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[Maple Leaf 2.0 - A Look at Web 2.0 in Canada] Even though VoIP has been all the rage over the past two or three years, several Canadian carriers (SaskTel, Telus, Manitoba Tel) have stayed out of the market due to concerns about the regulatory environment that favoured cable rivals and independents such as Vonage. With the federal government recently giving carriers the freedom to price VoIP service as they wish, SaskTel has finally come out of the gate with a VoIP service called WebCall Basic within its home territory, Saskatchewan.

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http://voiptelephonyservice.blogspot.com [Voiptelephonyservice.blogspot.com] VoIP Service Blog | VoIP Provider Reviews & IP Telephony News: For one, incumbent carriers will be able to offer VoIP service at any price they want without having to seek approval regulatory approval. As a result, you can expect Bell Canada to become much more aggressive on pricing while ILECs such as Telus, Manitoba Tel and SaskTel will get into the VoIP market after sitting on the sideline until the regulatory uncertainty was resolved.

http://evans.blogware.com [Evans.blogware.com] Mark Evans :: Vive le VoIP, Libre: One wildcard is how ambitious the ILECs will become about VoIP given they could easily cannibalize their traditional phone businesses, particularly high-end customers who would gravitate to VoIP because of the features. If the ILECs do come out with guns ablazin' it may be bad news for the cablecos, who have been enjoying free ride with cable telephony, and the VoIP players such as Vonage who may find themselves on the outside looking in.

Lightreading.com[Lightreading.com] Light Reading - VOIP - SaskTel Deploys uReach - Telecom News Wire: "When we set out to replace our legacy voice messaging infrastructure, we sought a vendor that could deliver an evolutionary solution that would adapt to our needs over time," said Robert Watson, President and CEO of SaskTel, "uReach Technologies was the only vendor that could deliver the application functionality SaskTel required while meeting the technical challenge of aligning with SaskTel's Network Evolution Vision from a single, converged, infrastructure."

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