Catching up on VoIP News - 7/1/06
Catching up on some news items for the last few days
Mobile Phones to Integrate Wi-Fi – Research Firm.Handsets for VoIP, and handsets that incorporate WiFi (predecessors to the FMC moves we'll see ahead) and everywhere in the news the past week or two. This story is just one of many.
Cell Phones to Get Wireless LAN Support
Mobile phones featuring Wi-Fi connectivity will get higher popularity in general and in the
U.S. in particular, believes research firm In-Stat. Even though nowadays few handset models can boast with Wi-Fi functionality, in future the technology will be enabled in much more handsets, as wireless local area networks (WLAN) are everywhere and customers will seek for phones that can access the Web using WLAN.
“In the end, most U.S. cellular carriers will embrace Wi-Fi in their handsets, as carriers know that if they don’t, other carriers will, and these carriers will likely steal away some of their customers. . Combo handsets also offer carriers opportunities to provide services such as VoIP over Wi-Fi, lessening impact on their cellular data system,” says Allen Nogee, an In-Stat analyst.
TMCnet Mentions Plantronics in Week in ReviewPlantronics has had several news mentions in the last couple of weeks. TMCNet offers a nice synopsis of the latest news.
Headset manufacturer Plantronics introduced on Monday the Plantronics Voyager 510-USB, a Bluetooth headset system for VoIP connections, which supports the integration and use of call management capabilities to be featured in the new Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007.
Vonage Names New Interim Vice PresidentVonage is suffering the ravages of their ill-fated IPO. And while tehir stock slowly crept up a bit, the struggles ahead are monumentatl. Questionable whether Smith will be able to salvage victory from the IPO disaster.
Consumer VoIP company Vonage Holdings Corp., which went public in May, announced on Friday the promotion of Timothy G. Smith to interim president of Vonage Network Inc. Vonage’s previous president, Louis Mamakos, now will serve solely as Vonage’s CTO.
In his new position, Smith will oversee all of Vonage’s network and systems operations globally and manage the Vonage Network staff.
Before joining Vonage in July 2005 as senior vice president of network and systems infrastructure, Smith worked in various management roles for technology companies and organizations including Sun Microsystems Inc., UUNET Technologies Inc. and Wayport Inc.
Prognosis, acclaimed by many as a leading tool for managing VoIP networks, got confirmation of their market leadership again with this survey's results.
Locally-Listed IR Voted Tops For VoIP Management
Corporate VoIP users surveyed by Nemertes Research have given Prognosis IP from locally-listed Integrated Research the thumbs up when it comes to monitoring and managing their IP Telephony deployments.
The Convergence & Next-Generation WAN Technologies study concludes that successful voice-over-IP deployments require specific VoIP monitoring, management and reporting tools and cites PROGNOSIS IP Telephony Manager as the product of choice for larger-scale deployments.
Nemertes asked about 100 senior US and international IT executives about best practices for monitoring, managing and securing their converged networks. Despite being something of an afterthought, specific management of the IP telephony service layer has quickly become one of the most important components of successful convergence projects, says Nemertes.
Study: VoIP Fuels Enterprise Equipment SpendingFascinating study results confirming the upward growth of converged IP communications solutions in several key business areas. The TIA is a very solid source for watching telecom trends. They've at it for a long time and understand the nuances of telecom better than many industry surveyors.
By Michael Hickins
Enterprise hardware spending has rebounded thanks in large part to computer-telephony integration.
A study released Thursday by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) shows that after lackluster years earlier this decade, 2004 and 2005 showed sharp increases in corporate spending on new communications tools.
Total revenue from spending on enterprise equipment reached $98.3 billion in 2005, an increase of 6.9 percent over 2004, and is expected to climb to $104.5 billion in 2006.
Matt Flanigan, president of the TIA, told internetnews.com that computer-telephony integration (CTI) was the fastest-growing component of the enterprise market in 2005 with a 10.5 percent increase to $5.7 billion.
Videoconferencing equipment, which rose 10 percent to $825 million, came in a close second.
Flanigan said that companies are choosing solutions like VoIP (define) and video conferencing in order to maintain a competitive advantage over their rivals.
"IP technology has caught on so well and is so much more efficient for companies to sign onto because it gives them advantages the old technologies do not have. They need this to remain leaders in their respective fields," he said.
Flanigan said that as older PBXs (define) come off line, most are being replaced by IP-PBXs.
South Korea temporarily lifts decision to block VoIP servicesThis is pretty big news in terms of international VoIP. Good progress seeing this government effort to be more open and forward-thinking in permitting VoIP technologies. South Korea is quickly advancing in technology and showing increasing wisdom in thinking through some decisions before implementing knee-jerk reactionary decisions from the past.
Government will discuss Internet calling ban with USFK
By T.D. Flack, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, July 2, 2006
SEOUL — The decision to block South Korea-based U.S. military community members from making phone calls via the Internet has been put on hold.
The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communications and Dacom, the Internet service provider that serves about 12,000 base customers, agreed late Thursday to a U.S. Forces Korea request to suspend Saturday’s deadline to begin blocking the service.
Dacom and the two other major ISPs, Korea Telecom and Hanaro, want to ban U.S.-based voice over Internet protocol, or VoIP, companies that are not in compliance with the country’s Telecommunications Business Act.
Verizon Sues Maryland County over Cable ServiceI don' t think I'll ever underdstand how a telco can sue a municipality and think they'll be perceived as anything but predatory guardians of their old, outdated legacy. I know they have contractual rights, but every time a telco does this thye look like predators taking advantage of municipalities trying to provide service to the public. The telcos need to find a better way and quit suing cities and counties.
A spokesperson for Verizon Communications told eWEEK June 30 that Verizon has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt, Md., against Montgomery County, Md. The suit, which was filed on Thursday, June 29, claims that the county's cable franchise agreement violates federal law and infringes on the Verizon's Constitutional rights.The suit asks for a preliminary injunction asking the court to invalidate the county cable franchise law and to require the county to negotiate a legal franchise with Verizon.
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