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Wednesday, October 31st
Tuesday, October 30th
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AT&T Announces Wholesale VoIP Service Expansion
At the Fall VON 2007 conference, AT&T Inc. today announced the expanded availability of AT&T Voice Over IP Connect Service (AVOICS). AVOICS is the flagship wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offer for U.S. service providers that want IP-based connectivity to AT&T's global IP network for long distance call termination. For more than 10 years, AT&T has provided wholesale VoIP solutions, which address the U.S. domestic and international termination needs of service providers with a variety of connectivity options....
Monday, October 29th
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deltathree to Expand VoIP Service in North America
deltathree, Inc. (Nasdaq:DDDC), a leading provider of SIP-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions for service providers and consumers worldwide, today announced that it will be offering Canadian inbound phone numbers, otherwise known as direct inward dialing (DID) numbers, to its reseller, service provider and direct-to-consumer clients. deltathree's ability to provide 9-1-1 services in Canada was made possible by its long-standing partnership with Intrado, the core provider of North America's 9-1-1 emergency communications network. Per the regulations of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, all VoIP subscribers in the country with the ability to make and receive calls must be equipped with 9-1-1 service. Therefore, with this new 9-1-1 capability deltathree is able to expand its inbound calling offers to include Canada. ...
Friday, October 26th
Thursday, October 25th
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VocalTec Communications Announces 18 New Service Provider Wins in Russia and CIS Since 2006
VocalTec Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq:VOCL), a leading global provider of carrier-class multimedia and voice-over-IP solutions for communication service providers, announced today that its VoIP technology has been selected by 18 Service Providers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) since the Company entered these markets in 2006. These customers have selected VocalTec’s Essentra solution suite to build their Next Generation Networks. ...
Tuesday, October 23rd
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EU telco regulators want joint voice on VoIP rules
The European Union's 27 national telecom regulators want harmonised rules governing voice conversations over the Internet in the 27-nation bloc, the chair of the regulators' group said on Tuesday....
Monday, October 22nd
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AT&T embraces let's-sue-Vonage fad
Yet another big-name telco has sued Vonage for patent infringement.
This time, it's AT&T putting the screws to the plucky voice over IP provider. The erstwhile Ma Bell filed suit last week in a Wisconsin-based federal court, insisting that Vonage is violating its patent for a 'wide-area packet telephony system.'...
Saturday, October 20th
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AT&T Accuses Vonage of Violating VoIP Patents
America’s leading telephone operator, AT&T Inc., filed an intellectual property lawsuit against the troubled VoIP provider, Vonage Holdings Corp yesterday, seeking damages for alleged patent infringement....
Thursday, October 18th
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VoIP sees largest-ever uptick in network traffic
VoIP Inc. posted a 40 percent increase in overall network minutes per day being carried over the company's network from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 -- the largest increase in network traffic since its inception....
Wednesday, October 17th
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Skype Brings VoIP to MySpace
MySpace will give its millions of members the ability to engage in free voice chats via the MySpace instant messaging service, thanks to a partnership with VOIP provider Skype....
Monday, October 15th
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VoIP on Windows is like POTS on crack
Relying on a soft client running on Windows as my sole resource for making important calls has been a recipe for disaster. Plain old telephone service may be old fashioned, but you know what? With POTS, 99% of the time the phone just works. The same can't be said for my current voice over IP setup, which I am relying on in my new office. ...
Friday, October 12th
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Amended Internet Tax Ban Will Not Include VoIP
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee approved an amendment to the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998 which would prevent the tax ban from expiring. However, the amendment also eliminates tax protection for VoIP services. 'The amendment, offered by committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat, would extend the ban on Internet access taxes until Nov. 1, 2011. ... The Conyers amendment would allow nine states with Internet access taxes to continue them. It would also narrow the definition of Internet access, excluding services such as VoIP from the tax ban.'...
Thursday, October 11th
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The Third Stage of the VoIP Rocket Never Fired
Ten years ago was the dawn of Voice over IP (VoIP). The pioneering Israeli company VocalTec had just released its VoIP software for PCs (it was named iPhone, BTW). Industry guru Jeff Pulver (whom I now partner with in FWD) had begun to hold his Voice on the Net (VON) shows. As the founder of VoIP startup ITXC, I was invited to give a keynote at VON in Boston. ...
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House bill would give VoIP companies direct access to 911 system
Anyone making a 911 call in the U.S. today using a voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone isn't directly calling the local 911 center. Instead, the call has to go through a third party, such as a competitive local exchange carrier, who then connects that emergency call to the local 911 operator.
The reason for a middleman is simple -- current Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules only allow traditional telephone service carriers to connect directly with the 911 system backbone to avoid swamping the service during emergencies. That leaves VoIP phone companies without a direct way to provide 911 service on their own.
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Tuesday, October 9th
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Can Vonage Hang On?
Vonage is putting on a brave face about the future now that one of its two patent litigation problems is in the rear-view mirror. But one analyst sees more trouble brewing for the Voice over IP provider -- chiefly from the competition's 'triple play' prices. Can the standalone Vonage stand it alone? So far, it's hanging tough. ...
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Skype Co-Founder Says eBay Overpaid For VoIP Company
In a comment sure to warm the hearts of all eBay stockholders, one of the co-founders of Skype says that the online auction company over paid for the VoIP telephony company....
Monday, October 8th
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Vonage settles Sprint's patent claim
Voice-over-IP (VoIP) provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has settled a patent dispute with Sprint Nextel Corp. by agreeing to pay Sprint about $80 million, the two companies announced Monday....
Friday, October 5th
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Move with the Changing Times by Switching To VoIP
VoIP has become a rage world over due to the numerous advantages it has over the traditional public switch telephony network. With the rising popularity the demand for VoIP service has increased tremendously in the past few years and continues to rise at a high rate....
Thursday, October 4th
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eBay, Jajah in VoIP Showdown
Internet voice service provider Jajah on Thursday said that web auctioneer eBay blocked the use of the startup's embedded voice links on its auction site, a move Jajah said raises concerns about anti-competitive behavior....
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Skype Shuffle: Is It a Stumble (Upon) or a New Paradigm for eBay?
This week's news about eBay and Skype seemed pretty bad at first. Ebay is taking a $1.4 billion charge against its Q3 earnings to pay off Skype's shareholders early as part of its original deal to buy the VoIP upstart. Meanwhile, the remaining founder of Skype is stepping down as CEO. Most press coverage summed the news up as a sign that eBay paid far too much for Skype in the first place and is only now accepting that reality. Very little thought or attention was paid to the underlying questions of what eBay is going to do with Skype....
Wednesday, October 3rd
Monday, October 1st
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