May 9, 2008
A new report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority has revealed that half of the people who own a 3G phone do not use the 3G services - which include mobile internet, video calling and music streaming.
The reasons given were that they have no interest in them, or that the costs are too high, or they do not know ...
Slow growth in VoIP take up in Australia
by Lin Freestone
A new report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority has revealed that half of the people who own a 3G phone do not use the 3G services - which include mobile internet, video calling and music streaming.
The reasons given were that they have no interest in them, or that the costs are too high, or they do not know ...911 emergency call access alert in Canada
by Lin Freestone
Canadians are being warned by the country’s emergency services how important it is for consumers to research how to access 911 with VoIP phones.
The alert follows the death of a toddler in Calgary after an emergency 911 call was made over a VoIP phone and the ambulance was dispatched to the caller’s former address, the last address the internet phone ...
May 8, 2008
Zycko, a distributor of convergent IT solutions, gained a new partnership with Force10 Networks at the end of April, but has now been dropped as Polycom's UK VoIP product distributor.
Since terminating its relationship with Zycko, Polycom has appointed Vcomm as its sole distributor in the UK for products such as its Microsoft Office communication server-compatible CX range of handsets.
However, ...
Zycko gains Force10 Networks, loses Polycom
by Jan Harris
Zycko, a distributor of convergent IT solutions, gained a new partnership with Force10 Networks at the end of April, but has now been dropped as Polycom's UK VoIP product distributor.
Since terminating its relationship with Zycko, Polycom has appointed Vcomm as its sole distributor in the UK for products such as its Microsoft Office communication server-compatible CX range of handsets.
However, ...
May 6, 2008
NetMotion Wireless has released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, its mobile virtual private network (VPN) software, allowing it to be used by enterprises for the deployment of streaming video and VoIP.
Mobility XE, which was designed for Windows smartphones, provides mobile workers with secure connections to applications via laptops and mobile devices, even when travelling in areas with no wireless coverage ...
NetMotion Wireless updates Mobility XE
by Jan Harris
NetMotion Wireless has released version 8.0 of Mobility XE, its mobile virtual private network (VPN) software, allowing it to be used by enterprises for the deployment of streaming video and VoIP.
Mobility XE, which was designed for Windows smartphones, provides mobile workers with secure connections to applications via laptops and mobile devices, even when travelling in areas with no wireless coverage ...
May 2, 2008
A provider of a web-based telephony platform, TringMe, has enabled millions of AOL Instant Messenger call-out users to make calls directly.
By using TringPhone, TringMe’s fully web-based SIP phone, AOL/AIM users can make calls directly from the browser. VoIP calls can also be made from mobiles by using a mobile device.
AOL/AIM users can use any of TringMe’s supported originating devices to ...
AIM calls from TringMe
by Lin Freestone
A provider of a web-based telephony platform, TringMe, has enabled millions of AOL Instant Messenger call-out users to make calls directly.
By using TringPhone, TringMe’s fully web-based SIP phone, AOL/AIM users can make calls directly from the browser. VoIP calls can also be made from mobiles by using a mobile device.
AOL/AIM users can use any of TringMe’s supported originating devices to ...
May 1, 2008
IVO Software has launched a new version of its Text-To-Speech system which supports the international Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) used in the biggest telecommunication systems.
Media Resource Control Protocol is a communication protocol which allows the provision of voice services in the client/server architecture.
MRCP has been incorporated into IVO’s new version, IVONA Telecom TTS, and has become one of the ...
IVONA Telecom TTS supports MRCP Protocol
by Lin Freestone
IVO Software has launched a new version of its Text-To-Speech system which supports the international Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP) used in the biggest telecommunication systems.
Media Resource Control Protocol is a communication protocol which allows the provision of voice services in the client/server architecture.
MRCP has been incorporated into IVO’s new version, IVONA Telecom TTS, and has become one of the ...Yahoo Messenger outsources VoIP calls to Jajah
by Lin Freestone
Yahoo has announced that its Yahoo Messenger VoIP calls are to be outsourced to Jajah.
Under the terms of the agreement, the "Phone In" and "Phone Out" service will enable consumers to make low-cost PC-to-phone and phone-to-PC voice calls over the Jajah network to more than 200 countries using Yahoo Messenger. Details of the deal between the two companies have not ...
