Smart phone VoIP; U.S. ISPs slam into wiretap deadline

Opinion
May 16, 20071 min

Latest VoIP news.

Europe’s mobile advances, 05/14/07:  If, until now, most smart-phone users have associated mobile Internet with writing e-mail, surfing the Web or sending pictures, they could easily get hooked on cheap VoIP calls.

U.S. ISPs slam into wiretap deadline, 05/15/07:  U.S. broadband and VoIP providers on Monday hit a deadline to prove they could accommodate law-enforcement wiretaps.

Do you have a unified messaging system?:  John Obeto on Microsoft blog: If you are considering a VoIP solution for your business, look no further than Microsoft’s Unified Communications or UC initiative. With a series of complementary hardware products announced today, the UC server and client allow you to completely do away with your old PBX.

CALEA: Expensive data gathering, 05/15/07:  A report about the deployment of telecom equipment that is compliant with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and another report about the use of legal wiretaps in the United States have just been published. Both come in time to help explain the costs and usefulness of CALEA before the May 14 compliance deadline for its extension to facilities-based broadband Internet access and interconnected VoIP providers.