Yupee Phone clarifies on Unlimited Calls to India Package

We have been discussing about this Cheap International Call and Unlimited Calls Provider YupeePhone since last 4-5 days. YupeePhone received more eyeballs that we previously thought it would. With increasing number of people buying their VOIP service and a huge number waiting for the clarification on Quality of VOIP Service, Unlimited calls to India Package pricing etc. Amid major speculations on Pricing and Quality of Service of YupeePhone, we today received a clarification email from YupeePh

Verizon Joins Linux Open Source Coalition - Support for LiMo could be result of ongoing tension with Google

Verizon Joins Linux Open Source Coalition - Support for LiMo could be result of ongoing tension with Google Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Google got a lot of attention last fall when it announced the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a coalition of companies committed to supporting open standards for mobile devices (particularly Google s Android). However, there had already been another similar Linux coalition developed in January 2007 which had similar goals but d

User-Generated Video is $1 Billion Business - Bandwidth-hogging video to become huge by 2012

User-Generated Video is $1 Billion Business - Bandwidth-hogging video to become huge by 2012 Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » We all know that video is one of the hottest things happening on the Internet today but growth of the user-generated video business continues to exceed expectations. A report from In-Stat now predicts that by the year 2012 we will see over 160 billion videos available online creating over $1 billion in revenue. The majority of the growth in this are

FairPoint Lost $10 Million in 1st Quarter - Is it the cost of the merger or the quality of the competition?

FairPoint Lost $10 Million in 1st Quarter - Is it the cost of the merger or the quality of the competition? Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » FairPoint investors continue to be wary about the profit potential of the company s takeover of Verizon s New England networks earlier this year. Reports about first quarter earnings show that FairPoint lost $10 million in the first quarter. The company is quick to assure others that the 34% drop in earnings is due to the initial cost

Cable Beats Phone Companies for New Internet Subscriptions - For the first time in over three years, more people want cable Internet

Cable Beats Phone Companies for New Internet Subscriptions - For the first time in over three years, more people want cable Internet Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The cable companies are starting to get a leg up on the phone companies in terms of new subscribers to Internet. For over three years, the trend has been that phone companies signed on more new subscribers for DSL than cable companies did for sales of their broadband service. First quarter earnings reports ind

WiFi Franchise in Sri Lanka

I was introduced to another communication center microfranchise called EasySeva in Sri Lanka similar to the n-Logue or ONE Roof models I have covered previously.  I was informed they have 23 outlets and expect to have 55 outlets by the end of the summer.  It is a private, for-profit Sri Lankan company with a holding company in the U.S. but the seed funding was awarded in a contract with USAID.  The model of EasySeva relies on corporate partnerships to actually provide the services, including Di

More from TringMe - Build your own mobile VoIP

Yessterday I posted a bit of information about TringMe, a growing mobile VoIP solution. Today on their blog, they shared this - TringMe's MobileVoIP API - Build your own MobileVoIP solution Are you a VoIP provider or a VoIP/SIP Service Provider who wants to offer MobileVoIP solution to the customers but do not have sufficient technology or investment to guarantee a ROI? Now that we have released our MobileVoIP solution publicly, we wanted to share how a VoIP provider or a VoIP/SIP Service Pr

Gizmo5 - a combination VoIP and IM client that lets you make free calls

Gizmo5, formerly known as Gizmo Project, is both a service and a software client. The software is available for many platforms, including Mac OS X, of course. Basically it allows voice and video calls and instant messaging between Gizmo5 users. The calls are free as long as you’re calling another Gizmo5 user, and you can purchase credit to use for outgoing calls to regular landline phones. Now, you probably are already using another instant messaging client, so we won’t dwell on that functi

TringMe’s MobileVoIP API - Build your own MobileVoIP solution

Are you a VoIP provider or a VoIP/SIP Service Provider who wants to offer MobileVoIP solution to the customers but do not have sufficient technology or investment to guarantee a ROI? Now that we have released our MobileVoIP solution publicly, we wanted to share how a VoIP provider or a VoIP/SIP Service Provider - basically the key players across the spectrum - can benefit from it using our API. TringMe has always been a big proponent of the next generation of voice communication - being able

Cable Telephony Grows @ HOME, BUT WHAT ABOUT @WORK?

The cable industry is showing that it can really play the "takeaway" game when it comes to telephony in the home based on what I'm reading over at IP Democracy this morning. What does this mean? Here are some thoughts about the landscape that runs over cable and why the cable guys are winning. 1) AT&T still has the best quality platform in VoIP with CallVantage, but they're no longer really pushing it. Instead they want to see consumers either stay legacy PSTN or switch to UVerse where Vo

Put Down That Danish -- You are Destroying the Plant

When I read about obesity causing global warming I wasn't surprised. After all, look at how hard airlines try to shed a few dozen pounds from an airplane just to save weight -- which in turn will save fuel. All that effort can be counteracted by a single passenger who is overweight. Let alone a plane where 30% of the passengers are obese. Now it seems that it is not just the obese people that fly causing a problem. Apparently these people also consume 18% more food than their "non-obese" coun

How Much Would You Pay For Free?

How much would you pay to use Twitter? How about Facebook? Gmail? Would answering a simple "How much would you pay for it?" question help us to understand how the valuable is perceived differently from the disposable? I was going through a credit card bill and among the usual sad thoughts the activity conjures there was one relevant to this blog. There are a lot of online services out there, and I'm actively using a fraction of them. I pay for some, but many are free. The question is, why am I

Vonage Put Under The Ikeroscope

I happen to always enjoy reading Ike Elliott's analysis of companies in the VoIP space that are publicly traded. God does his microscopic analysis remind me of what we used to see from James Enck before he ran off from being simply watched by the Japanese for every move he made with the EuroTelcoBlog to greener pastures with a hedge fund where he's been bound and gaged to the outside world. Well no matter. For James' silence has led to a gap that Ike does his best to fill. His analysis of Vona

AltiGen and BoPort Forge Sales Alliance

AltiGen and BoPort Forge Sales Alliance May 15th, 2008 by S. Caron AltiGen Communications and Boport Tele-Communication BV have forged a master distribution agreement in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. “Boport and its large reseller channel expand AltiGen’s international reach to previously untapped markets,” said Jerry Fleming, president and COO of AltiGen. “We are proud Boport will introduce AltiGen’s industry-leading VoIP and Unified Communications products to the Benelux region i

Choosing a host server for Asterisk Open Source PBX

Choosing a host server for Asterisk Open Source PBX Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » The right server for your Asterisk Open Source PBX One of the primary considerations when deploying an IP PBX based upon Asterisk, trixbox, Elastix and other Open Source platforms is choosing a suitable PC or server to run the software on. Asterisk runs on a Linux footprint, and the availability of hardware drivers is not […]

10 ways to make your VoIP rollout easier

You know VoIP can potentially save your company money and provide your users with convenience features. But making the switch can be a little scary. You depend on your telephone service and may not be able to do business without it, so it's important to get it right. Deb Shinder offers some recommendations that can make the transition easier. This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.

