Why is VoIP Replacing PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)? Fiber Optic Communication Tutorial

The traditional PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) has been continuously improving since its inception by Alexander Bell. There are valid reasons why PSTN exists in its current state.

VoIP Services - Enjoy Unified Communication

The VoIP services are used for making 'unified' communication across the world. It is based on the packet-switched network that provides hassle-free voice quality.

VoIP - Cost Effective Calling Rates

VoIP is the latest evolution of technology which is offering people multiple benefits at very cost effective rates. With these efficient services, one can comfortably save huge amount of money without any hassles.

VoIP Solutions - The New Age Telephony

The VoIP technology is a technology of making telephone calls by using the Internet. This is a new generation telephony system which is not only cheap but also very advanced compared to the traditional telephonic systems.

The Appeal of Using VOIP at Home

What is all the fuss about VOIP? Why you really should start using VOIP at home.

Rebtel Wants To Make It Easy

Rebtel has partnered with EasyJet to make their version of mobile VoIP more widely accessible to the travel market.

Actiontec VoSKY Call Center for Skype

Actiontec VoSKY Call Center for Skype - Telephone Adapter USB07051C-01 is going for $19.99 after mail in rebate and free shipping on Buy.com.

Private Label VoIP and Its Mysteries

The Private Label VoIPs are the easiest means to avail voice over services. These services have a lot of advantageous features. The users of VoIP can also start their own Private level VoIP.

VoIP PBX Solutions - Enjoy the Benefits of Unified Communication

The VoIP PBX solutions help the business and corporate houses to enjoy 'unified' communication at comparatively lower rates with excellent voice quality feature. They make use of the packets switching technique wherein the communication is routed via a single IP network.

The Benefits of VOIP For Consumers Around the World

Do you have family that lives abroad? Do you travel overseas in your job frequently and wish to stay in touch with your loved ones back home? VOIP let's you talk to friends, relatives and business associates internationally, and in some cases the call will be free.

Get Free 30 Minutes SkypeOut Credit Voucher

Skype is one of the most popular VOIP service provider, allowing users to make free Skype to Skype calls, however calls to fixed phones and cellphones is chargeable, but now you have a chance to get 30 minutes of free SkyOut credit by simply participating in a short survey that won't take more then a minute to complete. read more

Flock blocked in the UAE

Another website that I noticed is blocked in the United Arab Emirates is the social browser Flock. The page you get by accessing this page is the usual one: It would be interesting to verify which websites/services are blocked and the explanation behind that. For example, Facebook worked properly.  If you liked this article, please buy me a coffee! ShareThis

Cogent 'McBandwidth' Gets Cheaper - Company tries to distance itself from Level 3, Global Crossing

Cogent 'McBandwidth' Gets Cheaper - Company tries to distance itself from Level 3, Global Crossing Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Cogent, already known as the “Walmart of bandwidth” (and no stranger to peering disputes) says they’re taking their prices even lower in order to fend off competitors Level 3 Communications and Global Crossing. According to Telephony Online, Cogent this morning announced that customers who commit to three-year contracts and higher volume servi

Mediacom Renews Ceon Contract

Mediacom Renews Ceon Contract June 11th, 2008 by S. Caron Mediacom has renewed its contract with Ceon for 3 more years, which extends the agreement to 2010. Ceon began providing service to Mediacom in 2005. Mediacom uses Ceon’s Intelligent Order Manager for its residential  VoIP and high-speed data services. “As we continue to grow our bundled broadband and VoIP services, we are relying on Ceon to provide the backbone of our service fulfillment architecture,” says Peter Brown, Senior Director

Free Call offers cheap international calls

We discussed about Intervoip-a great new way to make cheap international calls. We promised that we will find more such VOIP providers with cheap calling rates. Today we discuss about FreeCall, a betamax company once again. They have lowered their international calling rates for some countries including India. Note: FreeCall also offers free international calls to over 40 countries. The new cheap international calling rates are as follows: India Fix - 2.5 cpm India Mobile - 3 cpm Israel F

