Germans Doesn’t Like iPhone VoIP

Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com

In Germany, the T-Mobile, a big multinational company related to mobile network, seems have some annoyance for the use of VoIP over the iPhone, precisely with the service offered by SipGate, because it encourage operations named "jailbreak" (a description of this procedure it’s available in this page), and then tamper the iPhone via software.
I have the feeling that the cheap VoIP begins to make some trouble to the big multinationals, that certainly will take some measures to protect themselves, even if more than a measure, it seems an egoistic monopoly.

Published on July 18th, 2008 under , , , ,

Can My Home Network Really Handle the Next Generation of Services From AT&T?

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

Whenever I read about new and emerging technologies such as Ultra High Definition, I really get excited about the next step up in HD.   

Sure, I know it may be a couple of years out before brands like Sony or Samsung have them sitting at my local Bjorn’s or Best Buy, but it let’s me plan my upgrade path for new TV’s in the family room, and, budget allowing, other bedrooms.

With all the wonders of having all this great high quality video in my home, common sense begs the question:  how will I be able to ship Ultra HD from room to room, especially in the network I am gradually building out in my home.

By the end of this year, AT&T is supposed to be delivering on its vision for what they call Whole Home DVR – giving me the ability to have content on a single DVR device and then view the content in other rooms over my existing wiring scheme.

That’s all fine and good, what about the needed bandwidth to handle this UHTV load?  In the next generation of home networking standards, G.hn – which AT&T is supporting - will solve this–  and other issues.  G.hn will deliver a true gigabit home network – all over existing wires like coax, phone lines – even electrical wires.

There’s also a company called CopperGate (a client I have done PR work for) whose HomePNA chips go in every set top box and residential gateway that AT&T (and other service providers) delivers to your home.  They’ve already announced they will have G.hn chips out as early as next year.

Aside from Ultra HD, I know that AT&T is trying to further distinguish it U-verse service from the cable and satellite providers by offer new service offerings in my home. G.hn appears to be the default standard by which service providers like AT&T will shift to in the years to come

Published on July 17th, 2008 under , , , , , ,

There Ads Are Just About Everywhere.

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Earlier this week, Delta Airlines announced plans that will turn the boarding passes into advertising opportunities, or billboards, hawking destination specific businesses and products. An Omaha-based start-up, Sojern is behind this advertising offer, which is going to be adopted by four airlines in addition to Delta - American, Continental, United, and US Airways. Given that airlines are in such desperate position, mostly because of their incompetency, they are ready to try anything, however strange it might seem.

Now there is word that IDT Corporation, a calling card company is going to start using advertising messages on its pre-paid calling cards. Using technology from in-call advertising start-up VoodooVox, IDT will hawk marketing and advertising messages that are matched with their demographic profile. For instance, someone is calling Dominican Republic, an ad for airline would be piped in while the caller is waiting for his call to connect. IDT sells about 17.5 million pre-paid calling cards every month.

Given the razor thin margins in the long distance business, I am not surprised IDT is going down this path, but I wonder if they will use some of the fat CPMs from advertising to offer cheaper or near free long distance call. Now that would be cool, and perhaps somewhat receptive from the audience, who might get annoyed by ads intruding their calls.

These two examples make me ask the question: are we getting so saturated with ads that they will just become meaningless and lose their entire effectiveness?

Published on July 17th, 2008 under , , , ,

BroadSoft and Fonality Team Up to Offer Managed IP PBX for Service Providers

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Fonality®, the leading provider of open-source phone systems, and BroadSoft Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, announced today that the two companies have certified their products to work together, enabling service providers to market and deploy Fonality to their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers with confidence. BroadSoft®, which provides VoIP applications and SIP trunking to seven of the top 10 and 13 of the 25 largest carriers worldwide, has completed certification of Fonality trixbox® Pro and PBXtra® with BroadWorks®, BroadSoft’s industry-leading VoIP application platform for fixed-line and wireless service providers. BroadSoft has also joined the Fonality Authorized Certified Ecosystem (FACE).

BroadWorks offers a range of carrier-grade applications that includes hosted PBX, unified communications, mobile PBX, business trunking, and residential broadband. Fonality products include a family of open-source-based, hybrid-hosted IP PBX offerings tailored for SMBs. By certifying the products together, the companies offer service providers a complete line of hosted and premise-based unified communications offerings for customers of all sizes.

