial deal,...
Posted on October 20, 2008 11:02 AM
Aastra 57i and 57i CT Review
The Aastra 57i is one of my favorite VoIP phones. The 57i and its sister, the 57i CT (cordless telephone adjunct), offers some unique features and is undoubtedly one of the most flexible IP phones you will find. The...
Posted on October 17, 2008 3:25 PM
TringMe Creates Flash VoiceXML Platform
TringMe has announced a Flash-enabled VoiceXML platform. TringMe said, "A lot of infrastructure is required to build voice application, because of the complexity involved in building interactive voice applications and the need for optimum performance and carrier grade reliability. Even...
Posted on October 17, 2008 9:20 AM
Great VoIP peering article worth reading
TMCnet's Richard 'Zippy' Grigonis has an excellent article on VoIP peering. He gives a historical background on VoIP peering with Stealth Communications having an important role with their creation of the Voice Peering Fabric (VPF). Go check it out....
Posted on October 16, 2008 2:07 PM
OctroTalk adds Video Conferencing and Live Streaming to Windows Mobile
A major new version of OctroTalk (see previous write-up), an IM/VoIP/video P2P app just came out. The new version is called OctroTalk 2.0 for Windows Mobile and it now has real time video conferencing with VoIP, File Transfer, Instant Messaging...
Posted on October 15, 2008 4:58 PM
AsteriskNOW 1.5 beta released
In August, I visited Digium's headquarters and excitedly wrote, "the next release of AsteriskNOW (1.5) will bundle the very popular FreePBX front-end GUI. This is big news! FreePBX has become the defacto standard for web-based GUI administration of Asterisk, so...
Posted on October 15, 2008 4:27 PM
snom 820 VoIP phone
snom today launched the snom 820, an elegant and attractive VoIP phone. It features a large high-resolution TFT color display (3.5", 320 x 240 pixels) and can easily display call lists, phone directories, and caller information via the integrated XML...
Posted on October 15, 2008 2:59 PM
Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 Heralds the Death of the IP-PBX
Today, Microsoft debuted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Release 2 (R2), an update to Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Customers will be able to purchase the release, currently in private beta testing, beginning in February 2009. Office Communications Server...
Posted on October 14, 2008 1:38 PM
Global IP Solutions Launches Video Calling for Windows Mobile Phones
Today, Global IP Solutions launched peer-to-peer video calling and multi-point video conferencing capabilities on Windows Mobile-based phones called GIPS VideoEngine Mobile. As part of this release, it only runs on specific Windows Mobile models, however, future plans for Symbian phones...
Posted on October 13, 2008 11:26 AM
Truphone appoints new CEO
Truphone today announced Geraldine Wilson as its new chief executive officer. Geraldine was the former Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo!'s European mobile division. Always nice to see a female CEO being appointed... to you know, "break the good...
Posted on October 10, 2008 10:04 AM
Vonage slams Skype for not following emergency rules
Vonage lays down the smackdown for Skype's refusal to adhere to Ofcom rules, an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. Last month, Ofcom introduced rules mandating access to emergency services (999 in the United Kingdom) for...
Posted on October 9, 2008 10:32 AM
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