Failed SunRocket passes off customers to other VoIP carriers; Europe leads in consumer VoIP adoption

Opinion
Jul 25, 20071 min

Latest VoIP news.

Failed SunRocket passes off customers to other VoIP carriers, 07/23/07: SunRocket has folded and given its 200,000 customers the names of two other VoIP carriers that can step in to provide phone service.

SunRocket shuttered; 8×8 named as ‘preferred’ replacement, 07/23/07: On Monday last week, SunRocket abruptly ceased business operations leaving more than 200,000 VoIP customers without service.

Nuvio to Cisco: Unlock Linksys devices: VoIP provider Nuvio writes an open letter to Linksys’ Charlie Giancarlo asking him to unlock the devices belonging to customers of defunct SunRocket.

Report: Europe leads in consumer VoIP adoption, 07/18/07: We’ve dedicated several newsletters to talk about the uptake in consumer VoIP here in the United States, discussing progress made by Comcast, Vonage, SunRocket and others. But it appears the real consumer VoIP momentum is in Europe, according to a recently released In-Stat report.

Bluesocket snaps up open source IP PBX maker Pingtel, 7/24/2007: Wireless security vendor Bluesocket has bought open source IP PBX maker Pingtel in hopes of creating a platform that will let customers inexpensively blend mobile and fixed wireless voice gear.