18 December 2007

Lisa Pierce, vice president at Forrester Research, said she thinks that Ribbit has a challenging path before it with its SmartSwitch technology that promises to revolutionize VoIP. "But if Ribbit is successful," she said, "it very likely will be acquired by one of the major players -- companies Ribbit's brochure treats with some disdain."

09 April 2008

VoIP-Provider, Sipgate, has made an affordable mobile VoIP phone available to the UK market, marking the company’s entry into fixed-mobile convergence.

The Pirelli DP-L10 GSM/Wifi phone is available to anyone from Sipgate’s online shop for just £59. The offer is not restricted to Sipgate’s VoIP customers.

The phone features a free SIM-lock, which means it can be used by customers on any cellular network.

20 December 2007

The number of businesses using Siemens HiPath 8000 real-time VoIP (voice over IP) UC (unified communications) system have jumped more than 400% in the last year.

The company suggests that increased user collaboration and productivity are the reasons, and states that it’s seeing uptake in all industry sectors and across companies of all sizes.

02 October 2007

New IP telephony offerings targeted at small and medium sized businesses.

The impending acquisition of 3Com by Huawei Technologies and Bain Capital, overshadowed its US unveiling of new IP telephony offerings targeted at small and medium sized businesses (SMBs).

28 December 2007

VoIP clearly has moved into the mainstream, but 2007 marked a year of high-profile stumbles that appear to signal the end of standalone IP telephony.

02 October 2007

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31 December 2007

Experts are predicting that VoIP telephony solutions stand to benefit from advances in the UK's broadband network.

The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) said that as demand for high-quality online TV grows, broadband providers will increasingly warm to the idea of upgrading their connections.

Countries such as South Korea, France and Germany have already begun investing in ultra-fast 100 megabit broadband networks, capable of streaming up to a dozen high-definition TV channels.

03 January 2007

We will all have our own views on what will be hot or not in 2008, but this list of 5 areas to look at seems pretty spot on to me:

04 October 2007

3 is thought to be working on a Skype mobile, which will give the VoIP service more presence on mobiles.

A spokesperson for 3 said the operator and a "leading internet communications company are working together to produce a exciting new product to make free internet calls completely mobile". The unnamed company is widely expected to be Skype.

3 is not releasing any further details on the product.