Security Briefing: May 15th

Spilled coffee on my keyboard…ugh. And now, the news… Where The Web Is Weak Preparation Key to Managing Data Breaches The Cost Of Privacy Colonel suggests using hackers’ tool against them Guide to VoIP Security Phishing botnet expands by hacking legit sites Kaminsky on DNS rebinding attacks, hacking techniques OSU: Important Security Alert Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest! Tags: News, Daily Links, Security Blog, Information Security, Security News

Friday Evening Links -

Friday Evening Links - Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Activist coders aim to deafen Phorm with white noise The Register BT still biggest ISP in UK Pocket-Lint.co.uk World economy group gives IPv6 big push The Register Cable Sees Opportunities In Digital Television InformationWeek.com P2P soars, licensed music flatlines The Register Commentary: Philadelphia network flop points to failure of corporate franchise model MuniWireless.com US Congress questions legal

Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer v3.0

Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer v3.0 | 11 MB Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer provides a new level of visibility into network traffic behavior and trends. By leveraging Cisco’s NetFlow protocol to extract data from routers, NetFlow Traffic Analyzer provides an in-depth view into which users and applications are consuming the most bandwidth. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer converts that data into charts and tables providing network engineers with a easy way to identify and isolate the cause and so

Build your own Mobile VoIP solution - TringMe opens it’s MobileVoIP API

Now build your own VoIP solution! TringMe today announced the the API support for VoIP provider, VoIP/SIP Service Provider who wants to offer MobileVoIP solution to the customers but do not have sufficient technology or investment to guarantee a ROI. VoIP providers can quickly deploy a completely customized carrier grade MobileVoIP solution using TringMe’s API (including creating and managing users, billing, configuring your VoIP backend and even the look and feel (branding) of the solution

Verizon Could Face Fines For DSL, Landline Neglect - Focus on FiOS coming with serious uptick in traditional user complaints

Verizon Could Face Fines For DSL, Landline Neglect - Focus on FiOS coming with serious uptick in traditional user complaints Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The last few years have seen a growing number of allegations that the telco is neglecting their DSL & landline infrastructure to focus on getting into the more lucrative TV business (aka FiOS). Union workers say they aren’t getting the tools and resources they need to support DSL & landline customers effective

Packet8 SIP Trunking Rumor

I have heard a rumor regarding 8x8/Packet8 getting into the SIP trunking business. No confirmation yet but this makes great sense as this area of the market is doing well. All trunks will eventually be SIP trunks it seems... Unless of course they are Skype-based. The business model here is a bit different as 8x8, the parent company of Packet8 would need to work with a plethora of hardware manufacturers to ensure compatibility. For example, NEC, Toshiba, Panasonic, Allworx, Talkswitch, Avaya,

VOIP for international calls

Being a freelance trip planner, I usually get my work done from the internet. However, occasionally I have to make international call to the destination for further checking and confirmation. To save cost for the international call, I usually make the international call from my office as we have the VoIP phone systems installed. With the VoIP phone system, we are allowed to make international calls with unlimited! Amazing huh!!! However, I still have to make the calls sneaking as I am using t

Jangl In Live Universe!

The last we wrote about Jangl, or rather about the end of Jangl, we thought that Jajah would make something out of Jangl but it is Live Universe who picked up what ever was left behind after everyone jumped the ship. But it remains to be known what the fate of all the partners, like plentyoffish. You can get more info at TechCrunch. Tags: VoIP business, Jangl, Jajah, Live Universe, plentyoffishCopyright © 2005-2008 SnapVoip, Published by snapvoip.blogspot.com. Proper link backs are needed for r

Make FREE IDD Calls and Send SMS for FREE

Finish reading my post before you tell me there’s nothing that’s free in the world . You may not have heard of pfingo, a Singapore VOIP provider. They’re not only a VOIP provider, they use IP to deliver services over the Internet for greater conveniences and flexibility for mobile users! What can I do with pfingo? Make calls Send SMS Check info on your mobile phone Call your friends with pfingo for free What do you get for free when you subscribe now? $2 for IDD Calls (Call Australia/C

Leaving in June

We are leaving before the mid of June, if everything goes well. The new office flooring should be ready by then and by the time we move in, we will have to work out the furniture arrangement and a nursery room for our kids. After that, we might need to source for a reliable provider of VoIP phone systems. BIL's office is expanding and so we need more phones for the staffs. Using a business VoIP system is more practical and cost effective, so let's see if we will get one later. I will definitel

Dean Bubley on Cord Cutting

I'm a wine lover, but I still have a traditional landline, VoIP lines and mobile phones, plus of course Mobile VoIP. So I found pal Dean Bubley's post about the stats and relevance around "cord cutting" very interesting. I also now see it in my own home office where my two blogger relations and conference team members Danielle and Michelle have pretty much ditched their VoIP lines and and use the power of GrandCentral or CallVantage to route their calls to their mobile phones, especially sinc

Improved VoIP Voice Systems

I was surprised to learn the other day that there are still people who are not using VoIP voice system in their office. Some people think that the quality would be low or that the line would drop. Well, they should know that VoIP phone systems have improved so much since the early days. No longer will you have to deal with low voice quality or getting cut off the line numerous times in a short telephone conversation BUT it will be no different than direct phone call except that it does not com

Comcast Goes Social, Buys Plaxo, Takes A Pulse

Comcast, the Philadelphia-based cable giant has finally announced that the it is buying Plaxo, a Mountain View, Calif.-based social networking & connected address book company, for an undisclosed amount of money. Plaxo, whose co-founders include Sean Parker raised $23 million since 2002 from VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, and DAG Ventures. This has been the worst kept secret, with people speculating about the price of this acquisition. Plaxo and Comcast offici

Texas Instruments Announces New Voice over IP Gateway Solutions

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) [NYSE:TXN] announced the newest members of its Voice over IP (VoIP) gateway silicon and software solutions that will enable equipment manufacturers to achieve higher channel densities with improved voice quality. TI's newest gateway solutions are powered by its TMS320C64x+[tm] digital signal processor (DSP) that significantly increases performance for VoIP and video encode, decode and transcode applications. The flexible architecture of TI's new solutions all

Secret Data in FBI Wiretapping Audit Revealed with Ctrl-C

Once again, supposedly sensitive information blacked out from a government report turns out to be visible by computer experts armed with the Ctrl-C keys -- and that information turns out to be not very sensitive after all. Simply highlighting the redacted columnsin this table from an Inspector General report reveals some very un-sensitive information. Image: Justice Department Inspector General Report This time around, University of Pennsylvania professor Matt Blaze discovered that the Justi

ITEXPO West 2008 Conference Announced

One of the areas we have been feverishly working on at TMC is our conference program for ITEXPO,September 16-18, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We have truly strengthened this offering with the addition of new TMC University certifications. Here is the complete list of tracks: TMC University: Unified Communications TMC University: Microsoft OCS TMC University: FMC/Mobility TMC University: Open Source Communications TMC University: SIP IPTV Workshop (For carriers) Unified Com

Highlights from day one

Quark aims to beat InDesign at its own game Jobs to keynote WWDC 2008 Digital Store Manchester unveils summer offers Entanet VoIP nominated for Comms Business Award MSI launches innovative new fan design ASI set to take on rivals with new business range EC rebuffs Becta investigation request Sony electronics division drives growth Widget going green at Channel Expo Transcend takes wraps off new identity Highlights from day one News Archive Submit a Story

