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July 21, 2006
Wireless VoIP is getting a push this week from Skype, which is introducing a handset that can link callers to the Skype service via Wi-Fi connections.
July 18, 2006
VoIP PBX vendor Digium is responding to vulnerability warnings about its PBX code by urging users to follow sound security procedures and upgrade to the latest software version.
July 05, 2006
Having closely covered Massachusetts politics for a living in a former life, I generally don't have high expectations from legislators, but based on his stated views of network neutrality, Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska is lowering the bar.
June 29, 2006
Congress has taken another step toward shooting down network neutrality, albeit a baby step that still leaves the issue subject to change.
June 27, 2006
The federal government is getting into convergence as a way to make sure the president can address the public no matter what happens - terrorists attacks, war, natural disasters.
June 14, 2006
Making it possible for law enforcement to tap VoIP calls will open up Internet security holes that could endanger business traffic, according to a report by a group of respected Internet figures.
June 12, 2006
Join Network World's forum this week on network neutrality - whether telcos should be allowed to charge tiered rates for levels of service on the Internet.
June 08, 2006
Google is cranking up a political machine of sorts, trying to get readers of its blog to lobby Congress in favor of network neutrality, the principle that would keep Internet access on a best-effort basis rather than charging different rates for different qualities of service.
June 01, 2006
Skype is extending its offer of free services to include audio conferences for up to 500 parties as a way to lure more businesses into Skype use.
May 31, 2006
Figuring out the return on investment for VoIP is pretty complicated, but the general consensus is that there are few places to save a lot of money.
May 23, 2006
A published report indicates the National Security Agency has equipment in AT&T's U.S. network that enables the spy agency to tap VoIP phone calls as well as any other Internet traffic.
May 22, 2006
Businesses and anybody else worried about eavesdroppers on VoIP phone calls can now encrypt the calls end-to-end with free software.
May 17, 2006
A recent study shows that VoIP is gaining some popularity among businesses, but not taking off dramatically, at least not in North America.
May 16, 2006
Skype will complete VoIP calls to traditional phones for free in North America in an effort to boost of its peer-to-peer technology.
May 08, 2006
Converging voice and data networks isn't easy, as Butler University found out when it dumped Centrex for VoIP.
May 05, 2006
Well maybe the right of law enforcement tapping into VoIP phone conversations isn't as cut and dried as it seemed.
Check out the inside story on how Interop Labs set up and tested VoIP gear in preparation for demos at Interop.
May 02, 2006
Maybe you think VoIP is safe from wiretapping by the government. Wrong.
April 20, 2006
No, not that SBC. We're talking here about session border controllers. And if you're deploying VoIP outside of a single domain, you probably need an SBC to mediate VoIP flows in real time in both directions between domains.
April 18, 2006
Packeteer is making its WAN acceleration gear more friendly to VoIP and video over IP.
April 17, 2006
Technicians from a consulting firm accidentally shut down NASA's VoIP system in Washington, D.C., last week, according to an account of the incident.
April 11, 2006
Skype is moving farther and farther from a free peer-to-peer VoIP company as it buys up two VoIP technology companies that can improve voice quality.
April 10, 2006
Software vendors catering to VoIP network providers are starting to tune up their portfolios for a wave of buying by carriers.
April 06, 2006
The latest revision of national telecom laws cuts protection of network neutrality, the notion that the backbone of the Internet ought to treat all traffic equally.
While the benefits of convergence include broader integration of all forms of communication, it seems that service providers are also using it as a way to restrict communication.
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