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8×8: Service outage caused by unaffiliated ISP interference
8×8’s VoIP service outage on January 12 lasted about four hours and resulted in some frustration for both customers and the company itself. 8×8 was gracious enough to provide us with some more details about what exactly happend. According to Joan Citelli, director of Corporate Communications for 8×8, the outage occured when an unaffiliated Tier-1... »
Skype to FCC: Keep the Internet Open & Neutral
Skype, a big proponent of open networks and net neutrality, in a filing today with the Federal Communications Commission argued that net neutrality was “about growing the broadband ecosystem and preserving a borderless, open Internet” and said it would “promote investment, jobs and innovation.” The company said that it “welcomes the Commission’s focus on preserving... »
Here Comes Dynamic Caller ID
Flat Planet Phone Co., an Israeli VoIP startup, has developed a new VoIP technology called Dynamic Caller ID that essentially allows you to have multiple caller IDs built on the fly. These caller IDs depend on the local number being dialed. For instance, if you call someone in Orange County, Calif., from New York,... »
Massachusetts Miracle in the Making
Came across a patriotic video that will have your patriotic heart soaring – at least for the first 42 seconds. After that, how you view this video depends on how you view the current Obama administration. The premise of the video is how on April, 19, 1775 Americans first fought the British... »
Configure Debuts TESA TEM Solution
Configure Inc. has announced the debut of TESA (Telecom Expense Solution Advantage), a cost-management solution for medium-to-large enterprises. Furnished under a SaaS model, TESA can analyze multivendor or multiservice telecom environments, exposing inefficiencies and helping companies keep their telecom costs under control. TESA unifies the entire telecom landscape: landlines, VoIP, …(229 words) ... »
Skype to FCC: Keep Internet Open & Neutral
Skype, a big proponent of open networks and net neutrality, in a filing today with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), argued that net neutrality was “about growing the broadband ecosystem and preserving a borderless, open Internet” and said it would “promote investment, jobs and innovation.” The company said that it “welcomes the Commission’s focus on... »
SIP Forum Elects New Management
The SIP Forum has announced the recent re-election of industry veteran and VoIP pioneer Richard Shockey to the board of directors, and as new board chairman. He plans new focus areas in smart grid and unified communications, he said.Additionally, the Forum has re-elected Eric Burger, CTO at NeuStar Inc., to …(341 words) Related Topics: LEC,... »
8×8 Outage Wasn’t Their Fault
As I wrote yesterday, the outage at 8×8 wasn’t likely their fault so i was quite pleased when their PR person, Joan Citelli, sent me this note today: Andy – I wanted to provide you with an update/explanation of what caused 8×8’s service outage this past Tuesday. In order to provide services to our customers from our... »
Vonage CFO Rego Leaving Company
The CFO of Vonage Holdings Corp.(VG) is leaving the company some time this year, but didn’t say why. John Rego has worked for Vonage, an over-the-top VoIP provider, since 2002.In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Vonage said Rego has agreed to stay in his positions – which also include …(88 words) ... »
Vonage CFO Rego Leaving Company
The CFO of Vonage Holdings Corp.(VG) is leaving the company some time this year, but didn’t say why. John Rego has worked for Vonage, an over-the-top VoIP provider, since 2002.In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Vonage said Rego has agreed to stay in his positions – which also include …(88 words) Related Topics: LEC,... »
Wholesaler 360networks Heads Into Northern California
IP services wholesaler 360networks said Thursday it’s expanded into Northern California.The Seattle-based company now covers area from Eureka through San Francisco, down to Santa Cruz. The growth added coverage for 7.2 million people from 126 rate centers, 360networks said. The company, which sells VoIP, private line and T-1 services, now …(84 words) ... »
Wholesaler 360networks Heads Into Northern California
IP services wholesaler 360networks said Thursday it’s expanded into Northern California.The Seattle-based company now covers area from Eureka through San Francisco, down to Santa Cruz. The growth added coverage for 7.2 million people from 126 rate centers, 360networks said. The company, which sells VoIP, private line and T-1 services, now …(84 words) Related Topics: California,... »
Tektronix Rolls Out Core Network Test Platform
Tektronix Communications has unveiled the Spectra2u Core Network test platform for the Spectra2 protocol test product line. Built on an Intel Dual Quad Core processing architecture, Spectra2u allows network equipment manufacturers and telecom operators to test NGN, VoIP and converged networks for functionality, conformance, performance and media quality – all …(195 words) Related Topics: equipment,... »
Celebrating MLK Day
Just wanted to give you all a quick heads-up that on Monday we will be taking a publication holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Fear not, however, as we will be sending you FierceVoIP on Tuesday instead–with lots of pre-ITExpo goodness for you to read before you head to Miami. Enjoy... »
UC to grow to $30B market
According to two new reports from Wainhouse Research, the market for unified communications will grow to $30 billion within five years. Rapid growth will be due in large part to the complexity of premises-based UC products with UC services revenues outgrowing traditional conferencing services by 2013 or 2014. The market will rebound in the short... »