Top 10 Russian Web Sites

Top 10 Russian Web Sites Written By Allen Stern - June 12, 2008 Russian consulting firm GOAL is out today with a new report that shows the top Web sites in Russia. The report is a great read if you are interested in learning more about Russia and its Web economy. There's also a discussion of international players in Russia which includes Google, YouTube, LiveJournal, RapidShare and Yahoo. The report includes the following categories: Social networks, blogs, photos, videos, news, dating,

LevelOne PowerCon PLI-2030 - Bridge - EN, Fast EN, HPAV

LevelOne PowerCon PLI-2030 - Bridge - EN, Fast EN, HPAV The HomePlug AV, PLI-2030, from LevelOne is a high-definition home plug Ethernet adapter that is the ideal and cost-effective remedy for streaming high-quality video and audio over the home network. Utilizing the home power line infrastructure, the PLI-2030 establishes an instant home network by pairing simply plugging it into an AC outlet close to a router and another PLI-2030 close the networking device you want to connect to the networ

Cisco seeking ODM WiMAX CPE makers in Taiwan, say sources

Cisco Systems is seeking ODM partners for the production of WiMAX CPE (customer premise equipment) products in Taiwan, in part to leverage the cluster of WiMAX suppliers on the island, according to sources in Taiwan's WiMAX industry. Some Taiwan WiMAX hardware makers have received a RFQ (request for quotation) for CPE products from Cisco, said the sources, noting that the requested CPE products are needed for the WiMAX network contracts that Cisco has secured following its acquisition of base s

Spit Will Be Worse Than Spam

The rapid increase of telemarketing on land lines generically has spawned a whole host of solutions to this “problem”, from the only marginally effective legislative angle (the US Gov’ts “Do Not Call” registry) to the completely effective technical ones like Caller ID Whitelisting services offered by the telephone companies. Ultimately, since most of the VoIP services that have any leverage just extend the PSTN to a network connected voice terminal, the solutions remain the same. Don’t accept u

ZyXEL PLA-400 - Bridge - EN, Fast EN, HPAV

ZyXEL PLA-400 - Bridge - EN, Fast EN, HPAV ZyXEL’s Powerline Series is an access extension solution to have your house completely networked with existing power lines. Thanks to the advanced HomePlug AV Technology, the PLA-400 is capable of transmitting data at up to 200Mbps. It allows you to share network resources and enjoy Internet access through secure high-speed data connection over the house power lines you already have. The inherent advanced QoS features of HomePlug AV make the PLA-400 a

ZyXEL Prestige 2302HWL-P1 - Wireless router + 4-port switch - VoIP gateway - EN,

ZyXEL Prestige 2302HWL-P1 - Wireless router + 4-port switch - VoIP gateway - EN, The two built-in standard phone jacks on the P-2302HWL-P1 allow you to enjoy VoIP conversations while surfing the Internet. Since phone numbers given by service providers can be assigned to each phone port individually or to the two ports at the same time, the P-2302HWL-P1 gives you a two-line phone system without extra charge. This offers unprecedented flexibility and freedom for you to talk nonstop with high-spe

Comcast Expands 'Blast!' 16Mbps Availability - Hits Sacramento market to counter U-Verse deployment…

Comcast Expands 'Blast!' 16Mbps Availability - Hits Sacramento market to counter U-Verse deployment… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Last month a Comcast insider told me that one of the next Comcast markets to get DOCSIS 3.0 would be Sarasota, Florida. They also informed me that the company is keeping a watchful eye on AT&T’s U-Verse, and trying to deploy their 16Mbps Blast! tiers into those markets (they’re even giving some employees bounties to spot new U-Verse inst

iCall Makes iPhone Calls Cheaper

iCall, a major player in the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has released an application that allows iPhone users to make calls from their iPhone’s using WiFi. This will allow users to make cheaper or even a totally free calls instead of using their valuable phone credit. While this application is still in Beta at the moment, the functionality is still there and allows the user to transfer their calls through iCall, who have set up an automated response system. Although this has been

News from the VOIP World 2008 in Dubai

As already mentioned in this blog, I’m just back from Dubai where I attended the VoIP World 2008 Middle East conference.  The conference was not that crowded like the big VoIP conferences we are used to go to, but the room was full of C-level managers of local companies interested to learn more about VoIP and new emerging applications. In a nutshell, highly selected people and great content. The first important thing I learnt here is that the local government of the United Arab Emirates is bl