April 30, 2008
Newport Networks has announced its new Call Routing Engine (CRE), bringing significant benefits to operators and Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs).
The powerful CRE enables operators and ITSPs to peer with other operators for wholesale call termination and origination.
It also allows service providers to deliver SIP trunking services to Enterprises.
The new solution combines the company's Session Border Controller ...
Newport announces call routing technology
by Jan Harris
Newport Networks has announced its new Call Routing Engine (CRE), bringing significant benefits to operators and Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs).
The powerful CRE enables operators and ITSPs to peer with other operators for wholesale call termination and origination.
It also allows service providers to deliver SIP trunking services to Enterprises.
The new solution combines the company's Session Border Controller ...
April 28, 2008
Skype has released a beta version of its Skype VoIP service, for Java-enabled mobile phones.
The software will be available on around 50 mobile phone models from a number of manufacturers, including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson.
Mobile phone users will be able to receive calls from other Skype users, while customers who buy 'SkypeIn' will be able to ...
Skype releases mobile beta
by Jan Harris
Skype has released a beta version of its Skype VoIP service, for Java-enabled mobile phones.
The software will be available on around 50 mobile phone models from a number of manufacturers, including Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson.
Mobile phone users will be able to receive calls from other Skype users, while customers who buy 'SkypeIn' will be able to ...
April 25, 2008
The largest business network in the UK, the Federation of Small Businesses, has launched a new initiative with internet telephony specialist Coms Plc.
All 210,000 members of the federation can be provided with a business class VoIP telephone service free of charge, via the Redstone company, FSB Telecom.
Under the terms of the deal, FSB members will receive a VoIP telecoms ...
Free VoIP for FSB members
by Lin Freestone
The largest business network in the UK, the Federation of Small Businesses, has launched a new initiative with internet telephony specialist Coms Plc.
All 210,000 members of the federation can be provided with a business class VoIP telephone service free of charge, via the Redstone company, FSB Telecom.
Under the terms of the deal, FSB members will receive a VoIP telecoms ...Spirit’s VoIP conferencing solution selected by Plustek
by Lin Freestone
Plustek, a Taiwanese manufacturer of telecommunication equipment, has licensed Spirit DSP’s TeamSpirit 3.0 Conferencing Engine as the core for its corporate conferencing system Plus@com PC20.
The Plus@com PC2000 combines instant interactive communication functions with live video. It delivers whole corporate coverage with the flexibility and reliability to support multifunction applications.
The corporate conferencing system includes instant messaging, real-time audio-and-video meetings, call transfer, ...
April 24, 2008
London-based business telecommunications solution provider, Switch
Communications, has won a key Catalist Framework contract with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), to supply its VoIP and WAN solutions to the public sector.
Switch will now be officially authorised to supply its products to educational establishments, the health service and government organisations.
While Switch already supplies over 300 public sector organisations ...
Switch secures supply agreement with OGC
by Jan Harris
London-based business telecommunications solution provider, Switch
Communications, has won a key Catalist Framework contract with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), to supply its VoIP and WAN solutions to the public sector.
Switch will now be officially authorised to supply its products to educational establishments, the health service and government organisations.
While Switch already supplies over 300 public sector organisations ...
April 23, 2008
London-based ICU Global, a unified communications specialist, has updated ICU Live!, making it easier for organisations to upgrade from voice to video conferencing without worrying about cost.
ICU Live! eliminates the need to buy expensive video-conferencing equipment - users simply log-in online via a standard internet connection and use the service with any webcam and headset - and the service ...
ICU Global updates video conferencing service
by Jan Harris
London-based ICU Global, a unified communications specialist, has updated ICU Live!, making it easier for organisations to upgrade from voice to video conferencing without worrying about cost.
ICU Live! eliminates the need to buy expensive video-conferencing equipment - users simply log-in online via a standard internet connection and use the service with any webcam and headset - and the service ...Mobile VoIP phone planned by J-Com
by Lin Freestone
Japan Communications Inc, the Japanese wireless data communications provider, is planning to launch Internet mobile phones, and they could be available by July 2008.