Wednesday Evening Links -

Wednesday Evening Links - Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » VeriSign wins patent for Internet typo redirection Yahoo News Will Wireless Broadband Supplant FTTH? LightReading.com iPass to add in-flight Wi-Fi roaming News.com FCC Takes First Step Toward Spectrum Re-auction PCWorld.com Verizon Wireless to back free Linux-based system Chron.com EchoStar unveils SlingModem, hints at future cable products News.com Wireless can be good for your health The Register Ha

The Half-Bakery: 10 gigabit Ethernet, Virtualization, and the Geek in his Natural Habitat

The Half-Bakery: 10 gigabit Ethernet, Virtualization, and the Geek in his Natural Habitat Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by Brian Boyko Editor, Network Performance Daily Enterprises are seeing more adoption of 10 gigabit Ethernet according to a report by Network Instruments, and reported on their Network Observations blog that nearly one quarter of businesses are implementing 10G networks by the end of the year. The larger the company, the more likely a 10G rollout. There’s certainly evidenc

Nimbuzz Launches Mobile VoIP integrated with IM

Nimbuzz, a relatively unknown Dutch company that claims to have got funding from Mangrove Partners, the original investors of Skype has launched an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace.   Once users download the Nimbuzz application for the mobil

C&W inks 377m contract with Aviva

[13.05.2008 first posted on silicon republic] Cable & Wireless has signed a €377m contract with insurance group Aviva to provide a range of services including voice over IP (VoIP) and wide area networks (WANs). Cable & Wireless Europe, Asia and US (EAU) will provide a full communications suite, comprising 72 separate services such as voice telephony, data, LANs, WANs and international services, to Aviva’s 35,000 staff based in the UK, Ireland and India. The contract continues Cable

Nortel and IBM Team Up on Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager Solution

Nortel and IBM Team Up on Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager Solution May 16th, 2008 by S. Caron Nortel and IBM Tivoli Netcool Carrier VoIP Manager software have teamed up for a new service assurance solution that offers greater network capacity with lower costs. “As customers use more video and other bandwidth-intensive applications, they become less tolerant of service degradation,” said Dietmar Wendt, president, Global Services, Nortel. “Yet managing service quality is more challenging than ev

Seminar on "Mobile Value Added Services" on 27th and 28th May

comments? | | Score: 0 ISPs may get TRAI nod for Net telephony in India NEW DELHI: In what is the first step towards full-fledged internet telephony in India, telecom regulator TRAI on Monday launched a consultation process to put guidelines in place to pave the way for the opening up of the sector. Currently, Indian regulations do not permit Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to offer internet telephony (internet protocol calls via computer) to terminate on landlines a

Reduce Cost with VoIP

In business, we must find ways to reduce cost so that our profit can increase. There are many ways to reduce cost in business. One of it is telephone call. If your company has office branches scattered across the country, they can share the same phone system on the same private list of extensions across all branch offices equally with VoIP phone systems. With this system I am sure you can save a lot on your phone bills. Furthermore, Xpander delivers the most user-friendly phone systems availab

U.S. Cable Telephony Growth Strong in Q1 08

As the cable industry heads into its big annual trade show this weekend in New Orleans, it has one major unqualified success to tout. U.S. cable operators added a collective 1.3 million net new voice customers during Q1 08, a strong run rate that is slightly higher than the 1.2 million or so net new voice customers gained by the same group in Q4 07. (Due to system swaps, sales and other structural changes, we can't do a year-over-year comparison for net voice adds). By quarter's end, the top n

It’s my attention and I’m tired of sharing it with everyone [Maple Leaf 2.0 - Technology and Web 2.0 News in Canada]

Sarah Perez wrote a great, insightful post about the explosion of cool apps and how, really, we can’t do it all: What Can We Do? It’s hard to say. Early adopters are not going to stop playing with every new service, but it’s clear that we’re getting to a point where tools tha… downlink packet Access gear AAC coolest gadgets OLED release XBOX 360 DLP crazy gadget Sony Powershot streaming rip TMC blogger blueray email tibook code blog articles lcd broadcasting mac hot products pocket pcs compu

Kensington Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone

As we all know, we are not able to change the battery of our iPhone or iPod, and thus Kensington’s new offering may be what we need. Kensington’s new Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod are rechargeable and allows iPhone and iPod users to have a ready supply of power at hand to keep the conversations going and the music playing. There are two versions, the Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod standard which is priced at $69.99 and the Mini version that costs $49.99. [Kensin

EDA News - 2008.05.14 Late Edition

Liberty Technical Advisory Board to Grow Under IEEE-ISTO Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) announced that the Liberty[TM] Technical Advisory Board (TAB) is expanding under the auspices of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). The move to IEEE-ISTO enables the expansion of Liberty TAB membership to include more participants. Red Bend Software Becomes Associate Member of LiMo Foundation Red Bend Software announced that it has joined the LiMo Foundation[tm] as an Asso

Ventrilo - Not Just for Online Gamers

If you're looking to learn more about unleashing the hidden power of Ventrilo VoIP in a situation other than gaming, then you can greatly benefit from this article. After reading this article you should have a better understanding of many popular applications for Ventrilo technology other then just using it for it's most common use, gaming communication. Other great uses for this technology is family communication, business communication, educational collaboration and so many more.

Summer 2008 Voice Peering Forum Commercial

The next meeting is in San Francisco, June 23-24 at the Hotel Nikko. It will feature the most-extensive speaker line-up ever and will feature the biggest attendance ever “From a bottom line business perspective, Voice Peering Forum Winter 2007 was hands down the most productive conference I attended last year." said Patrick Murphy, COO, The Thomas Howe Company, a leading professional services firm focusing on voice mashups and communications enabled business processes, and is widely recognized

Charter: Selling Browsing Data Is Like Offering Faster Speeds - Does insulting customer intelligence cost extra?

Charter: Selling Browsing Data Is Like Offering Faster Speeds - Does insulting customer intelligence cost extra? Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Earlier this week I noted that Charter has started selling user browsing activity to NebuAD, a behavioral advertising firm I profiled in February. NebuAD takes that data and delivers (through traditional ad networks) ads tailored to your browsing habits. While the opt-out system still has major issues, Charter’s doing some things

OCZ set to launch DIY laptop kit

Comments (2) BSA claims business piracy in decline Target takes aim at SaaS sector Comments (4) Windows Server 2008 bundles announced Highlights from day one UK throws out PCs rather than repairing them Comments (1) Microsoft exec joins Gates Foundation New Mac ads target education market Verwaayen: Broadband has changed lives Toshiba set to integrate SpursEngine this year Asus extends Linux offer to all motherboards Quark aims to beat InDesign at its own game Jobs to keynote WWDC 2008 Digital

Thursday Evening Links -

Thursday Evening Links - Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Ovum sees cable modems outpacing DSL EETimes.com EU economy to gain if TV spectrum is reallocated to mobile broadband MobileNewsCWP.co.uk Covad Completes SF WiMax Trial, Ready To Roll Later In The Year Unstrung.com Congress Approves Farm Bill, Broadband Funds Included xchangemag.com Sprint, Samsung Ready WiMax Unstrung.com Vermont Telecom Chooses Towers Over Cables for Statewide Broadband VNews.com Shape

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!!! Big offer!!! We offering full functional VOIP switch. For whole sale solution the latest switch mera II v1.1.1.b.32.51 Or upgrade voice master 5.2 we provide with cheap price and with training. Voip related some other switch like: VPS 702-745-748/ mvts 3.1.0.2-3.1.2- 3.1.3 /alepo voip â€"alepo SE hotspot /nextone 3.1/ sm/ mera calling card platform/Expert billing for your best calling card business solution/AVB or asterisk based any solution. Currently we renting MVTS 3.1.2 +siphit+billing

Nunbuzz : Beyond Skype - Comprehensive Mobile VOIP, IM Solutions and voice to social networks

Nunbuzz : Beyond Skype - Comprehensive Mobile VOIP, IM Solutions and voice to social networks Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution on the mobile, PC and Web for calling, conference calling, instant messaging, group chat and chat rooms, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and Myspace. On the social networking front, Nimbuzz is breaking new ground by bringing voice

Have You Got the Nimbuzz?