Interview with Microsoft’s Robbie Bach, part 1, on Zune

Robbie Bach is the president of the multibillion-dollar Entertainment & Devices Group at Microsoft. The group is closing in on a big fiscal year end on June 30. The company has projected that the group will be profitable this year for the first time since its inception in 2005. One of the products that isn’t profitable yet is the Zune media player. A challenger to Apple’s iPod, the Zune is so far a quixotic attempt to unseat Apple in making cool music devices that capture the buzz among con

Introducing the Skype Advice & Services Directory

Introducing the Skype Advice & Services Directory Site Feeds, Skype, VoIP No Comments » Hi, my name is Andrus, I work in marketing and some of you might remember me posting here before. It’s been a bit more than a year since we introduced Skype Prime™ Beta, a marketplace for voice and video services which brings together those people who have expertise, knowledge, advice or skills to sell to others who are seeking advice and happy to pay for it. Since then we’ve seen many businesses - b

Enough for the Berliner jokes, here are my five favorite start-ups from the TechCrunch meet-up

This is a guest post by Charlie van de Kerkhof from the Ministry of Web Development When you’re talking about German start-ups, you’re talking about Berlin. The city is booming. There are cheap offices and a bunch of angel investors of which one might help you to get that so-wanted lead investment. I learned this optimistic lesson at the TechCrunch UK/Twidox meetup yesterday. Mike Butcher had left London to find out how it feels to say ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ and to meet 15 startups - all eager

Rebtel-powered easyMobile launches

Image via Wikipedia easyJet, easyInternetface, easyCar… and now easyMobile. easyGroup, the revolutionary brand that has brought low-cost airfare, Internet and rentals to Europe is now launching “the world’s cheapest phone call service”, easyMobile, in partnership with Rebtel. The two companies have teamed up to offer Rebtel-powered services for making low cost international phone calls from any mobile phone, over any UK network, which will be sold and marketed on easyGroup’s Web site. “Ma

Mouse Talk - Mouse and Internet Phone

Mouse Talk - Mouse and Internet Phone Posted by: hoser in Computer, Electronics, Gaming This sleek device is the VAIO Mouse Talk is a brilliantly engineered optical mouse that doubles as a fully-functional internet phone. A must-have for serious web surfers and VoIP users, this stylish, multi-functional mouse flips open to become a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) internet phone that lets you make and receive high quality calls. Features Microsoft Windows XP Compatible. 800 DPI optica

ZyXEL V750W Industry’s First SIP-Based Wi-Fi Camera

ZyXEL Communications Inc., world’s leader in broadband networking and Internet connectivity, has recently introduced the industry’s first and only SIP-based Wi-Fi camera. Designed to let the users talk and remotely control their camera with the most advanced SIP-Base Monitoring, this new Wi-Fi Camera is actually a two-way communication system. “ZyXEL’s V750W has taken remote monitoring to a new level by offering an innovative way for customers to not only monitor remotely but also communicat

Adobe Air Tour Europe stopped in Munich

Fortunately Tobias found out one day before that Adobe was touring with Air and coming to Munich. Adobe really had provided everything, from breakfast, drinks, lunch too I guess (we weren’t there) and beer afterwards (that we didn’t miss). It was really impressive. The talks were very Air focused, I liked the first one best, which gave an overview of what Adobe does and plans to do. One of the notable things was to see VoIP running inside a flash client, pretty nice. The Air stuff was just noth

Comwave VOIP telephone service

Comwave VOIP telephone service Published in General services on June 10th, 2008

A Brief Introduction to VIOP

What is Voip? A brief introduction to the what VIOP is, how it works and what you require to get voip working.

Time Warner: $0.007/minute to practically any country in the world (including India) - NO MORE CALLING CARDS OR EXPENSIVE VOIP PLANS!!!

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Know More About Hosted Contact Center VoIP Solutions

The hosted business VoIP solutions allow the contact centers, business and corporate houses to initiate unified communication with ease. These solutions are backed with various advantages such as flexibility, scalability and efficiency.

Skype Wiretap Nuances

Skype says it is unable to comply with court-authorized wiretap requests, says News.com. A closer examination of the question and Skype's reply bears examination and thought. News.com conducted a Read more...

