Latest VoIP news.
What IMS promises enterprises and carriers, 09/26/05
The latest buzzword in telecommunications isn’t the name of a box, an application or a service. Instead, IMS is a way of organizing all those elements and more.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-ims.html?nl
Users discuss big VoIP rollout risks and rewards, 09/20/05
Enterprise telecom managers in the thick of some of the biggest VoIP rollouts in the industry spoke of the challenges and — hopefully, they say — bottom-line benefits of converged voice/data infrastructure during a panel at the Voice on the Net show …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-voip-von.html?nl
AOL offers VoIP service, 09/20/05
America Online announced Tuesday it will offer a VoIP service starting Oct. 4, entering a heated race for Internet-based telephone services.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-aol-voip.html?nl
VON: Microsoft, Qwest team up on VoIP, 09/20/05
Microsoft and Qwest Tuesday revealed they are collaborating to provide VoIP and other telecommunications convergence services to small and medium-sized businesses, making Qwest the first service provider to leverage Microsoft’s recently launched VoIP …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-microsoft-voip.html?nl
Avaya buys P2P VoIP maker Nimcat for $46 million, 09/19/05
Avaya this week bought Nimcat Networks, a maker of peer-to-peer IP phone software, for $46 million.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-avaya-nimcat.html?nl
Radio: Video distribution and RSS, 09/19/05
We’re joined on the program by Robert Petty, CEO and co-founder of ROO, a company that serves video from multiple content providers through its rootv.com Web site. Petty is here to talk about the challenges of video distribution and how RSS is being …
http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0919radio.html?nl
Wireless: Volunteers give voice to evacuees, 09/19/05
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a volunteer group of network and wireless experts has moved from outfitting small northeastern Louisiana shelters with wireless Internet access and VoIP phones to preparing a desperately needed 45M bit/sec wireless …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-katrina-wireless.html?nl
Siemens to restructure IT and telecoms units, 09/19/05
Job cuts have been rumored for months at Siemens Business Services, the money-losing IT services arm of Siemens. Now they’re official: 2,400 over the next two years.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-siemens-restructure-sbs.html?nl
Cisco targets SMBs with convergence, 09/19/05
Cisco this week is expected to launch bundled IP voice and switching gear for small and midsize businesses looking to roll out converged networks quickly and at a low cost.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cisco-voice.html?nl
EBay bid shows promise of VoIP, 09/19/05
The $2.6 billion purchase of Skype last week by eBay further cements VoIP as an industry-altering business technology. The deal raises the public profile of VoIP just as Fall VON 2005 opens its doors this week in Boston, where service providers will …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-von.html?nl
Siemens Business Services to remain intact, 09/16/05
Siemens Business Services, the money-losing IT services arm of Siemens, plans to reduce costs by trimming its personnel and service offerings, but has no intention of spinning off the entire company into a partnership, a company spokesman said Friday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091605-siemens-sbs.html?nl
Volunteers rebuild Gulf Coast communications with wireless nets, 09/16/05
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a volunteer group of network and wireless experts has moved from outfitting small northeastern Louisiana shelters with wireless Internet access and VoIP phones to preparing a desperately needed 45M bit/sec wireless …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091605-wireless-katrina.html?nl
House committee floats broadband bill, 09/15/05
The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday released a draft version of a telecommunications reform bill that would define all broadband services as equal for regulatory purposes.
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/091505-broadband-bill.html?nl
Newsletter: Nortel, Microsoft strengthen partnership, 09/14/05
In addition to the VoiceCon Fall announcements and demonstrations we highlighted last time, today we’d like to point to news from Nortel and Microsoft, which …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2005/0912converge2.html?nl