Nimbuzz has announced the UK launch of its application of the same name, that provides mobile users and online communities with free calls, chat and more. Nimbuzz says it offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple Instant Messaging (IM) communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace. Once

Intamac Shows The Future Of Wireless Broadband Home Security And Monitoring At IFSEC 2008

One of the most interesting aspects of unified communications is how broad the reach is, spanning VoIP, video, mobile and wireless technologies. Unified communications isn't just about business telecom. Here's a news story about how the coupling of voice and data technologies provide new wireless services for the home Intamac Shows The Future Of Wireless Broadband Home Security And Monitoring At IFSEC 2008 Northampton, UK 12 May 2008 - Intamac Systems the Northampton based web home monitoring c

VoIP Technology, How Does It Work?

VoIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is a protocol that has been optimized for transmitting voice via the internet or through other packet switched networks. VoIP carries telephony signals as digital audio that are usually reduced in data rate with speech data compression methods, encapsulated in a data packet stream over IP. In other words, VoIP is the routing of vocal conversations over the internet, or any other network that is IP based.

links for 2008-05-16

UPDATE: Miller CEO says drinkers are trading down to economy beers Note to Miller: MGD is not a premium beer. (tags: beer) Megan McArdle (May 15, 2008) - A long post on race that is not particularly original, and will probably get me in trouble (tags: politics) Dollhouse: Watch Eliza Dushku Awaken To A New Identity First trailer from Dollhouse, Joss Wheadon’s new show. (tags: geek TV sci-fi) blog.pmarca.com: Top 10 science fiction novelists of the

2talk First Impressions Documented

2talk First Impressions Documented May 16th, 2008 by S. Caron Mushion22 recently documented their first impression of 2talk. 2talk bills itself as a group of ordinary people. It offers a variety of features for voice calling including call recording and remote access. Here’s a snippet (errors are theirs): Once you have signed up and called them to activate the account, you receive an email with the login details which you can use with any SIP-compliant device including softphones, IP Phones,

Life After VON

These are three words I never expected to be stringing together, but for those of us with some VON history, it’s pretty clear now that we need to be thinking this way. Several bloggers, myself included, have been commenting about the messy scenario that has sadly been unfolding around Pulvermedia over the past few weeks. I say ‘sadly’ from a personal perspective, but also for anyone who has been touched by the VON experience and community over the past few years. It’s safe to say that includes

UK government orders ISPs to retain data

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has passed a law that will force phone and internet companies to keep full logs of their customer's internet usage. The data will also need to be made readily available to the police if they need it. The law, dubbed the "Communications Data Bill", is an offshoot of the EU's "Data Retention Directive". Last October the first part of the bill was passed and forced telcos to "keep records of phone calls to and from land lines and mobile telephones." That will now b

How to Make JAJAH Mobile VoIP Calls

Our blog has been a little quite recently and that's gonna change, I will keep it up-to-date and you informed on what's going on at JAJAH and behind the scenes now that our new website is up and the blog properly configured again. I came acrosse this great and comprehensive how-to by Robert Poe over at VoIP News and wanted to share it with you. The article describes how-to get started and use JAJAH with your mobile and landline and even the different services we are offering. "Mobile VoIP ca

I do not compromise

Michael Arrington just accused me of compromising. He said I must be trying to sell my company or suck up to one of the big platforms for a consulting agreement. I beg to differ. I pointed Michael to my post on: “The Religion of Bringing Social to Software” In this post I analyze a new trend I’m seeing; three announcements that happened within a week of each other: MySpace’s Data Availability, Facebook’s Connect and Google’s Friend Connect - ALL THREE had fundamentally the same strategy! T

Vonage Talk – Looks Like a Good Deal

If you're a Vonage customer, Vonage Talk is a cheaper way to make calls to ordinary phones from your computer than Skype Out. All calls you make with Vonage Talk are billed at the rate of your Vonage account; if you have an unlimited account (24.95 plus annoying fees per month), you don't pay by the minute for calls to the US or Canada or for landline calls to the UK, France, Spain, Italy or Ireland. So, if you're traveling anywhere in the world and calling your friends at home in the US or C

Put VoIP News On Your Own Blog or Website

Put VoIP News On Your Own Blog or Website May 16th, 2008 by Owen We are always looking for new ways to spread information about VoIP and what is happening in the world of IP telephony to an ever wider audience. One of the things we do is run a combined RSS feed of our original feature stories, news stories and blog posts off our home page. You can subscribe to it in a feed reader, etc. But now we are making that feed available for you to put on your own blog or website and add value to what y

Web Hosting IT Companies, Garner Interop Awards

New York, New York - (The Hosting News) - May 6, 2008 - Global business technology event series, Interop, and multimedia business technology brand, InformationWeek, have announced that Palo Alto Networks is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 Best of Interop Awards. In a ceremony held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, also selected were the Best of Interop winners in eight categories, including Mellanox Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk, spigit, Mitel, AirMagnet Inc.,

Telecoms providers warned of VoIP data security ri… - Data quality news

Telecoms providers warned of VoIP data security ri… - Data quality news May 15th, 2008 Telecoms providers warned of VoIP data security ri… Data quality news, UK - 3 hours ago Furthermore, unlike large business users who are able to invest in up-to-date authentication software systems, individual users of VoIP, who use the … Newport Networks Face Service Quality Challenges VoIP News Voice over IP: Increasing Misuse of Customer Data Idealo Product News all 3 news articles Fuente original Pos

Bell Canada Accused Of Privacy Invasion - Canadian group files complaint over deep packet inspection….