Introducing Telco 2.0 - A Business Primer

By Thomas Howe Name a Web 2.0 business model that doesn't depend on advertising. Anyone? Beuler? We may all be forgiven when we fail to name a second business model, as the success of Google, Read more...

Clearing the UC Fog

Over the past few weeks, the fog around unified communications has started to clear. Vendors are making a step-by-step process to move from the abstract "We'll, you've got VoIP and the IP PBX, let's Read more...

Warm-Recertified Canon SD750 Digital Camera $154.99 + SH

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Women in VoIP: Switchvox She-Ra

Women in VoIP: Switchvox She-Ra Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » When people in the VoIP industry hear the word ‘Switchvox,’ most of them associate the name Tristan. Tristan Degenhardt, Switchvox Product Line Director for Digium, works tirelessly to actively promote and further Switchvox products.

iPhone In the News Again

By Sharla Sikes After last summer’s furor over the release of the do-it-all gadget of the moment, the iPhone is again all over the news with the release of its new 3G incarnation. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Raketu Debuts Mobile Social Networking Integrated With VoIP for BlackBerry Users

Raketu debuts its social networking integrated communications web application optimized for the BlackBerry. The new web-based application allows BlackBerry users to participate and share with their friends, family and business colleagues, both inside and outside of the Raketu network. Users can add and participate in blogs, bulletins, comments, groups, friends through conventional social networking and through Raketu's real-time communications. Users can also store and share their media, making

NextPhase Wireless Adding VoIP

NextPhase Wireless Adding VoIP June 10th, 2008 by S. Caron NextPhase Wireless is adding VoIP to its Summer Sizzle package. “In keeping with our commitment to offering a full portfolio of best-in-class connectivity technologies, our ‘Summer Sizzler’ promotion represents a significant breakthrough in price/performance for wireline connectivity services. We’re continuing to deliver on our promise of making telecommunications simple and affordable for businesses, agencies and schools, while provi

Verizon Wireless secures $7.55 bln bridge loan for Alltel Purchase

Morgan Stanley has provided a $7.55 billion 364-day bridge loan to back Verizon Wireless' acquisition of Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion, including $22.2 billion in debt, according to Reuters Loan Pricing Corp. The 364-day loan matures June 4, 2009, and includes a $4.8 billion drawn portion and a $2.75 billion delayed-draw portion that will be available in three drawings, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The borrower has already drawn $4.79 billion of the loan to financ

Why Installer.app will never die

When Apple announced the apps store several months ago, it appeared to signal the end for the popular homebrew Installer.app by Nullsoft. While the application has a few developer creations that cost money to use, most of the library is completely free, letting people load up on useful applications without spending a dime. The application became so popular it started coming with popular unlock and jailbreak utilities, including ZiPhone, which has had more than 3 million downloads of its latest

HP iPAQ 910 Review

HP iPAQ 910 smartphone is an every gentle-executive must have device. I’ve never ever review or write something that has a relation with big company like HP before. But now, thankfully it is over. Today, I’m going to give you a review on what could this iPAQ 910 do for you. Can it substitute your company’s Blackberry? Let’s see! HP iPAQ Business Manager 910 Design and Dimensions Like most smartphone or PDA out there, this HP executive warrior’s device comes as a candy bar smartphone with a

Expectations for Service Delivery Platforms

Infonetics Research predicts that worldwide revenue from service delivery platform (SDP) software and integration services will grow at a 23 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the 5 years from 2007 to 2011. Their report confirms that while many SDP vendors are struggling to define and position their SDP products, demand for them by mobile and fixed line telecom service providers is escalating rapidly. SDPs develop, provision, and deploy new subscriber services across wireline and

Strategic VoIP Partnership Between Sylantro and HT Mostar

Sylantro Systems will provide hosted VoIP solutions to HT Mostar, one of Bosnia-Herzegovina's incumbent telecom operators partially owned by Croatian Telecom, part of a Deutsche Telekom group. Beginning in Q3 2008, HT Mostar will launch VoIP services based on Sylantro’s renowned Synergy Multiplay Application Feature Server. HT Mostar will also utilize Sylantro’s ComMarketing program, under which Sylantro will work with HT’s sales and marketing departments to develop processes for strategy, prov

