VoIP Blogging: January 2007 Archives

VoIP Blogging > January 31, 2007

Prognosis IP Telephony Manager now rated Avaya compliant

[IP Hosted PBX] Antara Interactive - IP phones: 46xx, 96xx Because PROGNOSIS establishes connections to a PBX , all equipment models supported by that PBX will...

Prognosis IP Telephony Manager now rated Avaya compliant (Antara News)

[IP Hosted PBX] Integrated Researchs PROGNOSIS monitoring and diagnostics software provides visibility into large-scale Avaya IP telephony deployments (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.)

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January 31, 2007

Prognosis IP Telephony Manager now rated Avaya compliant

[IP Hosted PBX] Antara Interactive - IP phones: 46xx, 96xx Because PROGNOSIS establishes connections to a PBX , all equipment models supported by that PBX will...

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Prognosis IP Telephony Manager now rated Avaya compliant (Antara News)

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January 30, 2007

How your home phone number becomes easily your free SIP phone number through phonegnome.

[Watching, Testing, Digesting: Skype Software & Hardware Gadgets.] Also the friendly Phonegnome Guys told that on their home page when you sign into My PhoneGnome, the SIP address fror your PhoneGnome box is shown under the 'PhoneGnome Info' section.

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V-Gear Talkcam Tracer Webcam

[2dayBlog - Technology Journal, New Gadget everyday!] Here’s the V-Gear Talkcam Tracer Webcam, a webcam that features auto focus and zooming features to keep you in the picture. It is a 1.3-megapixel cam and also capable in capture video at 30 frames per second.

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January 28, 2007

VOIP Broadband Phones

[Your Guide To Wireless] Voice on Internet Protocol (VOIP) Phones are referred to as just Broadband Phones. The main function of a Broadband phone using VOIP is to convert...

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ASC to Demonstrate VoIP Recording at Cisco Networkers Conference in Cannes

[Voip] ASC, a leading global provider of innovative solutions to record, analyze and evaluate communications, will demonstrate its latest Voice over IP (VoIP) recording solutions, EVOip active and EVOip+ for Cisco, at the Cisco Networkers conference in Cannes, January 30 to February 2, 2007, at Booth E 21.

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January 27, 2007

Permanent Link to Skype Price Plan Revealed

[Gadget Venue dot com] The fee does not apply on on Skype Unlimited plans in the US or Canada, or the Talk for Britain plan in the UK. Also, this connection fee does not apply to toll free calls and you can still make toll free calls with out credit and no charges will apply.

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TANN Traffic Mobile - Improves PDA/Smartphone Traffic Information

[VoIP News and Developments] Audio Web , Contact Center Outsourcing , CRM Solutions , Customer Care , Customer Interaction Management , Headsets , Hosted Contact Center , Hosted IP , Hosted VoIP , Industry Research , Internet Fax , Internet Phone , IP Conferencing and …

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January 26, 2007

Nimbuzz update from the co-founder

[Thoughts on VoIP, technology... and more] Therefore, with Nimbuzz you avoid the huge international roaming tariffs, and you’re finally able to communicate with your IM buddies for voice, chat and text. Important note: · To avoid international roaming charges you must be located in your home country · And your home country must be listed as a country with a local Nimbuzz accesspoint for mobile voice, please check at http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/features/callsatlocalcost/ · When your country is not listed, or you are roaming abroad, you can still use the service but then you pay international tariff.

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VoIP.com Intros ”˜Make A Call’ VoIP Service

[VoIP News and Developments] Management , Customer Interaction Management , Do Not Call , E911 , e-Business Solutions , Enterprise VoIP Gateways , Hosted Contact Center , Hosted IP , Hosted VoIP , Hybrid IP , Internet Phone , Inbound Call Center , IP Conferencing and …

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January 25, 2007

DIGIUM AND POLYCOM HELP SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES SWITCH ”¦ - Telephony World (press release)

[IP Hosted PBX] DIGIUM AND POLYCOM HELP SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES SWITCH ”¦ Telephony World (press release) - 12 minutes ago Digium's offerings include VoIP...

