Latest VoIP news.
E911 chips coming for VoIP, 03/20/06
The biggest public safety issue with VoIP is E911 service, which is tough to deliver to phones that can be used no matter where you plug them in to an Internet connection. The question is what emergency response unit do you send a 911 request to when …
IT Roadmap showcases tech plans for 2006, 03/21/06
Network professionals and industry experts gathered in Boston this week at Network World’s inaugural IT Roadmap conference to share experiences and insight into today’s most pressing technology challenges such as VoIP, application acceleration and …
Redback scales edge router down, 03/20/06
Redback Networks this week extended its edge router portfolio with a low-end version designed for small points-of-presence and remote central offices.
VON speakers debate net neutrality, 03/20/06
Politics, not technology, dominated the Spring 2006 VON show last week, with calls from Internet innovators to support proposed legislation they say would protect the next generation of ‘Net-based businesses.
Opinion: Conducting telecom talks, 03/20/06
Don’t give all your business to a single provider, even if it’s convenient. The name of the game is to keep your options open. Particularly in light of mergers between the former incumbent local exchange carriers and interexchange carriers, it’s wise …
Survey: VoIP roll out takes more time than expected, 03/17/06
Despite significant benefits, VoIP projects take more than twice the time for planning, installation and training than once expected, according to recent research.
Convergence Weblog: Free VoIP seminars coming, 03/16/06
A valuable and free VoIP seminar sets off country-wide next week and will be well worth the effort to attend for corporate IT executives charged with implementing converged communications for their businesses. Called VoIP & Collalboration, the seminar …
Microsoft to offer more Windows Live details, 03/16/06
Microsoft plans to announce details of its Internet communications plans for Windows Live on Wednesday at the Spring 2006 VON Conference & Expo in San Jose, the company said in a statement.
From computer entertainment unit., 03/16/06
Sony Computer Entertainment outlined Wednesday new software and hardware features that it plans to add to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) during 2005.
Cisco zooms in on enterprise video, 03/16/06
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of video infrastructure vendor Scientific-Atlanta, Cisco is making big bets on video for enterprises.
VON: New Orleans’ crime-fighting Wi-Fi network is now the city’s lifeline, 03/16/06
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the only communication system that hadn’t broken down was the wireless mesh network deployed in the downtown area to support surveillance cameras credited with reducing the city’s pre-storm violent crime rate.