Bell Canada Accused Of Privacy Invasion - Canadian group files complaint over deep packet inspection…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Several users direct my attention to a post by Canadian law professor Michael Geist. In it, Geist notes that his Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) has filed a privacy complaint (pdf) with the Privacy Commissioner claiming the use of deep packet inspection technology (DPI) is a privacy violation. DPI technology is

PhoneTag Builds Bridge To Google’s GrandCentral for Voicemail-to-Text

Do you use Google’s GrandCentral call management service? Would you like to have the option to read transcripts of voicemail messages recorded through the service? Today PhoneTag - formerly known as SimulScribe - is offering that very option to users. The self-described “leader in voicemail-to-text services and visual voicemail applications” has established a bridge to GrandCentral that will allow users to automatically receive text versions of messages originally left to GC from one or more

Asus extends Linux offer to all motherboards

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Two bloggers in the IP communications space who should be congratulated: Andy Abramson, through his VoIP Watch, has been recognized on the Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs for his ongoing and often in-depth coverage. From the citation: VoIP Watch As the title suggests, Internet telephony is the name of the game here, but Andy Abramson also touches on the uses of voice over IP, such as telecommuting and how people access the Internet for voice calls, such as public Wi-Fi. H

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Since 1997, when I choose GSM operator Omnipoint as my wireless provider, I have never been able to use my cell phone at or near my home. And over the years, as Omnipoint was acquired by VoiceStream and then after T-Mobile acquired VoiceStream, I have gotten used to the fact that my cell phone would just not work at home. All of this changed last night after I purchased a new Blackberry Curve. Moments after turning on my new phone and syncing with my home WiFi hotspot, I was able to make and re

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The management landscape is changing drastically as more salespeople move to remote/home offices within their territory.  Yet, many aspects of sales seems to be moving more towards relationship-based sales.  Yes, relationships have always been a key part of selling, but it seems to be the greater piece today.  Information flows freely on the Internet so the differentiation between companies is being pushed onto their salespeople.  So we have arrived at the place where relationship-driven salesp

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NEWS ALERTS 13.5.2008 15:00

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Identity fraud comes to VoIP

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Comcast Gets Investigated While Cox Gets Free Pass - New data from Glasnost project shows depth of Cox BitTorrent blocking….

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Dear Yahoo: You’re Fired

As expected, Carl Icahn presented an alternate slate of directors for the upcoming Yahoo shareholder meeting. The letter to Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock says it all: Carl C. Icahn ICAHN CAPITAL LP 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor New York, NY 10153 May 15, 2008 Roy Bostock Chairman Yahoo! Inc. 701 First Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Dear Mr. Bostock: It is clear to me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders and Microsoft. It is quite

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FOB ‘08: Future of Content

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What’s the (nim)buzz ….

Tobias Kemper writes us that his startup Nimbuzz launched today ‘a new FREE all-in-one solution on the mobile, PC and Web for calling, conference calling, instant messaging, group chat and chat rooms, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and Myspace’ Their service provides not just a multiheaded client (like many others), but they managed to integrate a variety of th

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Of the many wonderful scientific discoveries and inventions which have made the nineteenth century remarkable, certainly none is of more popular interest than the simple little piece of apparatus known as Bell's articulating telephone. By this instrument it becomes possible to transmit ideas between far-distant places, not in the form of signs afterwards to be deciphered, but as actual articulations, an echo of those produced by the human voice at the point of transmission. Wonders of the Uni

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Best-One Tires and AT&T Ink Deal for VoIP

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I Look At iLinc

On Monday, iLinc Communications announced that they had sold the majority of their audio conferencing assets to Premiere Global Services for $4.1 million. The press release also said that the company had implemented an overhead reduction program. I wanted to find out more, so I contacted the CEO, Dr. James Powers, Jr. It's no secret that iLinc's stock price performance has been disappointing over the last year. They are currently trading around the $0.25 level, on a steady decline since last

Abramson recognized

Congratulations are due to my pal, and VoIP industry maven, Andy Abramson.  He was just recognized by none other than The Industry Standard in their top 25 B-Z list â€" the bloggers outside the A-List circle that you should read.  To me this is a breakout moment for Andy.  This kind of recognition outside the VoIP circle says to the world that you should be reading Andy, period.  Opinionated, smart, sometimes crusty… get your daily dose of Andy at VoIP Watch.

Parameters for CRTC throttling probe

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Over the years, I have offered strategic consulting for select companies and colleagues and I have gotten pretty good at sharing vision and perspective from the 39,000 ft level. My focus has been on the effects of the Internet on an industry sector and what happens next. My past strategic consulting work has connected me with senior executives (including those at Fortune 500 companies) from around the world who are involved in the media, communications, and entertainment sectors. The pulver.c

O2 hints at 3G iPhone announcement

Bi-Apple gays and lesbians do BSA claims business piracy in decline Dell: XPS not being phased out EC rebuffs Becta investigation request MSI launches innovative new fan design Toshiba set to integrate SpursEngine this year Quark aims to beat InDesign at its own game Nokia, iPhone among UK's most loved brands Jobs to keynote WWDC 2008 Digital Store Manchester unveils summer offers Sony electronics division drives growth Widget going green at Channel Expo Transcend takes wraps off new identity UK

Giving VoIP It's Own Country Code

© meyshanworldOne of the things that I missed out on at eComm 2008 was the fact that Voxbone CEO Rod Ullens proposed, in his session at eComm, proposed a country code for VoIP users: 883. As part of it's proposal, Voxbone is giving away telephone numbers, called iNums, in the 883 country code to internet telephony service providers for free. The numbers will be, at minimum, 12 digits long. Voxbone will also handle sending the calls to their respective VoIP providers. Initially, the 883 num

Sony Mylo 2 now available at Amazon!

The improved Sony Mylo 2, which we have compared with N810 and iPod Touch earlier, is now available on Amazon.  Available for about $288, it is a nice device for making VoIP calls and browsing the internet. Some of the highlights of the device include: QWERTY Keyboard 1.3 meg camera 1GB on board memory expandable through memory slot Integrated wireless LAN MP3/AAC/WMA/ATRAC Linux based Skype Netfront browser Amazon Page. Post from: Digital Rover Sony Mylo 2 now available at Amazon!

UK: Government Orders Data Retention by ISPs

Via OUT-LAW. com. Phone and internet companies will soon be forced to keep logs of internet usage to be made available to the police under a new law announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week. The law, the Communications Data Bill, will implement the remainder of the European Union's Data Retention Directive. Last October the Government enacted regulations which said that telcos must keep records of phone calls to and from land lines and mobile telephones. That requirement will be ext

Verizon: Stop Yer Broadband Bellyachin' - The fact you're drowning in broadband competition may be news to some…

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Comcast really *is* horking your connection

I saw this article from the Associated Press today. It is confirmation that Comcast really does mess with the connection of people using bittorrent quite commonly. We’ve known for a while that they mess with traffic but there has been the question of how often they do it. From the article: A study based on the participation of 8,175 Internet users around the world found conclusive signs of blocked file-sharing connections only at three Internet service providers: Comcast and Cox in the U.S. an

Reduce Telecommunications Cost with SIP Trunks

Between T1 costs, a “billing charge” and local and long distance usage, Westminster College spends quite a bit of money on communications costs each month.  The billing charge is a several hundred dollars charge to we incur for the privilege of receiving an itemized statement at the end of each month.  We’re a relatively small place, so we have just a single T1, which is dedicated for outgoing calls.  For incoming calls, we have a pair of PRI circuits in place and, because of rather strict cont

Icahn Calls Yahoo! Board Irresponsible & Suggests Alternate Directors; Yahoo! Says Icahn Misunderstood The Microsoft Proposal