It is believed that the phones will be offered with a fixed monthly rate and that VoIP calls and data traffic would be unlimited.
The company was founded as a mobile telecommunications service provider for enterprises in Tokyo ...
April 21, 2008
South Yorkshire Police force has replaced its legacy PABX system with a new internet telephony system.
A Siemens SIP-Based Unified Communications softswitch, hosted at two sites in Sheffield, will converge voice and data network applications to a total of 5,500 users at 90 sites in South Yorkshire. The system is designed to be scalable for up to 100,000 users.
The new ...
South Yorkshire Police adopt VoIP
by Jan Harris
South Yorkshire Police force has replaced its legacy PABX system with a new internet telephony system.
A Siemens SIP-Based Unified Communications softswitch, hosted at two sites in Sheffield, will converge voice and data network applications to a total of 5,500 users at 90 sites in South Yorkshire. The system is designed to be scalable for up to 100,000 users.
The new ...
April 19, 2008
AT&T, the US telecommunications conglomerate, has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.
A warning that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be able to cope with the increasing amounts of video and user-generated content being uploaded has been made by Jim Cicconi, vice president ...
Internet at full capacity by 2010 warning from AT&T
by Lin Freestone
AT&T, the US telecommunications conglomerate, has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.
A warning that the current systems that constitute the Internet will not be able to cope with the increasing amounts of video and user-generated content being uploaded has been made by Jim Cicconi, vice president ...
April 18, 2008
Hosted VoIP provider, Voicenet Solutions, has secured a contract to deploy a hosted VoIP solution for the Empire Cinema chain.
Voicenet's all in one VoIP package, VNcomplete, will be implemented in Empire's 17 cinemas across the UK.
VNcomplete is a fully hosted solution with built-in Quality of Service. It is supported by Cisco hardware.
It will be used to answer ...
Voicenet brings VoIP to Empire Cinemas
by Jan Harris
Hosted VoIP provider, Voicenet Solutions, has secured a contract to deploy a hosted VoIP solution for the Empire Cinema chain.
Voicenet's all in one VoIP package, VNcomplete, will be implemented in Empire's 17 cinemas across the UK.
VNcomplete is a fully hosted solution with built-in Quality of Service. It is supported by Cisco hardware.
It will be used to answer ...Thomson’s Cirpack softswitch certification for snom’s VoIP phones
by Lin Freestone
snom technology, a German manufacturer of VoIP telephones, is integrating its SIP-based phone portfolio with Thomson’s Cirpack voice switching platforms and IP Centrex server.
Thomson’s Lab has tested and evaluated snom’s 3xx series VoIP phones and given them full certification for use with Thomson’s Cirpack softswitches. The integration will enable service providers to accelerate the delivery of Class 5 ...
April 17, 2008
Mobile Internet Network Operator (MINO), Truphone, has raised £16.5m in a new round of venture capital funding.
The investment will allow Truphone to continue with the development of a single, global SIM card, which will provide low call charges at home and abroad, together with free and low-cost internet calls.
Truphone recently acquired SIM4travel, completing its GSM core network, which ...
Truphone raises funds for global SIM card
by Jan Harris
Mobile Internet Network Operator (MINO), Truphone, has raised £16.5m in a new round of venture capital funding.
The investment will allow Truphone to continue with the development of a single, global SIM card, which will provide low call charges at home and abroad, together with free and low-cost internet calls.
Truphone recently acquired SIM4travel, completing its GSM core network, which ...
April 16, 2008
Dublin-based Magnet Business, which provides broadband connectivity and internet services to customers in Ireland, has launched a new suite of applications for SMEs.
The new offering builds on Magnet's existing broadband service, allowing customers to run voice and internet traffic over a single broadband link, with a 20% reduction in telephony costs.
The new suite includes a next generation phone ...
Magnet Business launches voice and internet service
by Jan Harris
Dublin-based Magnet Business, which provides broadband connectivity and internet services to customers in Ireland, has launched a new suite of applications for SMEs.
The new offering builds on Magnet's existing broadband service, allowing customers to run voice and internet traffic over a single broadband link, with a 20% reduction in telephony costs.
The new suite includes a next generation phone ...
