http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/voip VoIP - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1106714?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Gretchen CarrollVoicemail is a feature that seems to come with just about every VoIP solution out there. While it's been a staple on landlines as well, the one thing that VoIP companies bring to the table is sending voi... Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:14:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1106714?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106702?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 A Greek ethnic media outlet, the Hellenic News, has profiled Comcast's Senior VP of Voice Service, Cathy Avgiris.I love how she slams Vonage in her closing remarks. Total slap in their face coming and going. Voice over IP has gotten a bad rap from so... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:20:45 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106702?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 You can judge the players without a score card is an old saying from my days in Pro Sports.Well Ike Elliott has released details from a survey he conducted focusing on who the VoIP wholesale and retail players are. It's worth a glimpse and a read.P.S... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:45:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106705?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1105681?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 AT&T, long before it merged with SBC had made a half-hearted attempt at getting into consumer VoIP by selling a service called, CallVantage. It was surprisingly good, especially its call quality. Unfortunately, the company never quite made the commit... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:13:39 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1105681?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Tom Keating at TMCNet has a sneaky suspicion that AT&T is going to kill off CallVantage, perhaps the best mass market implementation of VoIP around for consumers.As a long time user of CallVantage that would be sad. It worked as it does today the day... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:50:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 On the Squawk Box for Wednesday, July 2, 2008, we talked about:news that Google and Yahoo would start indexing Flash-based websites.Adobe handed over control of PDF to ISO so that it is an approved standard.Amazon discovered that cloud computing made... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:36:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1105332?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 One of the words you'll regularly see in my blog posts is the word client. My agency, Comunicano, represents many of the more cutting edge companies in voice, collaboration, video and mobile. When I started this blog, I had four goals, which I've s... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:10:28 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1106711?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1106718?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I was trying to figure out why this particular announcement was news. In fact, this was discussed on Friday's Squawk Box call about 23 minutes in.Who cares what backend services platform Gizmo5-or any other VoIP company-uses? I suppose Level 3 might ... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:05:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1106718?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104166?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Jajah, in its effort to become a backend platform for VoIP services, has started offering call termination, billing and other such services to one and all comers. They got a big boost when they signed up Yahoo! Now, the Sequoia Capital-backed compan... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:48:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1104166?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104063?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Image via WikipediaIn Telerupted: Twilight for Telephone Networks, Daniel Berninger projects that at some point VoIP networks will connect more individuals than the PSTN, and then asks what might happen to current minutes based VoIP businesses. These... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:41:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1104063?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1103773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Image via WikipediaYou may recall a few weeks ago that JAJAH announced that they had won Yahoo s call termination business. Essentially, Yahoo outsourced their network to JAJAH. That s a great deal for JAJAH.This morning they ve done it again... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:00:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1103773?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1103754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 From hardware PBXes like Jazinga, we move to a PBX that runs on Windows. 3CX sent me a press release about version 6.0 of their Windows-based PBX. They made a big deal out of adding 10 features in 20 weeks. 3CX has four different versions, including ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:38:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1103754?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1103326?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 The countdown to the MobileBeat2008 conference continues.Today we re adding seven more companies to the list of nominees for best mobile company, or the one with the biggest, baddest idea and that has a decent chance at being a business hit. The to... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:33:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1103326?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1103145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 T-Mobile launches nationwide July 2nd with its home-line replacement service--or is it a cell plan extension service? I link here to Seattle Times's columnist Brier Dudley's take on @Home, T-Mobile's $10 per month unlimited domestic home calling serv... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:33:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1103145?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1102710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Session initiation protocol-compatible VoIP devices already account for as much as 20 percent of landline telephone traffic, thanks to the efforts of companies like Cisco, which sells to enterprises, and Comcast (in the U.S.) or Free (in France), whi... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:55:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1102710?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1102603?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I got a piece of hardware from UPS on Monday from a company called Jazinga. It's a Wifi-enabled router with a PBX that promises to make it possible to have a PBX up and running without an IT staff. In it's pre-release form, it's not quite like that, ... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:03:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1102603?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1102296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I thought it was time I chimed in on the new service pack [SP1] that has just been released to the Response Point manufacturers and what it means to Canadian small businesses that might take some interest in buying a Response Point PBX.Response Point... