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Digium Launches Support Services for Asterisk

Some big news from Digium. Rich Tehrani met with them yesterday to get the inside scoop. Rich takes copious notes on his iPhone, which he sent off to me to try and write up this news. Alas, I've been... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 2:39 PM

Skype for iPhone Blocked in Canada

I learned that the Skype for iPhone app is unavailable to our Canadian friends across the border in the Apple iTunes App Store. I contacted Skype for comment and their representative told me, "There are some patent-licensing issues which prevent... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 11:39 AM

VoIP Defies the Bear Economy like Chuck Norris defies a 700lb Bear

An interesting report by IBISWorld, Inc. just named VoIP as the predicted #1 performer In 2009 - it even beat video games. Yet more proof that VoIP isn't dead and indeed VoIP is the one shining bright spot in... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 10:42 AM

Skype on iPhone works over 3G

The Skype on iPhone application is working over the 3G data connection if you are running the beta 3.0 firmware. VoIP over the 3G cellular is clearly forbidden in the SDK rules, so it's obviously a bug on 3.0... Full Story

Posted on March 31, 2009 9:46 AM

Microsoft Roundtable is now Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station

Polycom and Microsoft today announced that "as part of Microsoft's vision to broaden the availability of Microsoft RoundTable, Polycom has licensed the right to distribute RoundTable, effective April 13, 2009." The product, renamed the Polycom CX5000 Unified Conference Station, will... Full Story

Posted on March 30, 2009 12:04 PM

Skype on iPhone is Official

Gigaom's Om Malik was right about Skype launching a native Skype app for the iPhone. The WSJ and CNet are confiming Om's scoop today. When I say the news hit the wires, my initial reaction was "I hope Om... Full Story

Posted on March 30, 2009 9:32 AM

IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype Review

The IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone for Skype launched just last month and IPEVO sent me a review unit to check out, which I've been testing for a few weeks. Installation Installing the IPEVO Wi-Fi Phone was a snap. Although it... Full Story

Posted on March 27, 2009 12:08 PM

Bring Out Your Dead! Wait! Skype for Asterisk is not dead!

Digium has an excellent post today titled The Rumors of Our Death discussing Skype for Asterisk (SFA) and the recently launched (beta) SkypeforSIP (SFS). There has been much discussion on the blogosphere, twitter, and elsewhere if SFS means the... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2009 10:24 PM

trixbox 2.8 beta is out

In case you missed it, Andrew posted that trixbox 2.8 beta is available and is based on the latest version of Asterisk 1.6. Andrew, is even very complimentary over Asterisk 1.6 & Digum, which is nice to see coming... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2009 9:54 PM

Native Skype for iPhone app coming?

Om Malik is reporting that a native Skype for iPhone app is coming next week.According to Om:A tipster -- a very reliable one -- tells me that Skype is almost ready to launch that iPhone version, perhaps as soon as... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2009 2:46 PM

Finally! New Windows Mobile App AudioRoute Enables Earpiece for VoIP Apps

Finally a software tool called AudioRoute that can be used to route Windows Mobile audio from the earpiece speaker to the backspeaker and vice-versa. This is especially needed for VoIP applications on Windows Mobile phones.I've tested several VoIP apps... Full Story

Posted on March 26, 2009 12:16 PM

Michael Robertson Responds to OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP article

I would be remiss if I did not point out that Gizmo5's CEO Michael Robertson responded to me regarding yesterday's OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP article. I had tried to reach Michael before the article went live but was not able to... Full Story

Posted on March 25, 2009 11:11 AM

OpenSky vs. SkypeforSIP - It's On Baby!

