Aastra today launched Aastra BluStar, a video conferencing solution for the desktop. The BluStar 8000i desktop media phone includes true HD video conferencing quality with unified communications and business applications along with collaboration. It includes a 13-inch touch screen that achieves true HD 720p video conferencing at a rate of 30 frames per second. It also includes excellent HD sound quality, powered by four voice tracking microphones and three speakers.

I am traveling out of Hartford this morning and am loving the power outlets and TVs in the booths at the Black Bear Saloon at the airport.

At the latest 4GWE event collocated with ITEXPO, TMC's Juliana Kenny spoke with Dr. Cullen Jennings, Ph.D., Distinguished Engineer, Cisco to learn about the future of mobile including HTML5 and other technologies which will part of the wireless multimedia future.

The video below has details.

Thanks to all of TMC's partners, ITEXPO exhibitors, sponsors, attendees and the TMC team For making ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami a great success. See you all in Austin, TX Sept. 13th for ITEXPO West 2011.

The Regulatory 2.0 Session @ITEXPO East 2011 just kicked off.

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I look forward to seeing you all this final day of ITEXPO East 2011. Here is a shot of the Miami city skyline which I just took. Turnout has been incredible for this show and even though snow and ice fell at record levels this week, thanks to all of you who travelled the globe and braved the weather to come network and learn about technology and communications while evaluating products and services to purchase.

Many of you have told me this show seems like the best attended ITEXPO which TMC has had in a while if not ever.

Thanks again for making this happen.

Larry Lisser kicked off Startup Camp 3 Comms Edition at ITEXPO to an amazingly packed keynote room. Way to go on this great new event Larry.

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Direct SIP trunking has existed since OCS 2007 R2, however, WorkSpace Communications claims to be the only hosted Microsoft OCS/Lync Provider to support direct SIP trunking in a "hosted" environment. Even the more recent version Microsoft Lync cannot do direct SIP trunking when using a hosted Lync provider. I stopped by their booth at ITEXPO where they told me that Microsoft said it would be near impossible to offer direct SIP trunking in a hosted scenario. Well, they figured it out and are now applying for a patent.

Currently, WorkSpace Communications is hosting OCS 2007 R2, but Lync support will be released very shortly.

Heading to the keynotes at ITEXPO East 2011 in Miami and I ran into Alan Percy of AudioCodes being interviewed in the roaming TMC Newsroom by TMC's Erik Linask.

At ITEXPO Allworx today unveiled the Allworx 9204G, the newest addition to the Allworx series of IP phones featuring an embedded Gigabit switch.

Allworx will be showcasing its entire family of phones and systems at ITEXPO East 2011 this week at the Miami Convention Center at the PAETEC Allworx booth #301.

“This is our first Gigabit-based phone and it provides all of the unique features of our Allworx product line at blazing speeds which will prepare any business for the increased requirements of the future,” said Chris Hasenauer, president of Allworx. “Using the 9204G with embedded gigabit switch ensures that the phone will never be the limiting factor on network performance.”

Allworx 9204G features include:

• Four (4) Programmable Feature Keys
• 192 × 64 monochrome graphical display
• Adjustable backlit LCD Display
• Enhanced Full-Duplex Speakerphone
• Wideband Audio Support via G.722
• 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet switch
• Four (4) party conferencing

Earlier today BridgeWave's President and CEO amir Makleff had a great keynote at 4GWE collocated with ITEXPO East 2011.

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VIPeering @ ITEXPO East 2011 Kicks Off with a nice crowd and great dialogue.

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Location:17th St,Miami Beach,United States

A packed room shows lots of interest in this new technology fuels by white spaces.

Charlie Vogt, GENBAD CEO Keynotes ITEXPO East 2011 to Packed Room and talks about social networking and how it has helped a transformation in the carrier space. He says LTE will not solve bandwidth issues.

ITEXPO East 2011 and collocated events in Miami are Kicking Off officially tomorrow - be there! I must confess, my design and marketing team helped a little - OK a lot with this post.


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ITEXPO here in Miami officially starts tomorrow but there are already lots of talk and rumors of note.

First off is the FCC may give credence to the notion next month that POTS needs to die. The carrying costs of this legacy network are massive and the 5ESS switches are 30 years old and you have to get the spare parts from eBay. 911 is a reason to not kill POTs but some predict that if the FCC gives a 10 year deadline for the death of POTs, the telecom network equipment market will see a surge in business which may even rival Y2K times.

Also, Arunis Chesonis the CEO of PATEC is in India and may be working on a deal with an Indian telco or a possible acquisition. Maybe a sale? We'll see.

Moreover, the voice peering market is saving more that $250M/year for cable companies and others.

I just stopped by the Telecom One-on-One Reception at ITEXPO East 2011 and there was a solid buzz in the room. I'm off to the Interactive Intelligence Cloud Communications seminar and reception now.

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Location:17th St,Miami Beach,United States

The twin video studios at ITEXPO are being set up as the overall event takes shape.

There are several service providers participating at ITEXPO, including 360networks. I'm told Randy Muench, President of CFN Services Wireless Division, 360 Networks is speaking at one of ITEXPO's 4G conference sessions. Today 360networks announced they've upgraded their IP network, which they claim will improve customers’ transit economics of scale and network performance

360networks is a facilities-based wholesale provider of Private Line Transport, Ethernet, IP, VoIP and Local Access services. With this upgrade the company’s wholesale customers are better able to keep pace with demand for capacity from new IP applications and mobile users by benefitting from increased operating efficiency and network performance.