This morning American billionaire and a major Yahoo! shareholder sent a letter to Yahoo! saying that their board of directors was acting irrationally.  The letter relates to Yahoo! relates to the bid that Microsoft made for Yahoo!  Microsoft told the Yahoo! Board that they wanted to acquire Yahoo! for $33 per share.  However, Yahoo! was asking for more.  Below is the letter Icahn wrote and it includes an alternative slate of directors that could serve as Yahoo!’s board if they decide not to

Missouri University Makes Kids Take Copyright Quiz To Use P2P - Correct answers net you six hours of P2P use…

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Tips in Making Cheap International Phone Calls

If you have friends or relatives abroad, one of the most popular ways in which the gap can be filled is through international phone calls. However, the concern often faced by people is that international phone calls tend to be costly. Often times, call rates start per minute and usually it is the currency of the country where you will be calling. Some people may think it’s not much but when you are already speaking to someone on the other end, there’s always a tendency for you to forget just ho

Blackberry Thunder Coming to Verizon Stores

H.having experienced touch-screen browsing on the iPhone and even via Skyfire, I can tell you browsing without a touchscreen is a painful experience. Of course this applies to mobile devices. RIM knows this and is subsequently rolling out a new touch screen device named Thunder which will offer a better browsing experience than current Blackberry models. RIM devices are wonderful for email but come up short on browsing. This change will level the field and having seen the iPhone, the Canad

Spirit of Dis-Service, Part 4

The raping continues… As you all probably remember, I was pissed off at Qwest due to a 5 day outage of phone and DSL. Well, they did give me a credit of $9.56 on my bill. But then I noticed something else. I’m on the 5 cent per minute plan for long distance, with a $20.00 cap. The long distance portion of my current bill is $17.38, including taxes. The long distance alone was $15.79. Let see, 15.79 divided by .05 is…. 315.8 minutes of long distance used. Sounds reasonable, we generally make a

Carl Icahn sends open letter to Yahoo! Board of Directors

Section: News, Web, Websites In a recently published open letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors, Carl Icahn makes things pretty clear, he wants to dump the entire current board. He is not very happy with the way the current board acted with Microsoft’s offer of $47.5 billion and feels the $33 per share price was a “superior alternative” to what Yahoo could do on their own. “It is clear to me that the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders a

Anticipating the Google Voip Phone, Google Phone Street View

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Qwest Dumps Sprint, Will Resell Verizon Wireless - Hopefully the new offer will be more exciting than the last one….

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Nomadic adventures with Skype

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Dell: XPS not being phased out

ASI set to take on rivals with new business range Entanet VoIP nominated for Comms Business Award UK throws out PCs rather than repairing them Comments (1) Jobs to keynote WWDC 2008 Nokia, iPhone among UK's most loved brands Toshiba set to integrate SpursEngine this year Quark aims to beat InDesign at its own game Widget going green at Channel Expo Sony electronics division drives growth Digital Store Manchester unveils summer offers Bi-Apple gays and lesbians do Dell: XPS not being phased out

Comcast Buys Plaxo

Social networking investments are certainly happening at a rapid pace and many never would have thought Comcast would purchase one. As you may remember however, Plaxo service is integrated to the telephony offering Comcast sells and the contacts are actually automatically downloaded to special web browsing home phone I wrote about many months ago. For Comcast this move ensures an important partner does not get taken out by a competitor and it further allows the company to leverage Plaxo as it

Has Skype met its challenge?

Has Skype met its challenge? Skype's central offices must be rife with panic today. Why? Because a new mobile application has been launched today in the UK that will apparently give Skype a run for its money. Nimbuzz will provide mobile users and online communities with what they are calling an all-in-one solution for free mobile voIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat. It also has a photo and file sending service across multiple IM communities, including Skyp

Free Press continues the Scare Tactics

Save the Internet, the front group for Free Press and Google’s main organ in the net neutrality campaign, never ceases to amaze me. They’ve got another bizarre piece of paranoia on their blog about the “closed” network that the Internet will soon become without some random piece of ill-formed regulation. Brett Glass questions them for some evidence, and they offer the following, which I’ve annotated with corrections. “In October 2007, the Associated Press busted Comcast for blocking its users

Limitless ESI — Access to Justice Denied

According to a recent article in The Economist, the advent of e-discovery may be the single most significant change to the legal system in the last half century. This is principally due to the huge volumes of material that can be involved and the sometimes staggering cost of processing it. It has been aptly put by Ken Withers, Director of Judicial Education and Content for The Sedona Conference, More money is probably spent litigating electronic discovery problems than in litigating class act

55% of Business Elite Buy Products Advertised Online - Big spenders are heavily influenced by digital media

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“Echo Free” USB-to-Phone Adaptor

CuPhone today announced its “Echo Free” USB-to-Phone Adaptor. This small adaptor, when plugged into the USB port of a PC, allows the user to plug his regular phone into the RJ11 port on the adaptor to make and receive either Skype or normal landline “echo free” calls. The “Echo Free” Phone adaptor is based on TigerJet Network’s single chip VoIP solution, the Tiger580, which has built-in Echo Cancellation hardware, SLIC/Phone interface and a 16-bit audio codec. With built-in echo cancellation

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Rumors

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Kicks? Mic/Settings change? Lag? Punkbuster the Culprit. Update and how.

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Internet Phone Calls at Risk For ID Theft?

Internet Phone Calls at Risk For ID Theft? by Will Safer, posted May 15th 2008 at 11:16AM The next target for identity theft has been identified. Voice-over-IP communication is growing in popularity as it allows people to make free or low-cost calls to friends and family around the world â€" and like any other service that requires a user name and password, it is a target for hackers who have nefarious plans for your personal information. The upside is that most of us don't yet use this kind o

Breathing Again.....

Been off line for a total of 12 hours this week because of a major fault at KPN, the provider that handles my XS4All business account. Believe me, when you're phone, web and bank transfers depend on one centre, it makes you feel very vulnerable. However, like 2 million other VOIP users in the Netherlands, I don't mind trading occasional outages like this for a significantly lower price point. I must save a couple of thousand Euros a year by consolidating traffic in this way. But it remands a

AT&T: 20Mbps Wireless By 2009 - WiMax? What WiMax?

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Life as a Ghost

So I finished everything on Sunday. Life since then has been a concerted effort to find busy work to do, so that I don’t go crazy. The walls are painted, the cabinets are cleaned, and the boxes are almost all packed â€" If I pack anything else, I won’t have anywhere to sleep at night! I have 3 boxes still open, for the last minute dishes, and I’m living out of suitcases. But the TV and the XBox are still out, so I’m holding on to my sanity. There’s still some paper work to do, and the ongoing d

VOIP SIP Client for Windows Mobile 6

There are huge number of Windows Mobile users who still never used VOIP due to multiple incompatibility issues in the past. Today's post aims at solving these VOIP issues and discusses a way to setup VOIP on Windows Mobile 6 Device. Thanks to Priyanka for sending this article. Priyanka is one of the most active reader and contributor of VOIP Guide. Priyanka had been facing issues using Fring on Windows Mobile 6, mainly related to incoming calls and SIP configuration is not properly saved. T

Permanent Link to Bayt.com holds the first virtual job fair from June 15th - June 19th

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Linkua.com - Learn Languages via VoIP

What it does It is a common fact that if you are learning a language, talking on the phone is a difficult and dreaded step. Linkua asks: why not avoid that hurdle and learn the entire language via telephone? Linkua (which is a combination of “link” and “lingua,” Latin for language) believes there are ten advantages to studying a language on the phone, including less dependence on non verbal communication, more flexibility with scheduling, and a more relaxed atmosphere. The website brings toget

Corporations Fail To Budget For Upcoming Bandwidth Boom

Nicholas Carr, author of The Big Switch and of IT Doesn't Matter states the information technology (IT) departments won't matter in the next few years as computing takes place on the Net, versus on the PC. Will corporations be prepared for the upcoming bandwidth boom? Enterprise bandwidth requirements will more than double in the next five years, yet budgets will only increase by five per cent, according to a survey released today. The research, carried out by Omniboss - a division of marke

Do You Use The 3G Features On Your Mobile?

