July 24, 2008
The annual Nemertes PilotHouse Awards for Unified Communications & Collaboration has for the fifth year running deemed ShoreTel to be the Best Overall VOIP Provider.
Each year VOIP vendors are assessed on the opinions of customers, this year 426 customer opinions and experiences were examined with reference to 24 different VOIP vendors.
The results showed that ShoreTel had achieved the position of ...
According to Nemertes, Shoretel is best VoIP provider
by Alan Harten
The annual Nemertes PilotHouse Awards for Unified Communications & Collaboration has for the fifth year running deemed ShoreTel to be the Best Overall VOIP Provider.
Each year VOIP vendors are assessed on the opinions of customers, this year 426 customer opinions and experiences were examined with reference to 24 different VOIP vendors.
The results showed that ShoreTel had achieved the position of ...
July 17, 2008
Fring, which allows users to call their social network contacts for free using their handset's internet connection, has extended its service to Java ME & Linux handsets, which includes most Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones.
Fring has created a 'minifring' version for phones that don’t yet support voice over IP calling, allowing users to communicate with other fringsters worldwide.
Previously ...
Fring available on Java ME & Linux phones
by Jan Harris
Fring, which allows users to call their social network contacts for free using their handset's internet connection, has extended its service to Java ME & Linux handsets, which includes most Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones.
Fring has created a 'minifring' version for phones that don’t yet support voice over IP calling, allowing users to communicate with other fringsters worldwide.
Previously ...Indafon integrates Jabber, phone and more
by Alan Harten
A new web-based communication service which integrates browser based SIP telephony and Jabber IM services, Indafon is a combination of a flash phone application connected to a jabber server to achieve a complex service integrating telephony, instant messaging, text message sending, and contact management which works in your browser.
What is Indafon?
Indafon is a web based communication service enhanced with contact ...
July 14, 2008
VoIP company, snom technology AG, is launching a series of training events, to help new VoIP users install VoIP telecommunications systems by Asterisk, and also its own VoIP telephones.
Snom is introducing the training sessions in response to requests from dealers for introductory level training.
Anyone who has purchased a snom VoIP starter package will be able to participate in ...
Snom launches VoIP installation training
by Jan Harris
VoIP company, snom technology AG, is launching a series of training events, to help new VoIP users install VoIP telecommunications systems by Asterisk, and also its own VoIP telephones.
Snom is introducing the training sessions in response to requests from dealers for introductory level training.
Anyone who has purchased a snom VoIP starter package will be able to participate in ...
July 11, 2008
iPhone users can now make lower cost international calls via Truphone, after Apple made the service available at its new App store today.
Truphone can be downloaded to the iPhone with just a few clicks, and is free to download.
There are no monthly subscriptions or other charges, and users get £2 of free credit when they register.
Users ...
Truphone comes to iPhone
by Jan Harris
iPhone users can now make lower cost international calls via Truphone, after Apple made the service available at its new App store today.
Truphone can be downloaded to the iPhone with just a few clicks, and is free to download.
There are no monthly subscriptions or other charges, and users get £2 of free credit when they register.
Users ...
July 10, 2008
snom technology AG and Konftel AB have reached a mutual agreement on a future co-operation.
The objective of this co-operation is to share experience and technology with each other.
In April they introduced a new cordless DECT VoIP phone, the snom m3.
The mobile VoIP phone is the company’s first cordless offering and is being targeted to home offices, SMBs or ...
Snom and Konftel Get Together For Mutual Benefit
by Alan Harten
snom technology AG and Konftel AB have reached a mutual agreement on a future co-operation.
The objective of this co-operation is to share experience and technology with each other.
In April they introduced a new cordless DECT VoIP phone, the snom m3.
The mobile VoIP phone is the company’s first cordless offering and is being targeted to home offices, SMBs or ...
July 9, 2008
Pictures are emerging of an ugrade to 3's Skypephone, a 3G mobile phone which allows users to make free Skype to Skype VoIP calls and send free Skype instant messages to other Skype users.