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Digium and Polycom to Help SMBs Switch to VoIP

[IP Hosted PBX] Management , Customer Interaction Management , Do Not Call , E911 , e-Business Solutions , Enterprise VoIP Gateways , Hosted Contact Center , Hosted IP , Hosted VoIP , Hybrid IP , Internet Phone , Inbound Call Center , IP Conferencing and …

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January 24, 2007

10 ISPs and countries known to have blocked VoIP

[ Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Resources :: VoIP Providers, Philippines VOIP] Collier’s prognostications have been posted to his popular VoIP security blog at: www.voipsecurityblog.com. 1) There is no doubt that VoIP security attacks have taken place, but very few have [...]">VoIP security trends and predictions for 2007 (January 19th, 2007)

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Increased Demand for Dash911’s Wholesale VoIP Services

[ Digital News | Internet Related | And More ..] Dash911, the most popular provider of E911 services for VoIP providers announces that due to increased demand, and more customers, it has added additional carriers for its DID and termination offerings. “Many VoIP providers have told us that what they really like is to get all their services from one provider”, says Gregory Giagnocavo, “and we are pulling together the best providers in each category”.

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January 23, 2007

Online Revenue Opportunities: Tutors Without Limits

[ - It’s My Business] Tutors Without Limits (TWL) is an organization that lets you tutor students over the Internet from anywhere in the world. Sign up is free, you set your own rates, and you pay a small transaction fee.

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How VoIP can help your career

[VoIP Service Blog | VoIP Provider Reviews & IP Telephony News] VoIP has the potential to save costs, simplify tasks, and increase productivity. Read on for more of the info you need to sell your boss on a VoIP system at VoIP News.

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January 22, 2007

ESI introduces enhanced VoIP card

[Esi-estech.com] Editor’s Note: The previously used Local Network Card, Remote Network Card, and Esi-Link Remote Network Card remain available from ESI for legacy IVX systems (and remain compatible with the IVC-compatible systems, as well). Additionally, the Remote Network Card and Esi-Link Remote Network Card are still used on ESI’s IP E-Class all-VoIP business telephone systems, the design of which incorporates a built-in Local Network Card.

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Infoaccel PCI Voip Card Internet Phone and Telephony Device

[Newworldtelnet.com] "InfoAccel can provide enthusiastic consumers and SOHO users -- particularly those with a family member or close friend in a foreign country -- with a way of making Internet calls by picking up the phone (as opposed to a microphone). It has a rich client interface, with some features that are definitely cool, like the voice e-mail option and the Global Address Book,

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January 21, 2007

Skype Vs Vonage - 30 second comparison!

[UK Broadband ISP Offers] There are many people worldwide who have tested Skype VoIP communication standards and feel it’s the greatest software they have used to contact almost anyone around the world. If you intend to call a regular user with a landline or mobile phone, then buy the credit from the company which is half of what Vonage offers and calls to any international country of your choice.

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Skype Free Telephone

[EmpowerYou] Make free phone calls globally if both parties have the free Skype software installed and have a hi-speed internet connection.

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January 20, 2007

160 Open Source VOIP Software

[ Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Resources :: VoIP Providers, Philippines VOIP] SIP Proxies, SIP Clients (Linux, Mac, Windows), SIP tools, H.323 Clients (Linux, Mac, Windows), IAX clients, RTP Protocol Stacks & Proxies, PBX platforms, IVR platforms, Voicemail servers, Speech, Fax Servers, Development platforms, protocol stacks and more

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Zultys back from the dead

[Signal to Noise] According to a recent letter to “Customers, Partners, Friends and Colleagues,” new company President Avi Weinrib is excited about the opportunity to reinvent Zultys, and he invites everyone to “”¦rediscover the management team to get to know who we are; and, more importantly, to find out more about our plans for the future of the company.”

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January 18, 2007

Q1 Labs Announces New Network Security Management Capabilities for ”¦ - dBusinessNews Boston (press release)

[IP Hosted PBX] Q1 Labs Announces New Network Security Management Capabilities for ”¦ dBusinessNews Boston (press release), MA - 25 minutes ago ”¦ man-in-the-middle...

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Microsoft, Nortel CEOs expand on their VoIP alliance

[VoIP News and Developments] Nortel and Microsoft this week expanded on their Innovative Communication Alliance - a VoIP-focused partnership announced in July 2007 — at an event at NBC Studios here, where the two companies’

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January 17, 2007

No Buzz for Nimbuzz

[GigaOM] camp with Andy and Om when it comes to VoIP-on-mobile start-ups whose main selling point is a convoluted method to escape high (usually international) roaming fees. The newest entrant into an already crowded field is Nimbuzz, which gets a glowing review over at MobileCrunch but as far as I can tell, offers not much more than local-call prices for all calls placed to another Nimbuzz user.

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Iotum Talk-Now Preview

[Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith’s Insights on VoIP Products and Services] Check out the video below that Jeff Pulver pointed me to. Talk-Now might just be one of the most helpful applications to come out of the Voice 2.0 era.

