MIPS Technologies has joined the Open Embedded Software Foundation, which works towards standardization and development of Android platforms for embedded devices such as set-top boxes, home media players and VoIP devices. #8220;With OESF#8217;s goal of creating viable Android-based platforms for embedded products beyond mobile phones, we are pleased to welcome MIPS Technologies, who offers the leading [...]

There is a new softphone available from CounterPath Corporation that works seamlessly with BroadSoft#8217;s BroadWorks VoIP Application platform. Bria for BroadWorks is based on open standards so it a softphone that works with VoIP, Video over IP, Instant Messaging, Short Message Service and Presence. #8220;In our continuing efforts to help enable small business and enterprise markets [...]

MediaTek has released a new chip for USB dongles, handsets and other embedded devices called the MT 7118. The WiMAX Forum Wave2 chip. Additionally, a new handset using a MediaTek chip has been announced as well. #8220;MediaTek is not only a chip company, but a leader clearly setting its marks as the best WiMAX SoC solution [...]

Metaswitch now has the number one position in softswitch licenses. Read about it on TMC. NextGenTel has purchased the broadband service and VoIP service from Tele2 Norway. Read the press release here. FierceVoIP reports that Telesphere has raised $15 million.

A new report from Pyramid Research shows that El Salvador#8217;s fixed and mobile data markets will double by 2014 thanks to growing use of mobile data services, fixed broadband and pay-TV. #8220;Mobile services and broadband have been the engine for growth with penetration of the population closing at 100 percent and 2 percent, respectively, in 2008. [...]

Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc. has agreed to settle its court battle with NETGEAR. NETGEAR was accused of infringing on Network-1#8217;s Remote Power Patent. Under the settlement, NETGEAR will have a non-elusive license to the technology that runs through March 2020, paying quarterly royalties based on the sales of its Power over Ethernet products. Additionally, there will [...]

There are hosted software and service solutions for contact call centers now available from TASterix. #8220;Hosted solutions are inevitable,#8221; said Vince McGlone, CEO of TASterix. #8220;And with Infradapt#8217;s voice and data infrastructure as well as their telephony expertise, TASterix will be able to provide a myriad of hosted applications inclusive of 24-hour business continuity with real-time [...]

Weren#8217;t we just talking about how VoWiFi could be the next big thing? Well. Maybe. Redpine Signals and Ascom Wireless Solutions are collaborating to create next-gen VoWiFi phones that have 802.11n wireless connectivity. The designs will draw upon Ascom#8217;s experience creating handsets, wireless voice and message transmission systems, customised alarm and positioning applications and more. #8220;Redpine#8217;s expertise [...]

Unified Communications Magazine has named Dalcon Communications Manager-Health Care Edition a winner of the 2008 Product of the Year award. #8220;Dalcon has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to their DCM-Healthcare Edition,#8221; said Rich [...]

Skype has a new partnership with Yuuguu. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK. Check out Doug on IP Comm for coverage of the HD Communications Summit. VoIP Watch says that Wi-Fi voice is a burgeoning sector.

Technology Marketing Corporation has award Radware#8217;s SIP Director the 2008 Communications Product of the Year Award. SIP Director is a fully SIP-aware application delivery controller. #8220;We are pleased to be the recipient of this distinguished award from Technology Media Corporation,#8221; said David Aviv, Vice President, Advanced Services, Radware. #8220;At Radware, we strive to offer the finest [...]

Dialogic 2000 Media Gateway Series is now certified as interoperable with Ingate SIParator and Ingate Firewall products, according to Dialogic Corporation and Ingate Systems. The media gateway went through testing to validate the interoperability. With customers at the SMB and enterprise level clammoring to upgrade to VoIP services to cut operating expenses, SIP trunking has really [...]

When:June 22-25, 2009Where:Boston, Mass.What:The Enterprise 2.0 Conference is about creating the social enterprise. Technology isnrsquo;t just IT anymore ndash; itrsquo;s the tools that bring toget...

Free conference calling services are a great deal for those who can use them. But many companies can't because of the limitations that come with the solutions. Often, for example, conferencing-cal...

8#215;8, Inc. and Aastra have teamed up to offer co-branded Virtual Office business IP phones bundled with the 8#215;8 Virtual Office suite. The new products are available at Office Depot. According to the companies: The 8#215;8/Aastra 6755i Virtual Office IP phone replaces the Virtual Office ST2118 analog business phone which Office Depot had previously been carrying. These [...]

Voipswitch IP-PBX has received the 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation. The product is made by Voiceserve Inc. #8220;Voipswitch#8217;s focus on providing the industry with a broad reliable advanced robust range of VOIP communication services can be seen in the latest product award announced today,#8221; said Dr. Chris Oglaza, CTO [...]

Good news for Active Control Technology, the company that created ActiveMine - the wireless voice, tracking and data network for mines. One of the company#8217;s customers has ordered seven more MSHA-approved wireless Wi-Fi nodes and network equipment for a West Virginia mine. This comes just one month after the first installation. #8220;Existing customers like this one [...]

Ifbyphone, a company that just announced its first carrier customer for its advanced hosted telephony services, will be taking part in ClueCon in August. CEO Irv Shapiro will be among the speakers at the event. His session topic hasn#8217;t been officially announced yet. However, on the Ifbyphone blog, they say this: Yesterday the ClueCon blog announced that [...]

You can sort of track the general acceptance of a technology by who#8217;s talking about it. Is it limited to high-tech publications and those in the know? Or are celebrities and well-known publications chatting it up too? VoIP has made a fast ascent into the second category with Oprah regularly pushing Skype on her popular talk [...]

On Wednesday, Corning Cable Systems GmbH #38; Co KG will be at the DatacenterDynamics Conference in Paris. The company will be displaying their Plug #38; Play Universal Systems, which are 100G ready, as well as their Pretium Low-loss OM3 Jumpers. According to Corning Cable Systems: The FutureCom(TM) EA system and S500 Module which provides a universal generic [...]