“By collaborating with Fonality, we’re giving service providers a way to go to market quickly with fully integrated, market-tested offerings for smaller companies,” said Leslie Ferry , Vice President of Marketing for BroadSoft. “Service providers can now take new products to their customers with the confidence that comes from knowing that both companies’ solutions will work together seamlessly.”

“BroadSoft is the dominant VoIP platform deployed by service providers and MSOs,” said Chris Vuillaume, Vice President of Business Development and Channels at Fonality. “Their certification is an important stamp of approval for Fonality products and expands our market opportunity to include Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers.”

Fonality business phone systems are designed for modern workplaces, accommodating companies that have a mix of office, mobile and home-based workers. Fonality solutions support both VoIP calling and traditional phone lines, allowing a smooth transition for businesses upgrading their calling services. Its patented, hybrid-hosted architecture allows employee identity to be maintained as they travel between work, home and hotels. Fonality products, when paired with the award-winning HUD® presence software, provide a unified view of Instant Messaging, e-mail and calling for all fixed and mobile workers.

Published on July 17th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

WAV to Distribute Azalea Products

Source: www.voip-news.com

VoIP, wireless, security, RFID and portable data collection distributor WAV is going to begin selling Azalea Networks’ network intelligent broadband wireless infrastructure products.

The Azalea technology, which is patent pending, is intended for enterprises, government agencies and service providers that deliver voice, video and data.

“WAV’s strengths in value-added distribution and wireless technical expertise will provide a key link between Azalea’s innovative technology and the applications that can best benefit from it,” reported John Elms, CEO of Azalea Networks.

Azalea’s network-level intelligence for broadband wireless infrastructure uses wireless routing technology.

“Partnering with Azalea Networks expands our reach and enables the delivery of cost-effective and innovative solutions that our customers are looking for,” said Norm Dumbroff, president and CEO of WAV, Inc. “We’re excited to continue to offer our solution providers, and the wireless and mobile VAR communities, outstanding technologies, as well as our full portfolio of value-added services.”

Published on July 17th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Wednesday Links: Travel and Stay Connected

Source: www.voip-news.com

Love to travel around the world AND remain connected? Check out this post about tools for people like you from VoIP Watch.

Dell partnered with SightSpeed. Find out why at The VoIP Weblog.

VoIP regulatory issues of interest to you? Read about them here.

Published on July 17th, 2008 under , , , ,

8×8’s New Phones Unveiled

Source: www.voip-news.com

There are new phones available from Aastra Telecom for 8×8’s Packet8. The plug and play IP phones are designed to enhance the phone service.

“Small, cost conscious organizations that are migrating to IP telephony, particularly those that operate in multiple locations with different network configurations, will value the ease of use, sleek appearance, superior quality and geographic flexibility the Packet8/Aastra solution delivers. The addition of the Aastra phones to Packet8 Virtual Office will significantly enhance the end user experience and enable us to compete for even the most discriminating customer,” said 8×8 Vice President of Sales & Marketing Huw Rees.

The Packet8 675xi IP phones will be available in three models: entry level, intermediate and advanced. Each will have varying features.

“Both 8×8 and Aastra pride themselves on their leading edge engineering expertise,” said John Drolet, Vice President of Sales for Aastra Telecom.

Published on July 16th, 2008 under , ,

Also Fring Prepare VoIP For The iPhone

Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com

Even if in pre-release version, the popular Fring it’s ready to land on the iPhone, Fring is a instant messaging software dedicated to mobile phones, smartphones, handheld devices and it support protocols like Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM, it allow to make VoIP calls via a SIP provider or using the SkypeOut and SkypeIn service.
Fring works perfectly with WiFi networks (if supported by your device) or by using the Internet connection of your device, the rates for calls over landline phone and cell phones vary depending by your VoIP SIP provider or by SkypeOut fee, if you’re using this one.
The download page dedicated to the iPhone show all the necessary instructions to download, install and set up in some easy steps your iPhone with Fring.
However, on the Fring website it’s possibile to choose your cellphone brand and model and download the appropriate version.

Published on July 16th, 2008 under , , ,

Truphone, VoIP on iPhone Comes First Than iCall

Source: voip-tech.blogspot.com

Truphone, a free application formerly known to make low-cost VoIP calls by the latest Nokia cellphones, it’s ready also for the newest by Apple, the iPhone, just arrived in Italy.
The free download is available on the iTunes App Store website, or surfing directly on the App Store website by your iPhone.
Via Truphone it’s possible to make VoIP calls using WiFi Networks or 3G cellphone network at really low rates, for example, to call Italy from every part of the world the rate is 0,10 USD/minute over landline phones and 0,50 USD/minute over mobile phones.
For more info visit the Truphone official website and the App Store official website.

