Ifbyphone Gains First Carrier Hosted Services CustomerIfbyphone has tied up with Network Communications of Longview, Texas, to provide its advanced hosted telephony services to the carrier's busin...

The VoIP Weblog talks about Oprah#8217;s Skype love. VoIP Watch talks about the double standard of Skyping from the friendly skies while the general public isn#8217;t allowed to do the same (and gives VoIP-News a shout out!). And the LA Times is talking about it too.

tw telecom inc., a telecommunications company that specialized in Ethernet and transport data networking, Internet access, local and long distance voice, VPN, VoIP and security for enterprise organizations and communications services companies, will be presenting at a conference next week. Here#8217;s the detes: Barclays Capital Worldwide Wireless and Wireline Conference New York, NY, Thursday May 28th @ 2:15 [...]

When there are natural or human-caused disasters, you need communication to be restored quickly and kept up so that critical communications can reach their destination. Verizon Business#8217;s new Emergency Response Mobile Communications Service does just that. And they can do it from anywhere in North America. #8220;Obviously, the faster a company can overcome an unplanned communication [...]

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A few years ago, when Second Life was new, exciting and cool. What#8217;s happened since then is that it#8217;s settled into a more lasting, permanent place where it can facilitate face to face business in a pseudo-business environment. It#8217;s a very interesting new world of where things fit. And VoIP? VoIP has been a very important [...]

What#8217;s the future of high-def voice? Global IP Solutions recently polled participants in a webinar about how they think it will be applied. Of those polled, 57 percent said that conference calling would benefit most, followed by about 33 percent who thought it would increase productivity. Another 16 percent said the greatest impact would be on [...]

In the world of pathetic publicity stunts, Virgin America#8217;s special air-to-ground appearance via Skype while a flight is in progress ranks pretty high on the utterly-stupid-scale. See, in the same press release where Virgin America talks about how great they are for launching fleet-wide in-flight WiFi and how cool they are for having this very [...]

For companies coping with a grim economy, one of the best ways to save money is to cut back on face-to-face meetings. Travel is expensive in terms of both transportation costs and employee time. But t...

Webinar Series: Introducing Energy-Efficient NetworksWatch part two of the FREE webinar series to hear from Earth Rangers - a non-profit organization that empowers kids to improve the health of the pl...

Vopium has entered the Android market. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK. Time Magazine has named Vonage a failure #8230; VoIP Watch disagrees. Incoming! for Skype was just approved for the iPhone. Read about it on VoIP #38; Gadgets blog.

A new virtual science park has been created by County Durham Development Company to offer the services of NETPark to companies located beyond the park#8217;s borders. UKnetpark.net, or NETPark Net, uses CommuniGate Pro and Pronto! communications systems from CommuniGate Systems to offer VoIP, instant messaging, video conferencing and more to make the outside tenants feel [...]

Belgian contact center outsourcer, N-Alla, is upgrading their six VoIP contact centers with NICE Systems#8217;s NICE SmartCenter solution. NICE says that the solution will allow N-Allo to improve their customer service levels and operational efficiency with integrated VoIP-based recording, quality management and workforce management solutions. #8220;While we have been using NICE#8217;s quality management and IEX#8217;s workforce [...]

TalkSwitch IP PBXs have now been tested and approved for interoperability with nexVortex SIP Trunking Services, which allow TalkSwitch customers to access business-grade VoIP from nexVortex. #8220;nexVortex and TalkSwitch have successfully tested the operation of SIP trunks using nexVortex SIP Trunking Services and the VoIP-enabled TalkSwitch IP PBXs,#8221; said Fred Fromm, president and CEO, nexVortex. #8220;This [...]

Verizon Business has unveiled new service packages designed for the small to medium sized business market. The packages combine wireline and wireless voice and data capabilities and also offer security and network management. #8220;With these new offerings, medium-sized business customers can take advantage of Verizon Business#8217; proven enterprise-grade solutions, tailored to their specific needs and with [...]

There is a new cellular service that#8217;s using free, unlicensed spectrum to offer high-quality sevice using VoIP technology. TCM Mobile says that they introduced the service after several years of development and testing, and that it#8217;s available for licensing. This allows carriers to enter the market without purchasing dedicated spectrum. #8220;TCM Mobile has resolved the major [...]

Talari Networks has added the Mercury T200 appliance to its Adaptive Private Networking (APN) solution. APN solves reliability problems caused by heavy applications like VoIP #8220;Adaptive Private Networking#8217;s unique ability to substantially lower IT operating costs without sacrificing reliability offers truly compelling ROI in today#8217;s difficult business climate,#8221; said industry analyst Dr. Jim Metzler of Ashton, [...]

Ambient Media is now an authorized distributor and importer for ViewCast Corporation products in Spain and Portugal. The products include Osprey video capture cards and Niagara encoding systems. #8220;We#8217;ve been promoting ViewCast solutions for more than seven years, and believe that working with them even more closely will give our customers an advantage over those who [...]

Global IP Solutions will be sponsoring the HD Communications Summit in New York. The summit, which is scheduled for May 21, will address issues and benefits of the widespread deployment of HD VoIP. #8220;We#8217;re excited to be part of this important event, which will shed light on the opportunities associated with widely deploying HD voice over [...]

FCC Shortens Number Porting TimeThe FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has voted to shorten to one day the interval within which carriers must port numbers to other carriers. The current interval...