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:42:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1102296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1101417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Jaxtr now has a buck for every one of its users. The company has raised $10 million in a second round of financing to expand its cheap overseas internet calling business.The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company uses a voice-over-internet-protocol service... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1101417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Jaxtr, the online VoIP social network and service, has launched out-of-network calling that will allow users to call phone lines around the world. The new service will allow users to call family and friends (even non-members) from their own phones ... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1101426?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1100586?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 The folks at SightSpeed continue to quietly amaze. As I mentioned last week, SightSpeed was going to announce 9-way video conferencing, and they did exactly that for their SightSpeed Business customers. SightSpeed Business customers can now talk to u... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:48:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1100586?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1100301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 This passed by a lot of people as I haven't seen much on it. It seems a few days ago legislation is making its way through Congress that makes VoIP calls the same as those from the PSTN when it comes to E911.That's great news in my book.At this point... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:48:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1100301?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1099926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I got my Novatel Wireless MC950D Wireless GSM/3G modem...it rocks.I've been playing more and more with the NO IT GUY REQUIRED Jazinga box, a combined router, WiFi access point and VoIP service box for the SOHO and SMB market. It really rocks. Alec Sa... Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:01:29 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1099926?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1099757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 ToastyKenNot only do users enjoy unlimited mobile calls between other users when connected to the Internet they can also have low rates for calling any fixed-line or moblie phone. With SIP-enabled phones, that have WiFi capabilities, MediaRing let... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:10:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1099757?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1098621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 The countdown to MobileBeat2008 continues.Today we re adding nine companies to the list of nominees for best mobile company. They ve been selected by an internal VentureBeat panel of experts that evaluated dozens of write-in candidates over the p... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:29:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/silicon-beat/1098621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1097858?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Daniel SteinWhile many U.S.-based voice over IP service providers already provide access to 911 service thanks to an FCC ruling requiring them to do so, it comes with a lot of limitations. Most service providers use a t... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:55:42 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1097858?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1097316?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Skype recently released a 4.0 beta version of their VoIP and instant messaging client for WIndows. It incorporates a new user interface that seems to focus more on video than on the IM or voice features. More from this video:Skype 4.0 Beta for Window... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:12:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1097316?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1096679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 LinkedIn Mountain View, California LinkedIn is an online network of more than 20 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 02:16:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1096679?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1096546?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Skype, the peer-to-peer VoIP provider and a division of eBay, wants to grow up both as a company and as a communications utility. To that end, it is launching the beta version of its latest Skype client software. Josh Silverman, the company s n... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:42:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1096546?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1096209?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Semtech (SMTC) shares are under pressure today after Canaccord Adams analyst Bobby Burleson cut his rating on the stock to Hold from Buy, following checks showing weak bookings in power management. Burlseon says that orders from the notebook seg... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:26:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1096209?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1096208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Vonage (VG) disclosed in an SEC filing that it has extended the negotiation period with a third party financing source to provide $215 million private debt financing. Vonage first announced negotiation for the financing deal in April. At the ti... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:26:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1096208?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1095735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Carolyn Schuk, a great writer who wrote for San Jose Business Journal, Voxilla [and others] is stinking mad tonight. Her comments on a recent article Women Poised to Buy 3G iPhone, But True Cost Still Unknown , leaves little to the imagination.... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:02:13 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1095735?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1095148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Andy makes some valid points as he ponders the world of SIP without Microsoft. It would seem to me that with many of the service providers bailing out of the softphone services business that maybe the market is either already saturated or that the of... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:16:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-blog-and-podcast/1095148?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1095150?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I hear through the grapevine that some people actually showed up in Amsterdam for VON earlier this month.Either they were living under a rock in the VoIP and Telcom world or they wanted a free trip on their company's dime.... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:23:43 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1095150?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1094678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Rom Feria over on Tech Without Wires finds an interesting application for the iPhone by a company calledA company called iCall. He describes it as similar to the TMobile's Hotspot@Home service. Features include:Make and receive calls over WiFiTransfe... