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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

Verizon Loses VoIP Patent case to Cox Communications

Rich Tehrani writes a great story with some historical context on how Verizon lost a VoIP patent case (on all 6 patent counts) to Cox Communications. Unfortunately, a bit too late for Vonage which paid millions to settle their patent...

Posted on October 7, 2008 10:42 AM

snom m3 review

The snom m3 SIP wireless (DECT) phone is one of my favorite VoIP phones. I've been testing and reviewing it for a few months but haven't had time to write up the review until now. First, let me point...

Posted on October 7, 2008 9:31 AM

TMC & Digium Partner for Digium|Asterisk World at ITEXPO

I've had some big news I had to keep under wraps until today. My company, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) and Digium, the Asterisk Company, today announced that they have partnered to host Digium|Asterisk World™ during INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO...

Posted on October 6, 2008 11:03 AM

fring Adds VoIP to iPhone

fring for iPhone has arrived! I'm a huge fan of fring, which I like to call the Swiss Army knife of VoIP/IM communications since fring works with AOL/AIM, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, Skype, Twitter, Yahoo Messenger, and SIP registrars/IP-PBXs....

Posted on October 4, 2008 1:15 PM

Windows Live Messenger Back in the VoIP game!

Ok, now my head is getting dizzy from the number of times Microsoft Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger has had outbound VoIP-to-PSTN calling (2006), then pulling outbound VoIP calling (early 2008), and then putting it back in. Also, I believe...

Posted on October 3, 2008 10:52 AM

Adtran IP 706 Review

Adtran recently launched their IP 700 series of IP phones in late April. Adtran sent TMC Labs the IP 706 model, which supports up to 6 lines, but the 700 series also includes the IP 712 which is identical...

Posted on October 1, 2008 2:20 PM

Gizmo5 SIP Trunks available in trixbox CE

Gizmo5 SIP trunks have always been available in trixbox CE, but it was a manual process. The Gizmo5 team has built a module to be part of the trixbox package manager that allows you to purchase your trunks, see your...

Posted on September 26, 2008 9:59 AM

Motorola Femtocell Picture Frame Combines VoIP, Video, Bluetooth, Touchscreen and more

Check out this cool new converged prototype device from Motorola that combines a picture frame with touch-screen, video camera, Bluetooth headset, VoIP, femtocell, and video streaming. A femtocell is a small cellular base station, typically designed for use in residential...

Posted on September 26, 2008 9:16 AM

Flash VoIP calls to Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk

Flashphone is a web-based SIP softphone, while gtalk2voip lets you make or receive calls to/from all SIP phones and SIP services, including Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk. Both Flashphone and gtalk2voip are free. Now combine the two and...

Posted on September 25, 2008 4:59 PM

Skype for Asterisk Launches

Skype and Digium have hooked up to bring Skype to Asterisk called Skype For Asterisk. Skype For Asterisk launched minutes ago enables Asterisk users to get access to Skype features coupled with the capabilities of Asterisk. For example, the beta...

Posted on September 25, 2008 12:24 PM

Digium AEX410 Launches

Digium announced the immediate availability of the AEX410, a four-port modular analog PCI-Express x1 telephony interface card for use with Asterisk. The AEX410 is a PCI-Express board that compliments Digium's existing PCI-based TDM410 product.The AEX410 offers analog (FXS) stations and...

Posted on September 25, 2008 10:38 AM

Digium Major Announcement - what can it be?

Today, Digium, creator and primary developer of Asterisk, the leading open source telephony platform will be making a major announcement at Astricon later today. Digium hinted to me that a major announcement would be made at Astricon when I visited their...

Posted on September 25, 2008 10:16 AM

Q2 2008 VoIP Numbers

Some interesting 2Q08 VoIP numbers to share put out by iLocus. VoIP shows some slowing in some sectors, but growth in others. Considering the unstable U.S. economy, these numbers are still very impressive.7.7 million VoIP access lines shipped during the...

Posted on September 25, 2008 10:05 AM

Jazinga IP-PBX Launches

Today Jazinga, launched it's IP telephone system solution with a simplified installation and configuration process takes designed to take about 15 minutes to set up.I've had a Jazinga unit in TMC Labs for several weeks now, but just haven't had...

Posted on September 23, 2008 5:13 PM

Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 ships in December plus Hosted OCS Coming

I discovered two Microsoft job postings several weeks ago and have been meaning to blog the discovery that Microsoft Office Communication Server R2 will ship in December of this year. One is for 'Software Development Engineer in Test - MBD...

Posted on September 23, 2008 12:20 PM

HUD 3.0 for trixbox CE and any other Asterisk IP-PBX!

I spoke with Kerry Garrison last week at ITEXPO and he gave me a news scoop that Fonality would soon offer the HUD 3.0 Unified Communications client for the open source trixbox CE Asterisk-based platform. trixbox CE is one...

Posted on September 23, 2008 6:54 AM

Laughable Blog Aggregator and Linking to news sources

I'm not going to go on another rant blasting blog aggregators or websites that steal other people's content (aka sploggers). However, I came across one website that took my content, re-worded one sentence and tried to claim it as its...

Posted on September 22, 2008 11:36 AM

Pro vs. G.I. Joe using SightSpeed Video/VoIP App

This news about American troops using VoIP & video is a few weeks old, but I wanted to share it, since it's pretty interesting. SightSpeed VP of Marketing Eric Quanstrom mentioned the news to me awhile ago when we were...

Posted on September 22, 2008 9:33 AM

Polycom KIRK DECT SIP Phones

Polycom today announced the launch of its latest KIRK Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) wireless products. Polycom has introduced three new products: the KIRK Wireless Server (KWS) 300, the KWS 6000, and the KIRK 5040 handset. which are all SIP-based....

Posted on September 22, 2008 9:16 AM

Fonality Targets Call Centers with Advanced Call Center Features

I met with Fonality CEO Chris Lyman at ITEXPO and he gave me a demo of HUD 3.0, which includes some very advanced call center features. HUD 3.0 now not only displays the queues, but it lets you drag-and-drop individual...

Posted on September 18, 2008 6:50 PM

ITEXPO West 2008 a Resounding Success

Some great news from TMC about our IP communications conference & expositions (ITEXPO) taking place this week that I thought I'd share. The show is still going on, with today being the last day. Yesterday's exhibit hall attendance was tremendous...

Posted on September 18, 2008 11:41 AM

Korea uses Skype for English training classes

According to Reuters, Skype has become an indispensable tool in teaching South Koreans to speak fluent English. Good English speaking skills are considered the key for success in South Korea.The article states,"On any given day, students ranging from kids learning...

Posted on September 17, 2008 4:25 PM

Zeacom News

Zeacom, a provider of Unified Communications (UC) solutions for the small-to-medium sized business market, is showcasing its new Executive Mobile module at ITEXPO, which is part of Zeacom Communications Center (ZCC) 5.1. Claiming more than 2,500 enterprises worldwide, Executive Mobile...

Posted on September 17, 2008 3:35 PM