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FaceFon Video Phone on its way?
Mork over at Trademork informed me about LG Electronics filing a patent filing a patent for FaceFon. On January 29, 2008, electronics behemoth LG Electronics filed to protect the trademark FaceFon in relation to “telephones; videophones; cellular telephones; wireless local...
ooVoo 1.5 Adds Phone Calling & Recording
ooVoo, a competitor to Skype recently launched a new version of their software. The current version allows video conferencing with up to six participants, while Skype only supports two-party video calls. Even cooler, the new version adds video recording, which...
Counterpath acquires Bridgeport Networks
Bridgeport Networks has always held a lot of promise with their Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) offerings. They never seemed to gain a lot of traction in the market, but perhaps that's because they were a few years ahead of the...
Fring adds P2P mobile phone file sharing
Today, mobile VoIP startup Fring added file-swapping to its mobile application. You can send music, videos, or documents from your cell phone to other Fring users or anyone on MSN Messenger through 3G and Edge data networks as well as...
Future of SIP to Skype Gateway in Doubt?
I have strong disagreements with a guest blog post on Skype Journal that was posted a few days ago titled "A SIP/Skype Gateway Is NOT In The Forecast". I totally disagree that a SIP/Skype gateway isn't in the forecast. I've...
RightFax Users Group (RFUG) Meets to discuss Fax, VoIP, and more
I received an email last week asking for my assistance in spreading the word about an independent, non-profit RightFax Users Group (RFUG) and their inaugural meeting coming up on February 22nd. The users group will cover RightFax in a VoIP...
iPhoneGnome VoIP app for Apple iPhone
Today, PhoneGnome launched iPhoneGnome, a new web 2.0 application for the iPhone that enables PhoneGnome calling from your iPhone. You can call other PhoneGnome numbers as well as anyone using SIP-based services, FWD, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, and any other...
Schmooze the Yiddish Asterisk
Oy vey! It appears we may have another Asterisk-based PBX in the mix. The chutzpah! The gall to launch an Asterisk-based system without telling me! I feel like such a schmuck for not knowing. After schleping some Aastra phones into...
Asterisk-based FreePBX clones Microsoft Response Point's Easy Button
In November of 2007, I reviewed the Microsoft Response Point IP-PBX. One of the Response Point's main features is the "Easy button" that you can press and then speak commands to the RP system, such as "transfer to Tom Keating"...
8x8's Packet8 Posts Steady Growth
8x8's Packet8 may not be the largest VoIP service provider, but they have nice stable growth. Unlike some VoIP service providers which tried to grow fast but then crashed and burned (See SunRocket posts here, here, and here), Packet8 has...
Cool Stuff at ITEXPO
Last week TMC held our very successful ITEXPO tradeshow covering various IP communications and contact center technologies. One thing we all need to keep in mind when it comes to voice over IP is that voice over IP is simply...
Mig33 mobile VoIP app
Mig33 is a mobile instant messaging application running on Java, which means it runs on over 250 mobile phones. It has mobile VoIP service, chat, chatrooms, SMS and instant messaging. Mig33 also works with MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ , AOL, and...
Asterisk goes Big via Virtual Servers
According to NetworkWorld, "Digium, the business founded by Asterisk creator Mark Spencer to capitalize on his PBX, says it plans later this year to release a new version that will support much larger deployments. New Jersey-based service provider VoicePulse plans...
Another Successful ITEXPO
Another excellent ITEXPO show down here in Miami. All the exhibitors, attendees, and conferees seemed very happy. But the happiest guy has to be the convertible Ford Mustang GT raffle winner, as seen here: ...
Iwatsu Adds SIP-Aware Firewall
Today, at Internet Telephony Conference, Iwatsu Voice Networks (Booth #617) announced the expansion of its Valued Integrated Partner program (VIP) with the addition of a new partner, Ingate Systems. Iwatsu's VIP program is designed to offer products and services that...
VoIP Pioneer Slams Sprint
One of the unsung pioneers in the VoIP industry is Rich Tehrani. Rich started Internet Telephony Magazine in 1997, the first magazine to exclusively cover VoIP. Before Internet Telephony, Rich also launched CTI Magazine in 1994, a magazine focused on...
SIP Trunking Not so Hot?
A couple days ago I wrote an article titled SIP Trunking is Hot! where I wrote about the SIP trunking session sponsored by Ingate, which was very heavily attended (75). A few hours later I noticed SmithonVoIP blogger Garrett Smith...
Over protective dog while I'm away at ITEXPO?
While I'm away at ITEXPO covering all the latest VoIP news and meeting with industry insiders, my wife snapped some interesting photos of our yellow Labrador/Shepherd-mix dog Jessie with her paw on our 21 month old daughter, Megan. The look...
Dell VoIP Products Analysis
I neglected to point out in my morning Dell Picks Fonality VoIP System post that I first discovered Dell got into the VoIP game with their late 2007 announcement that they would be offering Microsoft OCS 2007 pre-bundled on Dell...
BroadSoft and C3IP Debuts First-ever VoIP Mashup with ACT! at ITEXPO
BroadSoft and C3IP will debut the first-ever VoIP mashup with ACT! by Sage at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & Expo. This is just the start of some really cool news coming out of ITEXPO. I expect some more interesting news announcements...
SIP Forum Announces Ratification of Version 1.0 of SIPconnect
In my previous post "SIP Trunking is Hot!" I mentioned SIPconnect and how important this standard will be to SIP trunking. Well at ITEXPO, the SIP Forum announced an important ratification of version 1.0 of the SIPconnect Technical Recommendation. The...
SIP Trunking is Hot!
I'm sitting in the SIP session at ITEXPO (sponsored by Ingate) and it's one of the most heavily attended sessions at the show. I counted 70 people in the room and people keep filling in. Scratch that, 5 people just...
Dell picks Fonality VoIP Phone System
I missed my early meeting today with Fonality CEO Chris Lyman about some blockbuster news he wanted to share being announced at ITEXPO. Fortunately, as administrator of the blog server I happened to be checking out Rich's blog entries to...
PIKA for Asterisk boards now trixbox CE compatible
Some great news for PIKA telephony board fans coming out of ITEXPO. PIKA for Asterisk boards are now trixbox CE (Asterisk-based IP-PBX) compatible. full story after the jump......
Hosted VoIP Packet Sniffing
Packet Island, Inc. today announced that they will demonstrate their latest SaaS-based sniffer product, PacketPro at TMC's ITEXPO conference in Miami. This SaaS-based product has the ability to provide managed service providers and IT outsourcing companies remote visibility to troubleshoot...