The images of the upgraded version were published on 'Just Another Mobile Phone Blog', following approval of the device by US communications regulator, the Federal Communications ...
3 Skypephone upgrade rumoured
by Jan Harris
Pictures are emerging of an ugrade to 3's Skypephone, a 3G mobile phone which allows users to make free Skype to Skype VoIP calls and send free Skype instant messages to other Skype users.
The images of the upgraded version were published on 'Just Another Mobile Phone Blog', following approval of the device by US communications regulator, the Federal Communications ...
July 7, 2008
The existing competition among the VoIP market has mushroomed with a large number of high profile players such as the very popular Skype as well as several other large providers including Truphone, Jajah and Fring.
This has forced the companies to reduce their call rates and update to a more user friendly service enabling users to reach their family and ...
Vopium expanding in Europe
by Alan Harten
The existing competition among the VoIP market has mushroomed with a large number of high profile players such as the very popular Skype as well as several other large providers including Truphone, Jajah and Fring.
This has forced the companies to reduce their call rates and update to a more user friendly service enabling users to reach their family and ...
July 3, 2008
Users of Fring, a mobile internet service and community which brings VoIP calls and IM applications to a range of mobile phones, can now use Facebook directly from their cell phone.
The service, which is available via a new Settings menu option called fringAdd-ons, allows 'Fringers' to use the Facebook platform for tasks such as messaging, updating statuses and sharing ...
Fring adds Facebook application
by Jan Harris
Users of Fring, a mobile internet service and community which brings VoIP calls and IM applications to a range of mobile phones, can now use Facebook directly from their cell phone.
The service, which is available via a new Settings menu option called fringAdd-ons, allows 'Fringers' to use the Facebook platform for tasks such as messaging, updating statuses and sharing ...Nimbuzz gets $15 million shot in the arm
by Alan Harten
Nimbuzz is a mobile VoIP and IM provider that also brings IM and voice to social networks.
They have announced that they have managed to raise $15 million of Second Round funding to assist them with their growth plans
Nimbuzz intends to use the new cash injection to assist in the development of its product range, to enable the software to ...
July 1, 2008
Citrus Telecom is extending its DIGITALK Multiservice Platform with the deployment of IP Virtual Office and Service Numbers.
The company launched VoIP services for residential and business users in 2005, with the deployment of DIGITALK Broadband Telephony and Web calling Card.
Its new offerings, IP Virtual Office and Service Numbers, are targeted at business users, and provide virtual office features ...
Citrus extends DIGITALK VoIP platform
by Jan Harris
Citrus Telecom is extending its DIGITALK Multiservice Platform with the deployment of IP Virtual Office and Service Numbers.
The company launched VoIP services for residential and business users in 2005, with the deployment of DIGITALK Broadband Telephony and Web calling Card.
Its new offerings, IP Virtual Office and Service Numbers, are targeted at business users, and provide virtual office features ...Telchemy Has Shipped 30 Million VQmon Units
by Alan Harten
Telchemy,® Incorporated, the Voice over IP and IPTV fault and performance management technology company, today announced that over 100 equipment manufacturers have successfully integrated Telchemy’s VQmon software into a wide range of products, such as IP phones, VoIP Gateways, Routers, Session Border Controllers, Probes and Analyzers.
Over 30 million units of VQmon have been shipped, representing an annual growth rate ...
June 27, 2008
JAJAH, managed services provider in IP-telecommunications, announced today its platform has been selected by Gizmo5, a widely-used free mobile and computer-based VoIP service.
The partnership adds millions of users to the JAJAH platform, with JAJAH handling all call termination for Gizmo5 as well as additional tailored services including customer care and billing.
Softphones, or software-based-phones, enable people to make IP-telephone calls ...
JAJAH now used by Gizmo5 VoIP service
by Alan Harten
JAJAH, managed services provider in IP-telecommunications, announced today its platform has been selected by Gizmo5, a widely-used free mobile and computer-based VoIP service.
The partnership adds millions of users to the JAJAH platform, with JAJAH handling all call termination for Gizmo5 as well as additional tailored services including customer care and billing.