Last week, the Australian Communications and Media Authority released a report that stated that in Australia, one third of mobile users have a 3G phone, but two thirds of those users didn't use the available 3G service like internet browsing, video calls and music streaming. Apparently, some people just aren't interested in using their mobile for anything other than making calls. Others believed that the price was too high, and others just had no idea how to actually use the services. The re

Wireless Companies Crack Down on Phone Spam - Two thirds of messages on the Sprint network are blocked as spam

Wireless Companies Crack Down on Phone Spam - Two thirds of messages on the Sprint network are blocked as spam Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Cell phone spam is on the rise with one prediction being that wireless customers are going to receive one and a half billion unsolicited text messages this year (double what the rate was for 2006). Wireless companies have been accused of supporting phone spam because they make a profit off of those people without text message plans

Sprint Jumps the Gun with Lawsuit to Protect WiMax Venture - Seeks declaration from the court that no exclusivity provisions are violated

Sprint Jumps the Gun with Lawsuit to Protect WiMax Venture - Seeks declaration from the court that no exclusivity provisions are violated Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Sprint doesn t want anything to get in the way of the company s plans to merge with Clearwire to build a massive WiMax network. Anticipating potential hassle from wireless service provider iPCS, Sprint has made the first move and asked a judge to declare that the new network does not violate any exclusivi

THREE QUICK TECH POSTS

GigaOm is reporting that the telcos are conspiring on a Skype competitor.  As a highly satisfied Skype user I have little faith that the same companies that are hanging by a monopolistic thread because their business models range from lame to outright fucking stupid, because their innovation efforts are as anemic as a toothless vampire, and because they have this nasty habit of violating U.S. citizens’ right to resist unreasonable search and seizure, would be able to actually make this work. I

Herding cats

Axia SuperNet filed an application on April 21 for the CRTC to review its Deferral Account Decision (2008-1) on the basis that TELUS will be using some of the money in communities that already have broadband internet. Contrast this with an application by TELUS on April 23 asking the CRTC to review the same Decision, but on the basis that more of the Deferral Account funds should go to more communities. Why do I raise these 3 week old applications now? Axia has filed some supplemental materials

Handy Drive 400 - External HD from Fujitsu

Fujitsu is well known by its diversity in types of gadgets, they have waterproof cellphones, Tablet PCs, plenty of notebooks, even VoIP phones, and much more. One of their latest products is an external hard-drive, named Handy Drive 400, which can be considered the big brother of the Handy 300. Like the name suggests, it has 400GB of storage capacity and the 230 grams put it on the lightweight category. For $334 you get a 4200rpm HDD, the usual USB connection to transfer files, and a small si

NimBuzz Mobile VOIP offers free calls

The Mobile VOIP market has been silent for long. However this scene is about to change a lot with new startups coming up in Mobile VOIP market and existing VOIP providers extending their service to Mobile VOIP platform will make it difficult for exisiting players to retain market share. NimBuzz is one of the companies whose core focus is Mobile VOIP, a direct competitor to no.1 Mobile VOIP application developer Fring. The rest of the players like Truphone, Tringme are VOIP providers but Nimbuz

Making VoIP Work For You

A common misnomer about Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is that it requires you to be using a headset, tethered to your computer.  This is simply untrue as modern VoIP services and solutions use either a) normal corded and cordless phones or b) a specialized phone that resembles a cordless phone or cell phone - just modified to utilized VoIP technology. VoIP has some major advantages over traditional landline phones. First, typically you can call phones in the US and Canada for one monthl

T-Mobile Makes 3G Launch Official - NYC first, 20 more by year's end…

T-Mobile Makes 3G Launch Official - NYC first, 20 more by year's end… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » If last week’s leaked memos and Internet-wide discussion hadn’t clued you in, T-Mobile has launched their 3G (HSDPA) network in New York City. T-Mobile has issued a press release announcing the launch, and contrary to some earlier reports, this isn’t just a voice-only test launch. Even though last week’s leaked memo showed us T-Mobile will launch the service in these 20 c

Nimbuzz: mobile VoIP for (almost) everybody

The guys from Skype have a bad day today, as two mobile industry experts from a Dutch town called Rotterdam launched a mobile application that brings free mobile VoIP calling to 500 hundred different types of mobile phones. Wow! This means that users can make calls around 50 countries and just pay for their local data usage. So you’d better use a flat-rate data plan. The new Nimbuzz mobile VoIP application works worldwide on Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices when connected using a 3G or Wifi net

Types of Web Hosting

I have discussed before on “what steps to be taken to select the best web hosting?”. Now I will tell you about various types of web hosting available on internet and a brief description about it : Shared Web hosting - Many clients share the same server and have similar IP. Shared web hosting is cheap and good for blogs/small sites Virtual private servers - Comes between shared and dedicated hosting. Server is sliced into many and each one is similar to one separate dedicated host which you can

Freenet to buy debitel for $2.54bn

Redraws German mobile map Hamburg-based internet access provider Freenet has agreed to buy telecom reseller debitel AG for 1.63bn ($2.54bn). Continued HTC have announced that they have signed a deal to provide Windows Mobile 6 devices for their BT Fusion service. The VoIP service allows you to make calls over WiFi when you’re in the range of your house, switching to… Continued Our new friends at Polymer Vision should be in fine spirits this morning since they just picked up a Best in Show aw

Moving to Vancouver and Finding a Job

Moving to Vancouver and Finding a Job May 1st, 2008 At 11:21 PM on 2/13/08, ##### ########## drawled: Hi Muskie, Thank you very much for your response. I do understand your concerns about adding people to your network and to be honest, I check twice myself before adding people that I do not know. I really appreciate your decision. I always help people even people I don’t know, it is a weakness that people have taken advantage of. What is the high tech market like in Vancouver area? What

Why Do ISPs Want To Make Piracy Their Problem? - They must really like bottomless money pits and pissing off customers…

Why Do ISPs Want To Make Piracy Their Problem? - They must really like bottomless money pits and pissing off customers… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Looking closely at new incumbent anti-piracy plans, the passage of the new Pro-IP Act and the new P4P Working Group, you’ll notice we’ve entered a new era of copyright-enforcement where ISPs plan to play a much greater role in protecting copyright law. ISPs used to claim they didn’t want the liability associated with being

More Shots Of Ottowa

Taken at the Westin. I just finished my tour of the country and now I spend a day with Nortel execs learning about the optical, wireless, UC and a variety of other markets the company plays in. Blogged via wireless handheld TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP Blog - Tehrani.com | Permalink: More Shots Of Ottowa Related Entries Copyright VoIP Blog - Tehrani.com Taken at the Westin. I just finished my tour of the country and now I spend a day with Nortel e

Wanna start your own Internet Cafe in 2008?

