Legislation enacted to protect emergency calls via VoIP; Microsoft free tool monitors voice quality

Opinion
Nov 7, 20072 mins

Latest VoIP news.

Legislation enacted to protect emergency calls via VoIP, 11/05/07: Emergency triple zero calls from VoIP services are covered under legislation that formally came into effect in Australia Monday.

Microsoft releases free tool to monitor voice quality, 11/01/07: Microsoft Wednesday released a free module for its just released Office Communications Server 2007 that lets users troubleshoot voice quality issues by monitoring network performance in real-time.

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