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TSN VoIP Reseller Program Offers Lucrative Business Opportunities to Business Entities [published on 2010-04-13] Telecom Services Network, a prestigious name in the telecom industry has revolutionized the communication industry by introducing effective and economical VoIP services, which are offered with an aim to modernize telecom and Internet businesses. PR Log (Press Release) â€" Apr 13, 2010 â€" Telecom Services Network, a global leader in the wholesale VoIP business, offers [...]
25 percent of phones to have WiFi by 2012 [published on 2010-03-29] Research company In-Stat predicts a quarter of all cell phones will have WiFi support by 2012: Mobile handsets with embedded Wi-Fi continued to experience growth in 2009 despite total handset shipment declines, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). While the 2009 Wi-Fi mobile handset growth rate of more than 20% was significantly slower than 2008’s early market monster [...]
VoIP News [published on 2010-03-05] Vital clues linking Attavara to underworld found … Police suspect that the laptop could also have been used to make threat calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology. The calls made using this technology make the caller’s number appear as though it belongs to a foreign country. “We … U.S. phone subsidies to go [...]
New Study Calls for Cybersecurity Overhaul in U.S. [published on 2009-12-09] The U.S. government and private businesses need to overhaul the way they look at cybersecurity, with the government offering businesses new incentives to fix security problems, the Internet Security Alliance said. The alliance, in a report released Thursday, also called for permanent international cybersecurity collaboration centers, new security standards for VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) communications [...]
Next Generation IP Communications [published on 2009-10-23] San Jose, Calif., a leading global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications at home, announced that DSP Group’s silicon and HD (High-Definition) Voice technologies power all 11 CAT-iq certified products of leading cordless telephone manufacturers, as listed on the DECT Forum’s CAT-iq web site (http://www.cat-iq.org/certification.aspx). DSP Group supports CAT-iq (Cordless Advanced Technology: Internet [...]
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Truphone Slashes Mobile App Calling Rates [published on 2010-09-01]
Truphone has made staying in touch with friends, family and colleagues both at home and abroad even more affordable with the introduction of its lowest calling rates ever. The global mobile operator has reduced its calling rates to more than 30 destinations worldwide by an average of 60 percent when compared to previous rates for calls made using its Apple iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Nokia and Android smartphone apps.
Truphone has also reduced the cost of its unlimited monthly call package to just $12.95 per month.
Truphone's new rates are now as low as 2.1 cents per minute, meaning even calls to some of the most popular destinations worldwide, such as the United States, France and China (see Notes to Editors for full TruStandard rates), can cost as little as $1.30 per hour. Calls made between Truphone customers over Wi-Fi or *3G remain free.
Truphone offers people with an international lifestyle a portfolio of services that dramatically simplify mobile communications, including its full GSM, Truphone Local Anywhere service and award winning mobile VoIP apps for Nokia, Android, BlackBerry and iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.
Vocalocity Announces Grand Winner in First Ever Phone System Makeover Contest [published on 2010-08-31]
Vocalocity announced this morning that it has chosen the winner for its “Phone System Makeover Contest.” The video contest which was held from June 1-August 16 asked entrants to create a short video explaining why their business needed a new phone system. Creativity was a contest requirement, and several of the videos included business owners’ family members in humorous skits. The contest was designed to provide a way for businesses struggling with a down economy to showcase the reasons they need to cut costs with Small business VoIP. All video entries were posted to Vocalocity’s Youtube channel, and judging was based on a combination of total video “likes,” and criteria such as creativity, and overall need for a new phone system. The winning video was created by Blake Crawford of Crawford Law Firm. Crawford’s video showcased his old bulky equipment, and detailed how Vocalocity’s service would help him cut phone costs, and make his business more efficient. Many of the entries displayed a range of creativity and humor, but Crawford’s “Answering Machine Mayhem” was ultimately the highest rated video and gained the highest marks.
“We wanted people to get creative, and Crawford’s video was a great example of what we were looking for,” says Melissa Levine, Senior Marketing Manager. “We help small businesses become more competitive on a small business budget. The need for cost cutting and efficiency has only increased, and with the economy the way it is, many small business owners are realizing that business VoIP is the way to go.”
In addition to Crawford’s video, Vocalocity gave special mention to the runner up, Golden Heritage Advisors. Heritage showed how they would grow with Vocalocity’s phone system, by flashing to the future using a child in the company’s initial scenes and then showing him as an adult. Overall Vocalocity considers the contest a success, and is looking to do similar promotions in the future.