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:47:08 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1094678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1094444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 With AOL failing at VoIP, and with Yahoo virtually outsourcing to Yahoo, with Google not doing much talk over Google Talk, it's no surprise that Microsoft has put itself (and the market) into an interesting let's not do anything for now position wh... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:20:41 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1094444?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1094360?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 We all have ideas we know one day will happen, and in the case of Paul Kapustka, who is now authoring SideCut Reports, he had an idea about bandwidth usage tracking that would help everyone who has an ISP who one day will start to measure. Can you sp... Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:27:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1094360?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1093747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Standard & Poor s telecom equipment analyst Ari Bensinger today cut his rating on Foundry Networks (FDRY) to Sell from Hold. Bensinger says he expects increaed adoption of 10-gigabit networks, voice over IP and power over Ethernet to be solid lo... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:56:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1093747?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1093312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 On the surface Verizon making the claim that they are going to expand in to the rural markets with their market leading FiOS is no big deal. But it is.For years the satellite and cable guys have had the run of the tier 2 markets to deliver television... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:51:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1093312?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1093313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 TMC pointed me to a very nice report which shows the business of VoIP will be growing in the business space.... Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:21:53 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1093313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1092163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Rebtel has partnered with EasyJet to make their version of mobile VoIP more widely accessible to the travel market.... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:20:24 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-watch/1092163?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1091786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Image via WikipediaeasyJet, easyInternetface, easyCar and now easyMobile.easyGroup, the revolutionary brand that has brought low-cost airfare, Internet and rentals to Europe is now launching the world s cheapest phone call service , easyMob... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:09 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/1091786?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1093947?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Rebtel, a London-based VoIP startup, seems to be taking a white-label approach to boost usage of its services. The company will announce a brand license deal with easyGroup, a company started by discount carrier easyJet founder and serial entreprene... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:00:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1093947?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1091521?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 I apologize for the following deluge of Wi-Fi items, but I'm catching up after Apple's major product announcement on Monday: I was in San Francisco for the day, a neat trick from Seattle, and was able to see the Wi-Fi signal at one station on BART ri... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:21:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/wi-fi-networking-news/1091521?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1090970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Alvarion (ALVR) shares are on the rise in pre-market trading after the company announced a deal to combine forces with Nortel (NT) in the WiMax market. The two companies said that have a joint strategic WiMAX agreement to create an end-to-end WiMA... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:41:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1090970?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1090744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5747813The past few weeks have been challenging for me on a number of fronts. As far as challenges related to this posting go, I managed to drop my personal laptop while coming back from Ottawa last week. This ca... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:37:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1090744?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1089567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Vitaliy PakhnyushchyyIt's funny, we hear a lot about free calls on different services. While that's great for the end user, those free calls cost someone and companies are finally starting to realize that they can't kee... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:32:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/voip-weblog/1089567?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1089200?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Today s launch of the 3G iPhone has some welcome changes to the phone itself, but also highlighted the details behind the iPhone development platform. It s nice to know that when the iPhone comes out on July 11 a horde of programmers have been wo... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:08:14 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1089200?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1088998?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 As Apple gears up for the launch of its 3G iPhone, outside developers and startups are finally going to get to sell or give away their own applications that run natively on the phone (as opposed to being optimized for the Safari browser, as are most ... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:45:52 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1088998?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1088651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 BlogTalkRadio, the site that allows online broadcasters to generate shows using phone calls, has introduced a new feature they call Ask the host . The feature allows fans listening to live shows to interact with the show s host in real-time u... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:58:49 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1088651?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1089236?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41 Interesting points from a European perspective:Worldwide availability on the same date, just a month from now. This takes some doing. Congrats to Apple for understanding that launching in just the US isn't the way to win hearts, minds and wallets els... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:57:50 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1089236?rsstype=populararticles&cid=41