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January 16, 2007

The Adult VoIP Industry

[Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith’s Insights on VoIP Products and Services] Amist the glitz and glamour, the stars and lights, the over-sized tv’s and the mini-computers lied one of the most overlooked, but most important part of CES, the International OEM section. Laced with manufacturers from Taiwan, China, Japan, and others this where I learned the most about [...]">The True Gems of CES

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Pacific Island Carrier Leverages MetaSwitch's Switching and ”¦ - Broadcast Newsroom

[VoIP News and Developments] IT&E, an innovative wireless and internet service provider serving Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, is deploying advanced hosted PBX …

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January 15, 2007

VoissNet: Proposed VoIP regulations far from the mark - Chile

[Voip] Business News Americas - IP telephony regulations proposed by Chile’s telecoms regulator Subtel are contradictory and would favor foreign companies over local ones, according to Alberto Mordojovic, CEO of IP telephony provider VoissNet. If approved, the document proposed by

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bad laws = free calls

[award tour] Complicated Laws = Free Calls techcrunch is reporting about a new site, allfreecalls.net, that’s offering free long distance (available country codes) which you access by calling a number in Iowa. no limits and no catches.

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January 14, 2007

In quest for Ubiquity, Avaya to pay $144 million

[Mobile Voip News And Voip Articles] Avaya said that it will buy communications software maker Ubiquity Software for about $144 million. Original post by VoIP & Gadgets Blog and...

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iPhone rumor mill bubbling with troubling notions

[Signal to Noise] Some of this comes from David Pogue, who has apparently used an iPhone firsthand. The rest comes from various sources.

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January 13, 2007

The True Gems of CES

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Asus AiGuru S2 Wi-Fi Skype Phone

[Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith’s Insights on VoIP Products and Services] Asus AiGuru S2 Wi-Fi Skype VoIP Phone One of the new breed of Skype phones that looks to take Skype calling to the mainstream user is the Asus AiGuru S2. At CES I had the chance to briefly demo the phone and it was one of most intriguing devices on display.The AiGuru S2 is a cordless USB Internet phone offering support for Skypeâ™

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January 12, 2007

8Ã—8 Partners with World Telecom Group to Offer Packet8 Residential ”¦ - PR Newswire (press release)

[IP Hosted PBX] 8Ã—8 Partners with World Telecom Group to Offer Packet8 Residential ”¦ PR Newswire (press release), NY - 11 minutes ago Packet8 Virtual Office, 8Ã—8's...

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Woize: The British are Coming, And They’re Bringing VoIP

[ Tuxicity’s source] Woize: The British are Coming, And They’re Bringing VoIP Jan 12, 2007 in VOIP with 0 Comments Linux is one of the most prominent examples of open source development and free software, its underlying source code is available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute freely. This implies a broad user reach, from private persons to large enterprises.

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January 11, 2007

Read entry: Business Hosted Voip Moving Forward

[Cistera Main Blog] 10/01: Business Hosted Voip Moving ForwardHosted VoIP telephony has experienced another year of steady growth, as the small business market continues to be the sweet spot with most deployments in the 20-to-50 seat range, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Hosted VoIP will continue to experience dynamic growth over the next few years, with projected revenues exceeding $2 billion by 2010, the high-tech market research firm says.

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Hosted VOIP Services Grow, Report Shows

[VoIP Service Solution] “Most business customers adopt hosted VOIP with the expectation of cost savings, but soon come to value the feature functionality and integration with data networks the application provides,” David Lemelin, senior analyst at In-Stat in Scottsdale, Ariz., told eWEEK.

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January 10, 2007

IP Phones

[ - About VoIP] It allows the user to speak over IP networks such as the Internet or the Intranet. It is also known as Voice over Internet Protocol, Internet Phone, Web Phone etc.

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Blogger reaction to the iPhone

[Signal to Noise] I for one think the price is absolutely outrageous ($600 with a contract, pfft) but I also remember when the iPod itself cost more than that. Now that the initial orgasmic reaction has worn off, I have to say I’m disappointed not only in the price but in the bundling/contract strategy that’s been established with Cingular.

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January 09, 2007

NextAlarm.com Introduces VoIPAlarm at CES 2007

[Voice over IP Providers, News and Business Reports - VoIP Monitor .net] NextAlarm’s VAR program also includes fully UL-listed monitoring, including instant notifications by telephone, e-mail or short message service (SMS) when an alarm is triggered and dispatch of local police, fire department and paramedics. The VAR program also features online, web-based programming of compatible alarm systems and handles billing of end users.