Skype Connect 1.0 Officially Launched [published on 2010-08-31]
By using Skype Connect, businesses can now:
- Make outbound calls from desktop phones to landlines and mobiles worldwide billed at Skype's standard per-minute calling rates
- Receive inbound calls from Skype connected users worldwide by placing Skype's Click & Call buttons on their Web sites
- Receive calls from landlines or mobile phones in the corporate PBX using Skype's online numbers that have been purchased separately
- Manage Skype calls using existing PBX or UC systems' features such as call routing, automatic call distribution, conferencing, auto-attendant, voicemail, call recording and logging
Since the beta availability of Skype Connect, the following milestones have been accomplished:
- Skype Connect already has over 2,400 active global customers
- Skype Connect is now certified to work with PBX and UC products from Avaya, Cisco, SIPfoundry, ShoreTel and other OEMs
- Skype Connect also works with older TDM PBXs or Key Systems which can now add Skype calling capabilities through third-party IP gateways from AudioCodes, Grandstream and VoSKY
- Skype Manager, a simple web-based tool, was launched to allow IT managers to set-up Skype Connect and control Skype usage in a company
- New dedicated customer support, including real-time chat, is now available for Skype Connect customers and Skype Manager administrators directly through Skype Manager
- VARs and system integrators have been enrolled in our new Skype Channel Partner Program. We will share more details on this program soon.
To find out more information about Skype Connect, visit us here.
Acrobits Promotion Rewards Loyal Customers of their iPhone SIP Client [published on 2010-08-30]
Acrobits recently made a big splash in the VoIP world with their new business caliber SIP client for the iPhone, Groundwire. While this has legions of VoIP users on the iPhone very excited, it was also important to Acrobits to reward users of their already excellent SIP client Acrobits Softphone with an inexpensive upgrade option. Unfortunately, iTunes doesn’t offer a viable option for Acrobits to do this. It looked like existing users of Acrobits Softphone would need to purchase Groundwire at full price to benefit from the exciting new features of Groundwire. Not to mention the licensing agreement for the G.729 codec would require users to purchase a new license to use the codec in Groundwire (G.729 licensing requires a separate license for each client or device). This was unacceptable to Acrobits. “We value our customers and want to reward loyal users of Acrobits Softphone,” says Acrobits. So for two days only (August 30th and 31st, 2010), Groundwire is on sale for only $2.99. And users who want the benefit of using the low bit rate, high quality G.729 codec will be able to purchase the license at half price, only $4.99. Not only is Acrobits leading the market in mobile SIP applications, but they are proving themselves adept at building and maintaining customer loyalty as well.
Though the promotion is targeted toward their existing customer base, new customers will benefit from the promotion as well. So if you were considering purchasing a SIP client for your iPhone, or were waiting for the right time to delve into the world of VoIP, now is the time to do it. You won’t be disappointed.
Acrobits will continue to bring new and exciting SIP clients to the mobile VoIP user in the coming months. Their Acrobits Softphone client for Android should be available on the Android Market sometime in September and you can expect an iPad specific version by the end of the year. Keep an eye out for this up and comer in the VoIP world.
VoipNow Professional Awarded Certification by Yealink [published on 2010-08-27]
4PSA has been awarded interoperability certification by Yealink for their line of SIP telephones when used with the VoipNow Professional software platform. To simplify the provisioning and maintenance of Yealink phones, 4PSA will add support to the provisioning system in the next version of VoipNow Professional, scheduled for September 2010. This will add Yealink to a respectable list of phone vendors already included.
VoipNow Professional software delivers a complete, full-featured, hosted IP PBX with Unified Communications for single or multi-tenant deployment as well as fax, conferencing, IM, presence, video and mobile support. Designed with service providers or data center managers in mind, the functions mentioned are complemented with an array of provisioning, management and quality of service tools to assist in maintaining the integrity of the system at all times. VoipNow deployments can utilize private, public or hybrid cloud infrastructure based on the customer's specific demands.
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Apple Just Gave Bandwidth Providers a Present [published on 2010-09-02] Apple has conquered the wireless world with the iPhone and iPad. Now they want to do to the cable industry what they have done to the wireless carriers. Forced them to get bigger pipes to deliver more big file content, more quickly. The announcement yesterday about streaming video is a dream come true for those of us in the streaming media world. And it's well timed. Add to it that more and more Apple devices can now handle this type of content more easily, all the way from laptops down to iPods, iPads and iPhones, and you have a perfect...Orange HD Voice Arrives in the UK-But Growth Hurdles and Solutions Abound [published on 2010-09-01] There's a revolution going on in voice communications, and it's all about HD Voice. Today, in the UK, Orange (press release), one of the largest mobile operators in the world unveiled their new HD Voice service that works on a small number of handsets from Nokia and Samsung that move the voice traffic over the 3G path. Those are also the first two hurdles as the HD Voice service stops working when the 3G service stops and only works on mobile phones that have the HD Voice codecs installed. The next hurdle deals with when you call someone on another...
Skype For SIP Becomes Skype Connect-Takes Aim At Business and Enterprise Markets [published on 2010-08-30] Google is going after consumers with last week's news about Google Talk being able to make calls now, and binding to GoogleVoice accounts as well. Well Skype isn't sitting still, so while Google chases the no money crowd, Skype is following Willie Sutton's line when asked why he robbed banks. "Because that's where the money is" as the telecom disruptor goes upmarket and upstream into the Business and Enterprise realms with the renaming of Skype for SIP to Skype Connect. According to today's announcement Skype Connect already has over 2,400 active global customers and is now certified to work with...