After many, many requests the next date for the 2008 Internet Cafe workshop has been set. Please note I only do ONE workshop every 6 months like this. The next one will be in Cape Town in November. Now I am proud to announce I have an excellent business trainer with me, Yusuf Mahomedy, who regularly writes for The Star Workplace and HR Future on employment and jobs. He will teach all the basics of moving from employment to self-employed and running a business that employs people. While I will

Chasing Early Adopters

Chasing Early Adopters If you were asked to list the top “early adopter” US cities you might start with San Jose or Santa Clara. Nope. Austin tops the list, then Las Vegas and Sacramento followed by San Diego, Washington DC, Seattle, Phoenix, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. The Scarborough report is a free report that aims to hone in on the “digital savvy” of the US population and narrowed it down to a small 6% of Americans who have DVRs, MP3 players, HDTV, VOD, VOIP, mobile phone use

Nimbuzz releases all in one VoIP application

VoIP is all the rave now days, with the incredible success of services like Skype, it has been demonstrated there is some serious money to be made. On the PC, Skype dominates the market, but the mobile domain for VoIP, is relatively untouched. Even with Skype’s recent entrance into the world of mobile VoIP, the market just has not had wide spread adoption of the technology yet. Nimbuzz is looking to change the with its entrant into the market. Nimbuzz has released its all in one applicatio

Free City-Wide Wi-Fi Not Dead Yet (Not Exactly Living Though Either)

Even though the NSW state government decided it hated the idea of free Wi-Fi, Unwired is joining up with cafe owners in Sydney and Melbourne to provide free hotspots for consumers. The idea is obviously nothing new - Starbucks has been doing it for years - but it is a step forward for tech-lovers in the country's two biggest cities. While Unwired are seeking cafes and bars to take up their uConnect service, the service is also being picked up by local councils and libraries. Since December la

What's Next In IP Communications? Here's An Idea To Look At

Last week two stories seem to generate a lot of interest all across the blogs and in the news. The first was the rumor of a “Skype Killer” being planned by the leading telcos around the world. The second was the blockbuster move by the new WiMax consortium of players including Intel, ClearWire, Sprint plus the cable companies, along with online leader Google, to take over what Sprint and Clearwire were both not really doing yet, that to create a national WiMax footprint here in the USA which wi

The Doro th65r : The phone that sounds like a lisp

The Doro th65r : The phone that sounds like a lisp Why can't manufacturers come up for better names for their products than random numbers and letters? Apple did it, and look how well that branding has served them. The Doro th65r is a stylishly slim DECT home phone, clocking in at only 14mm thick. It's cordless, has a digital display and is VoIP compatible if you're looking to make some Skype calls. The phone has an answer machine with a 15 minute recording time, a 200 name capacity phoneboo

FCC to Test DTV Transition - NC analog signals shut off in September to provide analysis

FCC to Test DTV Transition - NC analog signals shut off in September to provide analysis Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Taking a cue from recent efforts by a small Las Vegas television station, the FCC has plans to test out the switch to digital television as part of a goal to make sure that all consumers are ready for the change. The test will take place in North Carolina television markets in September and is designed to shed some light on any remaining concerns that e

Indian University Implements Wi – Fi Mesh to form the Country’s Largest Wi – Fi Network (Which is Still Quite Small!). More on Wireless Mesh Networking.

While this may not seem like great news to many of you â€" it did get me quite excited. I have always maintained that setting up a Wi Fi Mesh is not too difficult if the topography is not too varied and the Line of Sight is clear because equipment (with powerful dual radios) today is quite sophisticated and even antenna options (patch, sector, grid) are quite varied. We still did not have a full fledged Wi â€" Fi Mesh in India for quite a while!   Manipal University has implemented a Wi Fi Mes

VoIPWatch Named 25 Best BtoZ Blogs By The Standard

I was tipped off by a reader tonight about something special inside the Standard, the second coming of the Industry Standard. When I read this, my chin dropped. I was stunned. For the record, I don't profess to be a techie, just someone who can make sense out of technology so others can understand. That was why I started VoIPWatch in 2003 with the basic idea behind it being four main objectives. Those same four still hold true today. For long time readers, this is nothing new. I've said it he

Video streaming through a Nokia cellphone, Qik.com and a FlexClip…

Made myself a cameraphone mount using a simple FlexClip… I’m not sure what to make of the Nokia E51 I received from WOM World Nokia three weeks ago, so I’ve been using it as much as I can (kiasu?). Being a heavy Internet user, I don’t care so much about talking on the cellphone as much as its ability to connect to the net. In fact, I use more data service than voice, and my thousands of AT&T rollover minutes will attest to that. Heck, if only VoIP services were embraced by mobile phone com

Is Truphone the modern day Boo.com?

People tell me things about Truphone, the VOIP pioneer. I have no idea how accurate they are. Everything I’m being told is negative, though. What I do know is that Jeb Brilliant of Brilliant Expos is a regular user. But the moment they want to charge him, he’s clear that he’ll look elsewhere. I know a few other users… who ONLY use Truphone because it’s free. That can’t be a good position from which to grow, surely? The future â€" at least, viewed from SMS Text News Towers, doesn’t look too br

Anyone still believe the government can't examine each and every communication that happens on the Internet?

Hell, your ISP can examine each and every communication that happens on the Internet. And the Feds can just buy access to the data your ISP collects. In real time. In Procera's ideal world, your grandma in Poughkeepsie should pay less to use only e-mail and the Web than you do to access e-mail, the Web, P2P, VoIP, and online gaming. A "big dumb pipe" approach this is not. In fact, as Procera make clear in press materials, "Adding capacity is not the answer!" to ISP bandwidth problems. Thro

Internet Withdrawal

*whew!* Glad that’s over! The last 30 hours or so have been… notsomuch interesting. But did have time to get a few more chores done around the house and such like. A tornado and high winds thee counties north of America’s Third World County took a pretty big bite out of our cable provider’s infra. No TV (no big loss there), but also no internet service and no VOIP (until yesterday, our ONLY long distance service). Oh, we still had local phone service, but… our backup dialup internet service

VoIP IP Telephony Is Being Honored! We Are In The "Top 100+ Telecom Industry Blogs"

It is great to see when someone recognizes your work. VoIP Now has just done that! It is even greater to be listed among your peers, the best 100+ of them for that matter. I have to admire the work one has to put on to collect such data, analyze it and select best 100 out of the lot to create Top 100+ Telecom Industry Blogs. Because we are such a niche and at the same time very widely known of late, you basically knows your peers. You move among these peers recognizing them for what they are goo

Step by Step : What is the Internet all about

Speaking about the Internet, lets look at the very base of it. What is it all about? Is a virtual world necessary?  The Internet is a virtual space, another medium of communication. U can see & hear but you can’t smell or feel it. Its just like the real world, you can do amazing stuffs on it but virtually. You can hear the World and the World can hear you. You don’t have to go to every state or country to tell something but you can let everyone to find you somehow on the internet virtual s