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Sprint Nextel Trims Expectations and Jobs - Converge Network Digest

[Wireless Antenna Net] Sprint Nextel Trims Expectations and Jobs Converge Network Digest - 15 minutes ago Wireless service offered through the joint venture with the cable...

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January 08, 2007

Chatterbug Brings VoIP Savings to Luddites

[Gizmodo, The Gadget Guide] Saving cash by making calls via VoIP is great, but if you don't have a computer or just don't know much about computers the chances of you figuring out what VoIP is, let alone how to use it in harmony with your regular phone, is probably not going to happen. Chatterbug has stepped into the fold, making saving money by making long distance calls over the web a snap.

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Hosted Net telephony rings in benefits (CNETAsia)

[VoIP News and Developments] AT&T secures first Asian customer for its hosted voice services which, according to IDC, can reduce telecoms costs and safeguard against equipment obsolesce.

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January 07, 2007

Yahoo should buy Asterisk

[Texas Startup Blog: Web 2.0 and Social Media] Alex Sanders predicts that the future of phone systems is software and software is Microsoft’s speciality. Google is already playing in the voice space.

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Government to use Full Disk Encryption on all computers

[VoIP News Net] Not VoIP service related, but an article on Slashdot has the details of a government initiative to use Full Disk Encryption (FDE) on all government-owned computers. The mandate came about in the wake of lost or stolen laptops with personal information stored on their hard drives.

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January 06, 2007

IPEVO announces 3 new Skype devices in CES 2007. Off-PC Internet desktop phone "Solo.1", Personal multi-functional speaker pho

[Watching, Testing, Digesting: Skype Software & Hardware Gadgets.] Please note that, similarly to Skype running in the computer, Skype embedded in Solo.1 is not a replacement for your traditional telephone service and cannot be used for emergency calling. Solo.1 will be available in stores in early March, the suggested retail price will be US$169.99.»

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O2 CR provides discounts for handicapped on fixed, mobile services

[VoIP News and Developments] The Authority on 3rd Party Remote Call Monitoring , Billing , Broadband Telephony , Business Phone System , Business VoIP , Call Center Furniture , Call Center Recording , Call Center Scheduling , Call Center Software , Call Center Training , Call …

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January 05, 2007

Asterisk Setup Gets Easy - VoIP News Australia

[IP Hosted PBX] Asterisk Setup Gets Easy VoIP News Australia, Australia - 15 minutes ago Like Asterisk 1.4.0, AsteriskNOW is primarily the work of Alabama-based...

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Start Your Own ITSP in Under an Hour!

[Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith’s Insights on VoIP Products and Services] Smith On VoIP reader and Chief Flattening Officer, Moshe Maeir directed my attention to his company, Flat Planet Phone Company, latest offering: the Flat Planet Phone System Beta Program. With the Flat Phone Phone System beta, qualified resellers will gain access to advanced phone services such as Hosted PBX, Mobile to VoIP connectivity, Disposable Numbers, Virtual IVR, billing and customer management system, and is the system is even integrated with the iotum relevance engine.

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January 04, 2007

Bell intent on ringing up business sales - Globe and Mail

[Wireless Antenna Net] Bell intent on ringing up business sales Globe and Mail, Canada - 32 minutes ago Wireless devices are real, not dummy models; employees wear suits and...

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New VoIP Solution from Packet Island

[VoIP News] Troubleshooting VoIP quality problems adds even more complexity to this challenge, because of the need to understand the SMB customer’s internal network. Since our micro-appliance is essential in this troubleshooting process, we’ve taken extra effort to make it easily deployable in a vast variety of SMB network configurations.” said Praveen Kumar, Co-founder &

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January 03, 2007

CES and SMB VoIP Tools - Von Magazine

[IP Hosted PBX] CES and SMB VoIP Tools Von Magazine - 22 minutes ago ”¦ their MavianCom v5.0 Office for Windows, a software-based PBX that transforms a LAN or WAN...

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Aksys Announces Peer-to-Peer IP Phone System

[Smith On VoIP - Garrett Smith’s Insights on VoIP Products and Services] The biggest benefit of the system would be for those with multiple locations interested in the cost savings of toll-bypass without the need to invest in any sort of VoIP gateways. With a price tag of $300 per phone, it is definitely competitively priced when considering the per seat costs of much larger systems, but it is limited in features and functionality.

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