GMAIL, GTALK and Google Voice-Not All in Sync [published on 2010-08-27] So this morning I took some time to play around with Google Talk/Mail/Voice and sadly, its not all Central. I'll give it the credit it deserves. It does a lot but one thing it doesn't do is SYNC between the mailbox and the voice mailbox. Well, in reality, neither does Google Voice. Here's why. A voice mail message now sits in three places. 1. Your Google Mail box. It is sent to you as an email, with transcription. 2. Your Google Voice inbox. It resides there forever. 3. Your Google Voice call in In box. It resides there until you...
Google Mail Calling-See You Soon [published on 2010-08-27] Google Mail now has calling. For years Google had click to call tied to phone numbers on Google Maps. They've had Google Voice and picked up Gizmo. The media world has lit up over the fact that now from inside GMAIL you can make a phone call by clicking a button and up pops a dialing window. You can call away for free or for what Google feels are very low prices. The installation is rather simple. And calls connect quickly. The sound quality is very good, likely based on the GIPS codecs. But the real sleeping giant inside the...
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Sponsor post: Sponsor post: CrowdConf: 1st Annual Conference on the Future of Distributed Work [published on 2010-09-02] CrowdConf: 1st Annual Conference on the Future of Distributed Work Oct. 4, 2010, San Francisco, Calif. at the St. Regis Hotel We bring together researchers, technologists, outsourcing experts, legal scholars, and artists to discuss the rapidly democratizing and flattening of the global labor market. The event includes a [...]
Twitter for iPad Review: Ahead of the Pack [published on 2010-09-02] The folks at Twitter took their time releasing an app for the iPad, but it was time well spent. Having used more Twitter apps than I can count on multiple platforms, this iPad version is better than any of them for following the Twitterverse.
Android Devs Wait Patiently For Profitable Future [published on 2010-09-02] Apple's iOS platform has paid out more than a billion dollars to third-party developers through the iTunes App Store, but such success is yet to be found in Google's Android Market. Developers tell Bloomberg they still have "high hopes" that Android revenues will come in time.
Ping, Facebook Break Up: It Happened Last Night [published on 2010-09-02] At one time, Apple and Facebook were best friends forever. It was rumored that Facebook would form the underpinning of what is now Ping. No more -- apparently the two companies are not working on Ping together, and consumers are the ones who pay the price.
BuzzFeed Opens Up Access to Its Viral Dashboard [published on 2010-09-02] BuzzFeed, which tracks online topics that have gone viral, is offering a version of the analytics dashboard that the site uses to monitor the spread of these Internet "memes" to any website, brand or publisher that wants to track the popularity of their online content.
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Friday Links: VoIP Tracing, Video Calling, Google Voice [published on 2009-06-19] VoIP News of the UK says that Ofcom wants reverse VoIP tracing for emergency calls in the UK. Smith on VoIP says that niche applications are driving the adoption of video calling. Network World says that Google has grabbed 1 million phone numbers for Google Voice. Whoa.New Headsets Work for Wireless, Wired and Softphones [published on 2009-06-19] There are two new Unified Communications solution products being released by GN Netcom. The new products are the Jabra GO(TM) 6400 and PRO(TM) 9400 Series, which are the first Bluetooth and DECT headset solutions that feaure a touch screen base. They are scheduled for release in September. “We are dedicated to working with today’s industry leading [...]
Contingency Response Communications System Uses, VoIP, Wireless Internet to Connect Agencies [published on 2009-06-19] DevMar Associates are now a distributor for AAR’s Contingency Response Communications System. The communications system is intended to provide local, state and federal agencies with an interoperable communications solution that is simple and yet bridges the gap between agencies, command and control. “AAR is looking forward to working with Dennis DuVal and his team at DevMar [...]
Taridium Releases ipbx iPhone Interface [published on 2009-06-18] Taridium has released an ipbx iPhone interface for its enterprise PBX solution. The iPhone interface compatible with Apple’s iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3G S. “One of the big advantages of the Taridium ipbx iPhone interface is that users can now access internal PBX extensions directly from their mobile phone with a single click — it [...]
TCM Mobile To Release Dual Band VoIP Phone [published on 2009-06-18] There is a new handset coming from TCM Mobile that will work on both the TCM Mobile Cellular VoIP Network and on traditional GSM cellular networks. The dual band phone is scheduled for release in two to three months. “While our new handset is scheduled for release in two to three months, we can currently take [...]
Voip Guides
Now Make Free Calls to USA Canada from your Gmail Account [published on 2010-08-25]
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World's Most Powerful Native VOIP Client App for Blackberry [published on 2010-08-23]
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Magicjack launched Magictalk Web based Free Calling Service [published on 2010-08-18]
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After Blackberry India might ban Google Voice and Skype [published on 2010-08-13]
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Reliance iCall VOIP Service is a Joke [published on 2010-07-26]
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