Latest VoIP news.
Survey: Security concerns over IP convergence, 11/08/05
As viruses and malicious software bloom, senior executives across a range of industries see security as their top concern in implementing converged IP networks, according to a joint study released Tuesday by the Economist Intelligence Unit and AT&T.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110805-security-ip-convergence.html?nl
U.S. company hopes to block Skype in China, 11/08/05
Verso Technologies, of Atlanta, Georgia, Monday said it hopes to soon win a contract to block Chinese Internet users from using eBay’s Skype VoIP software.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110805-verso-skype.html?nl
FCC backs off E911 requirement for VoIP providers, 11/08/05
The FCC has backed off its earlier requirement that Internet telephony providers must cut off existing customers if they do not have enhanced 911 emergency dialing service.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110805-fcc-e911.html?nl
BellSouth picks Lucent for IMS, 11/08/05
Like Cingular and SBC before it, BellSouth has selected Lucent to provide the carrier with an IP Multimedia Subsystem infrastructure to support residential VoIP in BellSouth’s nine-state region.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110805-ims-bellsouth.html?nl
Charles Giancarlo talks about Cisco’s IP Interoperability Communication System launch, 11/07/05
Senior Vice President Charles Giancarlo talks about Cisco’s IP Interoperability Communication System launch
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-cisco-ipics.html?nl
Start-up helps provision VoIP QoS, 11/07/05
Start-up Xelor Software is introducing a tool to help simplify QoS provisioning for VoIP calls within business LANs consisting of Cisco switches and routers.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705-xelor.html?nl
Goof fix, Outlook nicknames, more VoIP, 11/07/05
In response to our question last week about how to purge the cache that Outlook uses to auto-complete names entered in message address fields, readers Road Larse, Brian Tinsley and Kevin Square all responded more or less at the same time with the scoop.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110705gearhead.html?nl
Weblog: Cable companies as VoIP providers, 11/07/05
Some of the biggest proponents of VoIP services are the cable TV companies because they own networks that touch customer buildings and VoIP is the best technology for delivering voice services over those networks. With that strategy, they are giving …
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/010315.html?nl
Microsoft moves to add VoIP to Office, 11/03/05
Microsoft Thursday said it is acquiring a Swiss software company that specializes in VoIP applications with a view to adding such a function to its Office products.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/110305-microsoft-voip.html?nl
