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Truphone Transforms iPod touch into iPhone
We all know the iPod touch is basically an iPhone minus a microphone and the wireless (3G) phone capability. Well, behold Truphone for iPod touch, which adds phone capabilities using VoIP over WiFi. This isn't the first time someone...
Posted on December 3, 2008 10:17 PM
Raketu Adds VoIP Support for Google G1 Android Mobile
Raketu today released its Raketu Mobile for Google's G1 Android mobile adding VoIP support to the Android phone. Raketu already supports iPhone, Nokia, WinMobile and BlackBerry mobile phonesThe new service allows anyone with a G1 using roaming data services...
Posted on December 2, 2008 2:59 PM
Bittorrent Kills VoIP - Game Over Man!
An interesting article at the Register claims that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for P2P file transfers (instead of TCP) to get around ISP "traffic management" restrictions will cause a meltdown of the Internet. Poppycock you say?...
Posted on December 1, 2008 3:01 PM
Force Skype HQ Video Mode with any webcam
So you want Skype High Quality (HQ) video, but aren't willing to shell out for a nice dual-core processor and a high-end Logitech camera, eh? Well, no worries - Nodewave has a Force 'Skype' HQ Video app that allows...
Posted on December 1, 2008 9:32 AM
Nimbuzz VoIP app on Apple App Store
Nimbuzz is a free app that lets you call (VoIP), chat, message, and send photos, music and video on your iPhone, which was recently made available on the Apple App Store. Using a centralized contact list you can connect with...
Posted on November 30, 2008 10:42 PM
VoxOx 1.0.1 Released
VoxOx just released a new version of their "Universal Communicator", which aims to combine VoIP, video, and social networks. VoxOx aims to take on Skype by offering more social networking features. Last year, I wrote an article titled Skype Could...
Posted on November 26, 2008 10:35 AM
Toktumi Now Offered on Dell VoIP Website
Toktumi recently announced a partnership with Dell to distribute its small business VoIP service through a co-branded site on Dell.com (www.dell.com/voip), which also features Fonality, Nortel, and Bandwidth.com. So what's so special about Toktumi, (a word play on 'talk...
Posted on November 24, 2008 11:15 AM
PIKA WARP Appliance Adds FreePBX Support
When I met with PIKA Technologies at ITEXPO they told me support for FreePBX was coming. Well today, PIKA Technologies announced that PIKA WARP the Appliance is now compatible with the Asterisk-based FreePBX GUI (Graphical User Interface) application. I reviewed...
Posted on November 18, 2008 9:04 AM
Ribbit Launches out of Beta
Ribbit, which was recently acquired by BT, today rolled out its developer platform out of beta at the Adobe Max conference. Ribbits extensive APIs allow you to integrate voice communications into business applications such as Salesforce.com, CRM systems, call center...
Posted on November 17, 2008 8:43 AM
Bandwidth.com invests in FreePBX
Bandwidth.com has just made an investment in FreePBX, the popular front-end interface to Asterisk-based distros. I discussed this news with Philippe Lindheimer just a couple hours ago. One of the questions I asked was if Bandwidth.com would get "preferred treatment"...
Posted on November 14, 2008 4:06 PM
Calling All Bloggers! Free Blogging on TMCnet.com
This is a call out to all bloggers out there - Rich Tehrani, my boss has extended an open invitation to bloggers interested in blogging for TMCnet.com, a leading communications/telecom site according to Alexa, Quantcast, and others.Today, TMC launches its...
Posted on November 14, 2008 2:52 PM
Callpod Drone VoIP Bluetooth Headset
Callpod's new Drone USB Bluetooth adapter turns your mobile phone's Bluetooth headset into a headset/mic for your PC or Mac allowing you to receive Skype or other VoIP calls using your high-end Bluetooth headset (Plantronics, Jawbone, etc.). Just connect the...
Posted on November 14, 2008 2:26 PM
TMC Launches NGN (Next Generation Networks) Magazine
Today, TMC announced the launch of NGN Magazine focused on next generation networks and how service providers and carriers can build these networks and what they will need to know to maximize savings and ARPU (average revenue per user). "We're...