IP Camera Embeds Phone

IPTV and WiMAX will be hot topics at NXTcomm (exhibitor news) the big carrier show which starts next week. The VoD Olympics should make folks think much more about what infrastructure and bandwidth enables, says Xchange Magazine. The quad-play bundle of television, landline, Internet and wireless services, has become the primary focus for service providers of all sizes, says NxtCommNews. Telephony Magazine has additional coverage. Hosted by Heavy Reading, and co-located with NXTcomm08, Broa

Aspirational Concepts: Symbio VoiP Phone & Radio

We're not too sure if this fits under super minimal or super retro, but it's definitely modern and begs to be fondled with - at least for old memories' sake. We're even more curious to see how digital broadcast works and how the speakers are driven if these sets are to ever hit production. Check out their website for more details. Pricing and availability not yet announced. More information can be found on Thomson.net.

Wednesday Afternoon Links -

Wednesday Afternoon Links - Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » FCC’s Martin Holds Firm on Free Broadband eWeek.com Philadelphia in talks over Wi-Fi network CNBC.com Meraki Unwires SF s Neediest GigaOm Axesstel Unveils First To Market EVDO Fixed Wireless Phone CDG.org Verizon offers small businesses unlimited wireless Yahoo News Broadband suppliers can benefit from digital switchover OneStopClick.com BT offers to speed up broadband - for 90 T3.com Blackmailing T

Hyperconnectivity, Live and in Person

You can't escape the reality that interconnectivity between humans will increase at a more rapid pace as time goes on. The myriad ways in which we connect with one another, e-mail, social networks, blogging, IM, SMS, telephone, voicemail and others are mushrooming. It seems obvious that today's teens will demand social networking in the workplace meaning IT departments will have to support these myriad communications mechanisms while dealing with the repercussions of compliance management. No

Rebtel Maintains Free Calling Service Between 47 Countries

Rebtel is staying true to itself, its roots, and its customers. Free mobile calling between 47 countries is alive and well at Rebtel. No strings attached. No restrictions. And, no compromise on quality. Rebtel was created to give consumers worldwide an alternative to mobile operators' outrageous charges for making international calls. How Rebtel works Rebtel gives people local phone numbers in their country that connect them directly with their friends, family or work colleagues who live abro

ZyXEL Introduces SIP-Based Wi-Fi Camera - V750W

ZyXEL announced the ZyXEL V750Wâ€"an industry-first IP camera that enables video monitoring via easy-to-use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) technology. Recognizing the increased importance for residential and business users to monitor their loved ones, property and assets remotely, the ZyXEL V750W allows users to contact the camera’s phone number from anywhere in the world using their computer activating real-time video and two-way audio services. Each ZyXEL V750W SIP camera is embedded with

Cable Corn Farmer Sock Puppets Attack Google - Weirdest headline of the year award….

Cable Corn Farmer Sock Puppets Attack Google - Weirdest headline of the year award…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Both cable and phone companies hire outside lobbying firms to make up completely bogus consumer groups to support their political positions. But they also frequently donate cash to minority, disability and other advocacy organizations in exchange for vocal political support for policies that, more often than not, aren’t in constituents’ best interest. The c

AT&T, T-Mobile & Starbucks Kiss and Make Up - Settlement reached though details withheld

AT&T, T-Mobile & Starbucks Kiss and Make Up - Settlement reached though details withheld Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » As noted over the weekend, T-Mobile sued Starbucks over AT&T’s recent 2-hour free Wi-Fi announcement, saying AT&T and Starbucks struck a back room deal without their authorization. T-Mobile still has some say in how things are managed until all Starbucks hotspots are transferred from T-Mobile to AT&T. Reuters now reports that

Linksys Power Over Ethernet Splitter 5V POES5 - PoE splitter ( external )

Linksys Power Over Ethernet Splitter 5V POES5 - PoE splitter ( external ) The Linksys 5 Volt Power Over Ethernet (POES5) Splitter lets you put your Linksys IP Phones almost anywhere, by removing the requirement of nearby power outlets. The POES5 sends power and VoIP over one Category 5 cable to your Linksys IP Phone. When it’s time to add or relocate a phone, the POES5 can simplify your installation. The POES5 provides an 802.3af PoE port for connection back to a PoE switch. The compact POES5