Softphones, or software-based-phones, enable people to make IP-telephone calls ...
June 26, 2008
Suddenlink Communications and Sigma Systems today announced that they are extending their long-standing relationship to power a new addition to the Suddenlink services portfolio: Advanced Commercial VoIP services for small and medium businesses (SMB).
“We have had a great deal of success with our existing Sigma deployment, which automates the fulfilment of advanced IP services including residential voice and high-speed ...
Sigma Systems expands operations with Suddenlink
by Alan Harten
Suddenlink Communications and Sigma Systems today announced that they are extending their long-standing relationship to power a new addition to the Suddenlink services portfolio: Advanced Commercial VoIP services for small and medium businesses (SMB).
“We have had a great deal of success with our existing Sigma deployment, which automates the fulfilment of advanced IP services including residential voice and high-speed ...
June 24, 2008
VoX Communications Corporation, a subsidiary division of the Pervasip Corporation, will be entering into a partnership with Rudder Capital Corporation, in their effort to produce a futuristic communications protocol, a SIP-based digital phone solution.
The new development, Rudder, is an IP based service provider, linking television to the internet with the inclusion of IPTV, and includes applications that boast vast amounts ...
Pervasip Partners with Rudder Capital
by Grant Draper
VoX Communications Corporation, a subsidiary division of the Pervasip Corporation, will be entering into a partnership with Rudder Capital Corporation, in their effort to produce a futuristic communications protocol, a SIP-based digital phone solution.
The new development, Rudder, is an IP based service provider, linking television to the internet with the inclusion of IPTV, and includes applications that boast vast amounts ...3CX Phone System for Windows Upgraded
by Jan Harris
3CX, a developer of telecommunications software, has released version 6.0 of 3CX Phone System for Windows, a software-based VoIP PBX which replaces traditional proprietary hardware PBX / PABX.
Version 6.0, which has 10 new features, comes only 20 weeks after its predecessor, a time-scale not previously possible with traditional PBX systems.
The new features include call conferencing for up to ...Sipgate app brings VoIP to iPhone
by Rohan Parker
Nearly a year after its release in the US, the iPhone is now able to use third party Voice over IP (VoIP) services, after sipgate.Inc announced the release of an application which enables the iPhone to natively communicate with any VoIP service, so long as it is on the industry's standard SIP.
What this means is that now all iPhone users, ...
June 20, 2008
VoxSwap the social network for people learning and practising languages has added a video service and integrated Skype, so budding linguists can now hear and see as well as type text.
It means users can now watch education and entertainment videos in a wide selection of languages so they can see and hear the words and phrases they are seeking to ...
VoxSwap social network adds video and Skype
by Alan Harten
VoxSwap the social network for people learning and practising languages has added a video service and integrated Skype, so budding linguists can now hear and see as well as type text.
It means users can now watch education and entertainment videos in a wide selection of languages so they can see and hear the words and phrases they are seeking to ...
June 18, 2008
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, have identified compression techniques as a potential security risk for VoIP users when used in conjunction with encryption technology.
In a paper, called "Spot me if you can: Uncovering spoken phrases in encrypted VoIP conversations", the researchers suggests that the use of variable bitrate (VBR) compression techniques reduces the effectiveness of standard ...
Researchers highlight threat to VoIP security
by Jan Harris
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, have identified compression techniques as a potential security risk for VoIP users when used in conjunction with encryption technology.
In a paper, called "Spot me if you can: Uncovering spoken phrases in encrypted VoIP conversations", the researchers suggests that the use of variable bitrate (VBR) compression techniques reduces the effectiveness of standard ...Columbus and Sigma Join Forces
by Grant Draper
Columbus Communications has joined forces with Sigma Systems, to extend Sigma’s deployment of high-speed data services and applications, including VoIP, across its current network, including Jamaica, Trinidad and Grenada.
Sigma continues to offer a high level of support, and continues to meet the requirements of its customers, especially the likes of Columbus Communications, who require consistent improvements and revisions to ensure ...