Posted on November 13, 2008 3:09 PM
Microsoft and IBM Announce Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
As one of my sources told me a few days ago, IBM and Microsoft planned on offering Sametime and OCS 2007 integration to be announced at VoiceCon. Three days ago I wrote:Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce...
Posted on November 13, 2008 2:52 PM
Comcast Best in VoIP Quality, AT&T Best in VoIP Reliability
Keynote Systems released their latest VoIP quality report with some interesting findings. For one, Comcast, a cable company dominated the voice quality rankings beating the closest competitor by nearly 300 points. As for reliability, to no surprise AT&T won this...
Posted on November 13, 2008 9:59 AM
VoIPshield Finds Security Flaws in Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator and Windows Live Messenger
I'm always a bit skeptical of VoIP security vulnerabilities discovered by firms which sell security products. Nevertheless, I thought it was worth sharing this bit of news.Update: Microsoft responded that VoIPShield's test is "on a non-secure implementation of OCS,...
Posted on November 12, 2008 3:39 PM
snom 820 Comes to North America
The snom 820, snom's high-end IP phone, today will debut for the North American enterprise and small and medium-sized business (SMB) markets. I remarked on the snom 820's sleek design, large high-resolution TFT color display, and wideband codec support when...
Posted on November 11, 2008 6:00 AM
Sametime and Microsoft OCS integration
Rumor has it that Microsoft and/or IBM will announce integration between Office Communications Server 2007 and IBM's Lotus Sametime "Unified Telephony" platform at this week's VoiceCon show. If true, this would combine approximately 20 million Sametime users with Microsoft's fast...
Posted on November 10, 2008 5:32 PM
Nortel cuts jobs and lowers forecast
Nortel plans a major restructuring and another round of job cuts. From Fortune: The Toronto networking equipment giant said Monday it would trim 1,300 jobs on top 1,200 cuts previously announced. Nortel had 32,550 employees at the end of 2007....
Posted on November 10, 2008 11:27 AM
VoIP Plays Role in the Elections
VoIP played an important role in this year's Presidential elections. Even notorious robocalls leveraged VoIP to blast out calls using inexpensive calling rates. Michael Dinan has an interesting article on how the Republican National Committee (RNC) leveraged Grandstream phones for...
Posted on November 7, 2008 11:48 AM
AudioCodes enters IP Phone arena with 300HD Series
AudioCodes has now entered the IP phone arena with a phone that supports wideband codecs (HD) for superior sound quality. Seems a bit odd for a company that makes VoIP PCI and cPCI communication boards and VoIP media gateway modules...
Posted on November 5, 2008 10:22 AM
Some interesting TMCnet videos on 4G, wireless, and more
Greg Galitzine has an interesting interview with Carl Ford (formerly with VON) about the future of wireless, including 4G and the pending 4GWE (4G Wireless Evolution) event co-located with ITEXPO. Carl discusses gadgets, smart phones, the Amazon Kindle, and more...
Posted on November 4, 2008 3:15 PM
SkyStone Video Enables Video Skype Gateway
Stonevoice has created SkyStone Video, a unique Skype-gateway product that allows video communications between enterprise video solutions from vendors such as Cisco, Sony, and Polycom and the popular Skype software. There are several voice over ip-to-Skype gateways, but this marks...
Posted on November 3, 2008 10:30 AM
VoxOx Skype killer?
VoxOx is a new unified communications client launched by San Diego based startup TelCentris. Think of it as Skype on steroids since it not only support VoIP, IM, and video conferencing, but it also supports social media, such as Facebook,...
Posted on November 3, 2008 8:51 AM
What's New in Administration and Management with Office Communications Server 2007 R2
With Microsoft OCS R2's pending release, I thought you'd be interested in seeing a video interview of Microsoft's Ananad Lakshminarayanan about some of the new features in Office Communications Server R2, which is Microsoft's popular unified communications platform. In the...
Posted on October 31, 2008 10:21 AM
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