Published on July 16th, 2008 under , , , ,

VoIP Logic Announces New Billing System

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Introducing a new Wholesale Billing module for its award-winning Cortex © middleware, VoIP Logic, one of the leading global providers of VoIP Managed Services and solutions announced that the service is available to all NextPoint customers who work with VoIP Logic and it expected this new system to be immediately in-demand as it delivers an easy-to-use, integrated NextPoint solution for wholesale billing.

With the introduction of this new billing, the service providers will be able to bill all aspects of their enterprise, Voice 2.0 or even wholesale VoIP offering as well as making provision and managing these services. Cortex acts as a single point of integration for all necessary components of a successful VoIP rollout.

In a comment, Micah Singer, VoIP Logic CEO and Founder said, "With the highly competitive nature of the telecommunications market, all wholesale service providers demand a reliable, cost-effective billing solution, and must monitor profitability and productivity." He continued, "Our Cortex Wholesale Billing is a truly value-added service that we are confident will not only strengthen our position as a leader in NextPoint technology distribution, but will also allow our customers to improve their gross margins in a thin-margin sector of the VoIP industry."

It should be recalled that earlier this summer, VoIP Logic announced an agreement with NextPoint under which it will provide direct sales and technical support to NextPoint customers globally. NextPoint’s MSX technology is the most commonly used VoIP Peering system in the world. The addition of Cortex Wholesale Billing allows NextPoint peering customers easy access to tracking and billing costs and profitability.

Published on July 16th, 2008 under , , , , , , ,

Citrix Online Launches Two New Application

Source: solokay.blogspot.com

Citrix Online, a subsidiary of Citrix System, Inc. has released two new applications that will allow free VoIP and audio conferencing over both Mac and PC. With Citrix(R) GoToMeeting(R) and Citrix(R) GoToWebinar(TM), true one-click meetings are now possible with this new combination of VoIP, phone and web conferencing for small-group online meetings and large-group Web events.

GoToMeeting makes it easy to meet, present information, demonstrate products and provide training online, allowing users to do more and travel less for small groups with up to 25 attendees. For online events with up to 1,000 attendees, GoToWebinar makes communication with prospects, employees, partners and customers easier and more efficient than any event product available today.

According to John Lane, founder and owner of TaxSaleLists.com LLC."The new VoIP capability gives us the opportunity to significantly scale up the business. Having both VoIP and phone connectivity options will encourage more attendees at our weekly marketing seminars, and now we can handle up to a thousand people. With this new product, we are free to ramp up our promotional efforts and really make an impact on the bottom line".

"With collaboration products, ease of use is critical, especially for SMBs," said Mark Levitt, vice president for collaborative computing at research firm IDC. "Citrix Online’s one-click access to VoIP and traditional phone connections for both PC and Mac users is designed to give growing businesses one easy-to-use interface for a rich combination of popular tools that are easy to manage and afford."

Speaking on the essence of the two products, Elizabeth Cholawsky, vice president, products and services for Citrix Online said that "With these newest releases of GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar, every feature is based on extensive user feedback, from full Macintosh access to this new total audio solution. Used effectively, these technologies can change not only the operating style but also the business economics of companies everywhere. Our goal at Citrix Online has always been to develop the simplest and easiest-to-use Web solutions, which is extremely important to our SMB customers".

 

Published on July 16th, 2008 under , , , , ,

There’s Multi-Touch and Then There is "True" Multi-Touch

Source: alanweinkrantz.typepad.com

With all the hooplah about the new iPhone 3G, and the touch / multi-touch features of the device, there is another technology platform from one of my day-job client, N-trig

Dell was one of the first major vendors to introduce capacitive touch and is now bringing multi-touch capabilities to the Latitude XT.

The new capabilities include:

  • Scroll – by placing two fingers on the screen and moving them horizontally or vertically customers can easily navigate in web browsers and productivity applications.
  • Zoom – by touching the screen with two fingers and moving them together customers can zoom various content in and out, such as pictures or Web pages.
  • Programmable double-tap – customers can program a command, such as launching a Web browser or turning the screen off to save power, that will respond to two taps with two fingers.
Published on July 16th, 2008 under , ,

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