Vonage, already struggling from a series of setbacks, has just taken another two huge body blows — one by the U.S. Court of Appeals on behalf of Verizon, and the other by Sprint Nextel. At first glance, it looks like the old-school phone companies are not only fighting back, but winning. But is that really the case, and if it is, what does that mean for other VoIP providers.
First, the news. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a previous decision to Read more…
VoIP
Business PBX, Business VoIP, VoIP Calling, VoIP Services, Vonage
VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is finally reaching out to thousands of average homes to offer huge savings in telephone costs. Already popular with the corporate world, VoIP, sometimes called Internet Telephony, IP telephony, or Internet phone, uses your computer’s broadband connection - not traditional phones lines - to make long distance, inter-state or local calls. Read more…
VoIP
Home Broadband, Phone Systems, Special VoIP, VoIP Service Provider, VoIP Services
Using VoIP to Compete
by Kevin Werbach
Since Alexander Graham Bell’s day, businesses have bought telephone services the same way they’ve purchased electricity, janitorial functions, and water for the cooler— as packaged offerings defined by an outside provider. Sure, companies could choose from Read more…
VoIP
VoIP (or Internet telephony which is almost the same thing) is any one of several technologies that allow you to make phone calls over the Internet instead of over the telephone network. Some more advanced and secure systems use a private data network instead of the Internet. This technology has been around since the 1970s but hasn’t been practical until recently because for it to be effective you need a broadband/high-speed connection. Read more…
VoIP
PBX, SIP, Voicemail, VoIP Phone, VoIP Service
Internet search giant, Google Inc., may be poised to acquire the world’s leading online VoIP service, Skype, according to speculation in the blogsphere this week.
The rumours originated with the UK’s well-respected Guardian newspaper on Monday, and have been reverberating through investment firms and the blogsphere all week. No solid basis has been provided for the speculation, but there are logical reasons for Google Read more…
VoIP
Android, Mobile Phone, Skype, VoIP Service, Wi-Fi
The IPTV business reminds one of the airlines of the 21st century or the railroads of the 19th – you know they’re big and customers love them, but somehow few companies actually make any money selling the basic service.
At Oracle (http://www.oracle.com) Rajeev Tankha, Director, Product and Solutions Marketing Communications Global Business Unit, says, “I’ve been involved in IPTV for about Read more…
VoIP
HD TV, Internet TV, IPTV, PC to TV, Video-on-Demand
A common thinking among “Marketing people ” is that for every product that enters the market there must be a path, a target, a need ( real or created) that decides how the product must enter the consumer’s life, which part of the population is more likely to go for it, which niche it is going to fill and, most important “…certain things being stated, something other than what is stated follows of necessity from their being so.” and that is the final issue: Read more…
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VoIP creates two types of network traffic – the call control messages used to setup and manage connections between users, and the digitally encoded voice conversations. The call setup and management protocols involve simple messaging between IP phones and an IP PBX. These protocols use very little bandwidth and they do not have stringent latency requirements. A delay of a few seconds in setting up a call is usually acceptable. Read more…
VoIP
IP Phone, PBX, VAD, VoIP Calls, VoIP Service
You have a telephone, right? You have a computer, right? You want to save money, right? BAM, you are a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) candidate.
It is inevitable that VOIP will replace traditional telephone service at some point. The only question is when should you jump in?
VOIP is quickly becoming more reliable and receiving wider acceptance. In fact, Read more…
VoIP
London-based ICU Global, a unified communications specialist, has updated ICU Live!, making it easier for organizations to upgrade from voice to video conferencing without worrying about cost.
ICU Live! eliminates the need to buy expensive video-conferencing equipment - users simply log-in online via a standard internet connection and use the service with any Read more…
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