An interview with EA Maxis’ Lucy Bradshaw on the making of Spore

Electronic Arts game designer Will Wright may come up with the billion-dollar game ideas that get him on the cover of Wired magazine. But Lucy Bradshaw is the one that turns those ideas into bestsellers. The vice president in charge of production at Electronic Arts’ Maxis studio in Emeryville, Calif., Bradshaw runs the team for Wright’s latest brainstorm, “Spore.” It is one of the most anticipated games of all time, and Bradshaw heads the 80-person team cranking the video game out for its Sept.

The iPhone's limits

For the second time in a year, Apple has slashed the price of its coveted iPhone by $200. The basic model now sells for less than the cost of an iPod Classic (not counting the $70 monthly charge for using AT&T's mobile phone and data network, which eventually makes the purchase more expensive than an iMac). Given Steve Jobs' hypnotic appeal to consumers, one can expect that every single person in America between the ages of 3 and 100 will soon be using an iPhone to surf the Internet whene

The Definitive Guide to VoIP for Linux Users

Have you tried lately to figure out which Linux operating system you’d like to use? And, did you think about adding a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) device to that Linux system? We can guess that you probably overwhelmed with the choices available to VoIP users today. In fact, to write a truly definitive guide to VoIP for Linux users, we would need to write a book. Instead, we combed the online Linux and VoIP Wikis to find the most-used combinations of Linux and VoIP according to the syst

And its a surprise why the LA Times is suffering

LA LA Land: They’ll soon find that the iPhone doesn’t deliver everything that the Web has to offer. It doesn’t support Flash, one of the most popular forms of online video. Nor can it play songs or videos in Microsoft’s copy-protected Windows Media format. Ok, the first one is legitimate, but the 2nd one: UHHHH? WMV? Honestly? Except for Bloomberg and MSNBC does anyone else use WMV? There are more DIVX users than WM on the web. There’s one other restriction Apple imposes: It won’t permit i

Turn Your iPod Touch into an iPhone

Finding cool hacks is becoming a daily hobby of mine. Last week, I found one that makes your iPhone/iPod Touch control your computer. And now Lifehacker has a post on how to turn your iPod Touch into a phone. This hack is for those of you who don't need the 2MP camera, GPS receiver, and all that other crazy jazz in the iPhone 3G. (To see everything if offers, take a look at our combined coverage on PCMag.com.) Who knows? You might just find that you can save yourself some extra money and not

Managed VoIP Services - The Domain of Future in the Present

Managed partitioning services can be easily described as on-Demand and hosted technical solutions in which the service provider offers a switch portion, dedicated to their own cause. The customer (business units) can then easily configure their self-array of VoIP technology-based services such as Calling cards, reselling VoIP and PC-to-Phone connectivity. The provider is often entrusted with the task of management of the initial concerned configuration, pre-launch support, fully managed partition and training etc.

Comparing Asterisk and OpenSER

Comparing Asterisk and OpenSER Packt Publishing; By Flavio E. Goncalves (Posted by himanshu on Jun 11, 2008 4:47 AM) Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux Voice Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephony refers to the technology used for making telephone calls over the Internet. The two major technologies used to implement VoIP telephony are Asterisk and OpenSER. This article by Flavio E. Goncalves compares Asterisk and OpenSER topic by topic and shows the differences between them.

Colocation, Data Center Services from Internap, Engaged by Register.com

Atlanta, Georgia - (The Hosting News) - June 11, 2008 - Internap Network Services Corporation's suite of data center colocation and content delivery network (CDN) Services, have been chosen to enhance Register.com's online customer base. Myles Trachtenberg, Chief Information Officer for Register.com noted, ''Internap's bundled solution helps us serve our customers better over the web. We selected Internap because of their solid reputation and the strength of their service offerings. With i

Capital One survey highlights what today’s college graduates want from employers

As the class of 2008 begins its post-collegiate journey into the workforce, the expectations these millennials have of their “ideal” employers and their view of the current job market are being heard thanks to a survey from leading financial services company, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF). The majority (51.5 percent) of the new graduates surveyed plan to begin looking for jobs and start their careers right away, while 31 percent plan to go immediately on to grad school. For the