It's on! It's Gizmo5's OpenSky vs. Skype. Michael Robertson, the CEO of Gizmo5 has a post up where he compares Gizmo5's OpenSky to Skype's SkypeforSIP. It's interesting how Michael talks about open standards, mentioning .mp3, a standard which Michael was... Full Story

Posted on March 24, 2009 1:57 PM

NIC fixes VoIP for Gamers - Ok if you say so

Is it me, or this $130 NIC optimized for VoIP overkill? The idea behind this network interface card (NIC) is that it optimize packets and prioritizes games while offloading the voice processing from the CPU. According to PC World: ...at... Full Story

Posted on March 24, 2009 11:24 AM

Skype Starting to Dominate the International Long-distance pie

Skype has been taking a larger share of the international long-distance pie according to new data from TeleGeography, which just came out today.The article states:TeleGeography estimates that Skype's cross-border traffic grew approximately 41% in 2008, to 33 billion minutes --equivalent... Full Story

Posted on March 24, 2009 10:37 AM

Google Voice Meet Asterisk

Nerd Vittles has another cool Asterisk recipe that combines Google Voice, voicemail transcription (via Google Voice), free calling, and of course Asterisk. Nerd does some packet sniffing and determines that Google Voice, powered by Grandcentral, is using SIP. What's most... Full Story

Posted on March 23, 2009 11:06 AM

Skype For SIP Marries Skype and IP-PBXs

Today, Skype announced it is enabling SIP-based IP-PBX to connect to the Skype network, which will allow low-cost SkypeOut calling, receiving calls from Skype users, and receiving calls from regular PSTN phone lines. Outbound calls from IP-PBX SIP handsets to... Full Story

Posted on March 23, 2009 9:50 AM

Luca's Top 30 VoIP Leaders on Twitter list

Luca Filigheddu has a Top 30 VoIP Leaders On Twitter post worth checking out. TMC's Rich Tehrani and I are on the list. Honestly, I haven't seriously started using twitter until the beginning of this month, so I'm just ramping... Full Story

Posted on March 20, 2009 10:52 AM

FriendCaller - Another VoIP App for the iPhone

In April 2008, I reviewed C2Call, a Java-based VoIP application that lets you make web-based P2P VoIP phone calls direct from your browser whether you're using Linux, Windows, or an Apple Mac. The company that developed C2Call claims their new... Full Story

Posted on March 19, 2009 2:25 PM

New Nimbuzz VoIP app for the iPhone and iPod touch

Nimbuzz just released their new iPhone version of Nimbuzz which also supports 3G VoIP "dial up" calling and can turn the iPod touch into an iPhone. The old version was just released into the Apple iTunes store in November,... Full Story

Posted on March 19, 2009 10:15 AM

Dotcom-Monitor announces new SIP Monitoring tool

Today, Dotcom-Monitor announced a new SIP monitoring tool to add to its portfolio of external monitoring services. It's similar to other web-based Monitoring-as-a-Service (MaaS) services which monitor the uptime of web servers and notify when a problem occurs. In... Full Story

Posted on March 18, 2009 5:18 PM

10,000 minutes of Skype Access For free

Happy St. Patrick's Day! And in the spirit of St. Patty's Day, the folks at Skype have a special treat for you Mac fans. Sorry, PC users, you're out of luck this St. Patty's Day...Skype's Peter Parkes wrote:As a special... Full Story

Posted on March 17, 2009 1:21 PM

Microsoft OCS 2010 Will Finally Eliminate the PBX

Well, Microsoft has let the cat out of the bag and leaked word that Microsoft OCS 2010 will "remove the need for PBX equipment within your organization". I'm certainly not surprised. Let's flash back to last year where I wrote... Full Story

Posted on March 16, 2009 10:35 AM

Zer01, a MVNO, uses VoIP to bring contract-less, unlimited voice & data on smart phones

A new mobile-phone MVNO carrier, Zer01 Mobile announced that it will give you 100% unlimited voice and data on smart phones for as little as $69.95/month, without a contract, and on a broad nationwide network - namely AT&T's network.... Full Story

Posted on March 13, 2009 10:38 AM

Windows Server 2008 RDS Does VoIP

Terminal Services allows you to remotely run applications as well as perform remote administrative duties on servers. It has allowed remote audio to be streamed over IP from the remote computer to your local computer (audio redirection) but has... Full Story

Posted on March 11, 2009 11:29 AM