voice over ip in news
Skype touts biz credentials
News Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception... [02 Jul 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Going beyond partnerships with the likes of SAP, which RIM describes as the BlackBerry "app ecosystem", the smart phone giant is looking at getting its claws into the office PBX - be it an old-school analogue system or next-gen IP-based - via a... [14 May 2008]
Yo!Sushi cuts copper in favour of MPLS
News The network, supplied by NetworkFlow, is a managed service that allows the chain to converge voice and data over IP. Fast food chain Yo! Sushi is forecasting a two-year return on investment on an MPLS (multi protocol label switching) network... [07 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News AT&T will deliver WAN and LAN, voice services including IP-based telephony, managed security solutions, mobility services and will support Shell's Virtual Private Network service for more than 50,000 remote workers. [31 Mar 2008]
BT wins £62m outsourcing deal from KPMG Europe
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. The deal will provide an IP-based telephone system and other improvements aimed at delivering significant operating cost savings to KPMG businesses, which it said would ease future expansion and improve... [31 Mar 2008]
Staff deserting UK call centres
News Morrell said: "The next two years will see a major technology refresh across the industry, focused upon upgrading the network to carry voice as well as data. The report also found that pure IP infrastructure will be commonplace in most UK call... [19 Nov 2007]
VoIP-over-3G to make some noise
News They may also want to launch new mobile "mash-up" IP services involving voice, he said. VoIP-over-3G will be far more successful than the voice-over-wi-fi approach being touted by many communications providers, a new report suggests. [19 Nov 2007]
Towergate opts for converged network policy
News Insurance intermediary Towergate has awarded a £1m, three-year contract to consultancy CCT for an Avaya converged IP voice and data network. The implementation allows Towergate to manage a distributed voice and data network centrally over one... [08 Nov 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office announced a deal with Fujitsu Services for a managed converged voice and data network over IP, called Flex, which it has offered to other public sector organisations to share. [25 Oct 2007]
Cambridge calls for new voice network
News Workers with IP phones will be able to pick up their voice messages from any device with access to the network and Microsoft Outlook. Savings will mostly be made because the council won't have to maintain two networks for voice and data. [19 Oct 2007]
eBay takes $900m hit for Skype buy
News Even though Skype has grown into the largest voice over IP provider on the planet, the bottom line is clear - it still hasn't made enough money to justify the hefty $2.6bn price tag. When the merger was announced, eBay, which owns and operates the... [02 Oct 2007]
Vonage loses bulk of Verizon patent appeal
News And as the legal dust settles, the small voice over IP company now faces the possibility of paying hefty monetary damages and a total shutdown of its IP telephony service. Essentially, US Patent No.and US Patent No.define how phone calls are routed... [27 Sep 2007]
Vonage infringed Sprint patents, says jury
News This is the latest in a series of legal setbacks the voice over IP provider has faced this year. A US federal jury has found internet telephony player Vonage infringed on six patents held by Sprint Nextel. [26 Sep 2007]
Small firms snub videoconferencing
News What that means is that where customers are using our voice services over our broadband, then the voice traffic will be prioritised. The telco launched a new IP Centrex-hosted VoIP service for its SME customers this week. [05 Sep 2007]
Urban wireless networks set to surge
News Nonyelu pointed to voice over IP (VoIP) as another benefit offered by the kind of advanced, large-scale infrastructure required for municipal wi-fi networks. He said: "Our idea was that the [Milton Keynes] network was built not just for internet... [26 Jul 2007]
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