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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:22:04 GMT

New Content on Tech Target - Unified Communications

I recently started contributing to Tech Target , which is a pretty rich source of content for all things IT and enterprise communications. One of...

I recently started contributing to Tech Target , which is a pretty rich source of content for all things IT and enterprise communications. One of the features I support on occasion is called Ask The Expert , where I provide brief replies to questions submitted by readers. It's not a forum for in-depth analysis, but it creates some dialog among a wide range of industry...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:38:10 GMT

Open Web Foundation can clear the way for innovation

Skype Journal

Open Web Foundation launched today . Anything that helps more projects survive the path from concept to adoption is fantastic. The OWF is...

Open Web Foundation launched today . Anything that helps more projects survive the path from concept to adoption is fantastic. The OWF is tackling several human barriers to technical success. Legal barriers. Great projects have been stalled for many quarters because contributions to their work product (designs, sample code, specification, etc.) were not cleared. OWF will host...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:14 GMT

Mobile Broadband Growing, But Fixed Still Rules

VoIP Watch

Fierce Wireless has pointed to a Forrester Research report that says that while mobile broadband will grow, there will still be a heavy demand for...

Fierce Wireless has pointed to a Forrester Research report that says that while mobile broadband will grow, there will still be a heavy demand for fixed broadband. To me, this translates that WiFi will remain the dominant wireless access technology for quite some time.

By Andy Abramson

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:30:41 GMT

Tom Keating: Run VoIP in your House - get arrested

Planet Asterisk

Apparently, in Bangladesh if you try and resell VoIP services out of your house, you're apt to get raided. Hope what happened to American Eliadah...

Apparently, in Bangladesh if you try and resell VoIP services out of your house, you're apt to get raided. Hope what happened to American Eliadah "Lia" McCord (forced to smuggle drugs, caught by Bangladesh airport security, gets 30-year sentence, but eventually pardoned thanks to help from Gov. Bill Richardson) doesn't happen to people who run VoIP services out of their house. ...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:45 GMT

Tom Keating: Vonage UK launches new low cost V-Plan calling plans

Planet Asterisk

Vonage today announced two new low cost call plans for their Vonage UK subsidiary. According to Vonage UK, "Following customer research and...

Vonage today announced two new low cost call plans for their Vonage UK subsidiary. According to Vonage UK, "Following customer research and reacting directly to consumer concern about increasing household costs and spiraling business overheads, Vonage has created two new fixed rate call plans." They added, "Vonage subscribers report enormous savings on their monthly bills and...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:30:40 GMT

Tom Keating: Packet8 675xi VoIP for the SMB

Planet Asterisk

I missed the 8x8/Packet8 news on July 16th about its new hosted small office "key" system and plug-and-play IP phones. Joan Citelli, Director of...

I missed the 8x8/Packet8 news on July 16th about its new hosted small office "key" system and plug-and-play IP phones. Joan Citelli, Director of Corporate Communications emailed me asking for a briefing, but apparently I never replied since her email was still marked as unread and nothing in my Sent Items. Email overload I guess. The news was about 8x8, working with handset...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:36:28 GMT

Taking a Vacation From The VoIP Weblog

The VoIP Weblog

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alberto Pomares I will be taking a break from my various blogs for the next week and a half-including this one. I...

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Alberto Pomares I will be taking a break from my various blogs for the next week and a half-including this one. I will be on vacation with my family, visiting friends and enjoying my time away from the usual day-to-day of my life. VoIP will be the farthest thing from my mind. Unless one of the other roaming bloggers posts something while I'm...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:30:38 GMT

Voip-Info: Asterisk func Devstate / New Version of fun_devstate [ID: 56671]

Planet Asterisk

After using the patch from Paul, I had some trouble with the cli - command. If i forgot the arguments (like: fundevstate change) asterisk crashed...

After using the patch from Paul, I had some trouble with the cli - command. If i forgot the arguments (like: fundevstate change) asterisk crashed immediately. Second issue i had was that i always got a warning in the CLI. Changed both in the file and edited the comments. Hope this patch will help some of you guys. New download here:...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:49 GMT

Berry Me or Be Cool and Bold

VoIP Watch

Jim Courtney has the lowdown on the rumored BlackBerry Bold and what it means to the UK customers of 3, my favorite UK mobile operator.

By Andy Abramson

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:02:09 GMT

VoIP consulting for SMBs

FierceVoIP

A new study finds small businesses are bringing in outside help to figure out VoIP buying decisions. In research conducted by The Brookside Group,...

A new study finds small businesses are bringing in outside help to figure out VoIP buying decisions. In research conducted by The Brookside Group, companies found that buying a phone system had become a much more complex task. SMBs expect more out of the systems they choose, so they're increasingly reaching out to consultants to help them make the right choices. Likewise,...

By Doug Mohney

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:30:50 GMT

Voip-Info: / Re: smallest computer that I can run Asterisk on [ID: 56652]

Planet Asterisk

Check out ((Asterisk embedded systems)) admin () at 2008-07-23 23:05 GMT

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:20:27 GMT

ALSO NOTED: Comverse, IBM Partner; Sawtel Chooses DiVitas Networks; and much more...

FierceVoIP

VocalTec Receives $9.2 Million from Sale of Patents Sawtel Chooses DiVitas Networks to Complete Its Unified Communications Strategy Atlanta's ...

VocalTec Receives $9.2 Million from Sale of Patents Sawtel Chooses DiVitas Networks to Complete Its Unified Communications Strategy Atlanta's i2Telecom gets $9M to expand ZONE Telecom Selects Empirix for VoIP Service Monitoring Comverse, IBM Partner to Deliver Value-Added Services and Billing Solutions for Service Providers Unisys Employs Quintum's Tenor VoIP Gateway...

By Doug Mohney

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:05:14 GMT

Roadcasting with webcams, streaming, 3G and Skype

Skype Journal

Roadcasting . Joel Moye, a South Carolina truck driver, streams video and IMs while driving in the American South. Friends read chat room...

Roadcasting . Joel Moye, a South Carolina truck driver, streams video and IMs while driving in the American South. Friends read chat room comments to him over Skype . You can follow his GPS . If nothing else, it makes the road less lonely. Toolkit: a laptop, the Gateway Notebook Model: MT6728 . A CabCam visor facing the driver's seat and a visor mount looking forward...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:31:01 GMT

Voip-Info: / How to add sip header in sip response message from asterisk [ID: 56648]

Planet Asterisk

I have configured asterisk as registrar to test my code. Now I can register and make a call. I would like to add an additional header, say...

I have configured asterisk as registrar to test my code. Now I can register and make a call. I would like to add an additional header, say "P-Associated-URI" in 200 OK response from asterisk. Can we add an header in 200 OK response from ASTERISK ? If so, where and How ? Thanks Srinivas srinivas_gowda (Srinivas) at 2008-07-23 19:26 GMT

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:27:54 GMT

VoIP growth in LatAm driven by cheap & broadband

FierceVoIP

The power of VoIP is rolling into Latin America, driven by lower costs and the growth of broadband services. It's also affecting service provider...

The power of VoIP is rolling into Latin America, driven by lower costs and the growth of broadband services. It's also affecting service provider profits, says the new "VoIP in Latin America" report by Frost & Sullivan. In Brazil, the growth of VoIP and IP telephony is in part expected to cause a 2.8 percent early dip in local revenues and a 7.9 percent dip in long-distance...

By Doug Mohney