Alvarion Cuts Deal On WiMax With Nortel; Stock Jumps

Alvarion (ALVR) shares are on the rise in pre-market trading after the company announced a deal to combine forces with Nortel (NT) in the WiMax market. The two companies said that have “a joint strategic WiMAX agreement to create an end-to-end WiMAX solution to meet the needs of the evolving wireless broadband market.” The companies said that their joint solution “features the integration of Alvarion’s advanced radio access network technology, which has been proven in over 200 commercial WiMAX

Sipera Looks To The Channel

Expect Sipera, the Texas-based company focusing on VoIP/UC security to look for resellers to sell their products worldwide. Brenadan Ziolo, the company's VP of Marketing Operations visited TMC this week to brief us on where the company is going with its products and to discuss their forward-looking strategy. Greg Galitzine has written an article which goes into some detail on the happenings at the company. As communications has moved to IP, the need to secure IP communications has increase

Smartnode Available

Smartnode Available June 10th, 2008 by S. Caron The SmartNode Smart-Digital Telephone Adapter (S- DTA) from Patton-Inalp Networks is now available. The SmartNode is the only two-call ISDN VoIP CPE on the market, according to Patton. It’s designed for ISDN small offices, branch offices and homes. “This market demands a high standard of quality,” said John Wu, Product Manager. “ISDN users are extremely picky. With the S-DTA, the only thing ISDN callers will miss is the big phone bill.” The dev

Keep In Touch

If you haven't noticed, there will be more and more touch-enabled devices in your future. The craze seemed to get the biggest boost from the popularity of the iPhone interface which spawned a number of similar interfaces from competing phone companies and even from the companies making mobile browsers. Stacey Higginbotham, goes into detail on some of the new touch developments on her blog over at GigaOM. She further speculates that touch can be a great way to control things like lighting and

3UK takes aim at business with Skype

3UK has just introduced mobile Skype for business, according to The Inquirer. Apparently the plan is to create tariffs for sub-20 person businesses/self-employed, then chuck in free Skype calling. The tariffs are post-pay and as a result, don't require regular topping up - as users of 3's pre-pay will know, monthly top-ups become a (very) regular fixture, since there is only a 30-day limit on credit. In addition to the Skyping (is that a word?), there are also free normal mobile calls to other

Skype to twart any wiretap requests

Section: Communications, Email / IM, VoIP, Computers, Security In the hostile world of today it is good to know that anything you say, or type, is safe from the prying eyes of family member’s, government organizations or even just a nosy person of the street. However, unfortunately, that is not always the case. A recent News.com survey into privacy revealed some pretty interesting results, the most notable of which is that AOL AIM is the most secure with no logs and secure logging-in and se

Xobni - Your outlook’s perfect companion

I bet you have heard of Xobni if you read tech websites such as Lifehacker or Cnet recently. In fact, I come to know Xobni from there as well. Xobni is Outlook plugin that completes your Outlook of course. In terms of compatibility, it works on XP and Vista for both Outlook 2003 and 2007. The good thing about Xobni is, once installed, Xobni will appear in your Outlook left pane (compared to other desktop search functions such as Google desktop, which can search emails as well). However, you ha

Fring's free phones for Olympic Beijing bloggers - air fare not included

Fring's free phones for Olympic Beijing bloggers - air fare not included If you've already booked your trip to Beijing this summer or you're really desperate for a free phone then, mobile VoiP service Fring is offering you your very own 3.5G handset with GPS, camera, local SIM card and an unlimited data plan in return for micro-blogging the Olympics on their behalf. There's no regulation as to what you have to blog so long as it's got something to do with the games, even if it's just getting

RevResponse - The AdSense Alternative You Were Looking For?