Skype for Business brings on new talent
As Skype gets more serious about its business VoIP offerings, it is bringing on new talent. David Gurle will be taking over for Stefan Oberg as the new General Manager and Vice President of the Skype for Business unit. Gurle came to Skype from Thomson Reuters where he served as Global Head of Collaboration Services... »
Packet8 back online after outage
8×8 says the failure of its VoIP system Packet8 yesterday was caused, according to the company, by “an Internet element beyond our control.” The service returned by 4:30 PM pacific time and the company is still looking into the causes of the disruption. A major issue during the disruption was 8×8’s own internal systems (including their website) went down... »
Windstream launches new VoIP/SIP service
Windstream is launching a new VoIP and SIP Trunking solution called Dynamic Office-SIP. The tier 2 telco’s business services solution will combine voice, data, high-speed Internet with IP communications using SIP to provide cost-savings over legacy phone systems. The new IP communications offering provides customers with access to Windstream’s private IP network allowing customers to... »
Voxbone sees growth in 2009
Not everyone is blaming the recession this year, some are actually announcing good news! Belgium-based Voxbone, which provides local and toll-free phone numbers over its own private VoIP network worldwide, saw substantial growth in 2009. Voxbone’s 2009 revenue was up 60 percent over 2008. Unfortunately, since Voxbone is a private company they didn’t actually disclose... »
8 x 8 Has an Outage
I received an email late yesterday afternoon from a reader about 8 x 8 suffering an outage. Unlike Tom Keating, who posted, I didn’t post, and was relieved that their PR folks had been quickly in touch with their customers over night, explaining the situation. In an era where no company (other than maybe the... »
Packet8 Service Down
Almost exactly one year ago 8X8’s Packet8 VoIP service suffered a major outage due to DNS issues. It now appears that both their domains 8×8.com and www.packet8.net are down. But more importantly their VoIP phone service is down. Stay tuned while I try and find out more… Update #1: from Joan Citelli Director,... »
Australia goes wild for wireless internet
Use of wireless broadband services mushroomed during the past year to reach more than two million subscribers, driven by the popularity of wireless modems and mobile devices such as the iPhone. The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s communications report, released yesterday, revealed the use of wireless broadband services jumped 162 per cent in 2008-09, while... »
PocketMac Rescues Smartphones from the Toilet
Admit it, you’ve come close to doing the unthinkable – you text on your phone and surf the web while in the bathroom and when you get up to flush, your beloved phone slips out of your hand, your shirt pocket, or pants pocket and heads toward the toilet. You see your... »
GL Debuts Enhanced Voice-Band Analyzer
GL Communications has announced the release of enhanced Voice-Band Analyzer (VBA) – an analysis tool for monitoring voice-band traffic over VoIP, TDM, and wireless networks.“It can host a variety of analysis algorithms,” said Jagdish Vadalia, GL senior manager. “Built-in algorithms include ITU-T P.56 Active Voice Level analysis, Line Echo (Hybrid) …(251 words) Related Topics: BT,... »
Now Call India at 0.039 cents Cheapest Ever Calling Rate to India
Welcome to The New Year 2010. We expect more revolution in VOIP and long distance calls in 2010. It seems VOIP companies are all set to lower calling rates to India. Today we got a amazing offer… Learn how to make FREE calls worldwide. Related Topics:... »
T-Mobile drops @Home VoIP service
T-Mobile has announced that they will no longer be offering their land-line replacement service @Home which allowed customers to make wireless VoIP calls over their home broadband connection. Users of the service could make calls from their mobile phones by connection to T-Mobile’s @Home HiPort wireless router–allowing for unlimited nationwide VoIP calls for $9.99... »
MagicJack ‘femtojack’ uses mobile phones to make VoIP calls
The people behind MagicJack, a plug-and-play VoIP device, have recognized the trend of consumers cutting their traditional landline voice connections like much of the telecom industry and have updated their offering to reflect that. MagicJack’s original offering was a USB device that came with a phone jack–plug your regular landline phone into the MagicJack,... »
Siemens, Shared Technology team to bring OpenScape to enterprises
Siemens and distribution partner Shared Technology are joining forces and targeting enterprises looking to migrate from legacy to IP/UC on an incremental basis. The offering will allow companies to expand their IP systems on a seat-by-seat license basis with incremental pricing. Buying OpenScape by the seat will mean initial cost savings for cash strapped businesses... »
Cisco brings TelePresence to the home
Last week at CES, Cisco unveiled its TelePresence system for consumer homes. The system used a set-top device, a remote control, a high-def camera, microphone, and a standard HDTV. The device is expected to cost around $1,000 excluding the cost of the TV and consumers’ monthly Internet bills. The company plans to trial its telepresence... »
The Rise and Fall of Voice
GigaOm has an article about the fate of wireline service and the innovations rising from its ashes–VoIP of all colors, HD Voice and the idea of ’social energy.’ Article Related Topics: voice, VoIP »