I have been using Google Adsense here for a while. It sure consistently pays and covers my hosting costs and some more but it’s probably not the best monetizing option for a technology blog. So, I continuously experiment with different ad options here to find the right balance that offers my readers something interesting to look at and actually useful as well. That’s when I came across RevResponse being reviewed by some of the blogs I read frequently. And I was glad when they ordered a review

3 Italia introduces free mobile TV service

3 Italia has decided to give it's DVB-H users free access to a whole bunch of channels: RAI 1, RAI 2, Mediaset, Sky Meteo 24, Current TV, and La3. This is at the same time as offer free internet acccess, up to 50Mb/day! At the press conference regarding this, it was explained that this is part of a new cross-media strategy to promote data services. Handsets also got a look in with the Samsung F510 (below) getting introduced on to the network - this is in addition to LG HB620, Momedesign MD5, G

Who is going to buyout Avaya?

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New contents of the CCNP examination

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And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is… Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » We have a winner!

Twitter is blocked in Dubai

When I tried to access Twitter from my browser, I got this: It looks like the problem of services/websites that are blocked in the UAE doesn’t involve VoIP only. Fortunately, I’m receiving updates through Thwirl, but it seems I’m not able to post anything. If you liked this article, please buy me a coffee! Technorati Tags: dubai, luca filigheddu, twitter ShareThis

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BumpTop Desktop

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Video-chat service and community Paltalk has just announced the beta launch of PaltalkExpress, a Flash-enabled video chat platform, with plans for an official release next month. What does this mean? For one, it’s compatible with Macs. Until now, Mac users didn’t have full access to Paltalk’s core features, but PalalkExpress lets Mac users use the real-time video chat community tool. More importantly, it also means that the video chat tool is embeddable and doesn’t require a download. Palta

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More than three years ago, I began my experimentation with Asterisk and IP telephony on Linux. I had previously ditched my reliance on POTS (”Plain Old Telephone Service”) in favor of a new player in the VoIP space: Vonage. Amazed and equally blown away by the feature set and possibilities of VoIP, I began to wonder how anyone could implement this technology for their own use. That’s when I discovered Asterisk. Today, my implementations of Asterisk no longer reside on a physical server shove

Security Briefing: June 10th

Finally the iPhone is coming to Canada! Yes, I know I could have a cracked one. I’m just glad to see it officially released here. A question that remains. What kind of data rates are Ted Rogers and company going to charge? Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest!. Welcome to all of our new subscribers yesterday! Thanks for joining! And now, the news… Bug exposed in web security standard | vnunet How safe is instant messaging? A security and privacy survey | CNET Bush widens

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The previously announced “Cagney” update for Burnout Paradise now has a release date â€" July 10. Being released for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions, the update will add three new game modes to the title’s online mode including Road Rage, a versus Stunt Run mode, and Marked Man. It wil also add 70 new Freeburn challenges, two new vehicles and other fixes and tweaks. A PC version of the game is in development at the moment, though it is not known if these content updates will be added to it o

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Rob Adler has an interesting take on the T-Mobile/Starbucks WiFi lawsuit at his Vantage blog. His point? That the PR hit of winning a lawsuit which takes away WiFi from millions of users will be extreme. I can't help but wonder if the general public would ever be aware of the lawsuit. After all, you have to see something over and and over for it to make an impression. I also wonder if T-Mobile is successful, wouldn't Starbucks have to pay the company off to make this issue go away? After all,

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I go on a podcast soon but before I go, it is worth pointing out a few articles I perused this morning. One is focused on Google making us stupid -- and the concept is that reading on the web has changed the way we work. We are now all able to ingest information small bite-sized chunks and can no longer read books or long articles like the good old days. I tend to agree. Then there is the Apple news. Although I expected some sort of surprise from yesterday's Apple conference I received none.

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Free Trial International Calls

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EF Johnson for the Yykon

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Developer Criterion Games announced today the Cagney software update for Burnout Paradise is slated to go live on July 10. For those that missed the initial announcement, Cagney is poised to bring three new Freeburn game modes and 70 new challenges, additional vehicles, all-new liveries, and custom soundtrack support for the PlayStation 3 version. Full details can be found past the break. 3 New Freeburn Game Modes: • Road Rage 8-player team event. One team must race through a series of Pa

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Yes this is a short post but what more is there to say beyond the fact that 87% of respondents in a UK survey said they would deploy unified communications. The UK is turning out to be a great market for all things communications and with a strong euro and weak US dollar, this could be great news for US communications companies such as Avaya, Cisco and others. Gary Kim has the details. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP Blog - Tehrani.com | Permalink: UC Hot in UK

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