VOIP NEWS

Note:  They make a nice case study for VoIP in general.  A good read for anyone at the enterprise level that would like to learn more and read about some other large scale deployments using VoIP.

Is VoIP reliable? Scalable? Ready for prime time? For the answer, you only need to look at the raft of ambitious enterprise VoIP projects — with multiple-thousands of phones — announced in recent months, or the latest telephony
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Note:  This is not a good decision at all.  People should be aware that there are some interests in the Communications industry that are really trying to rewrite how “public interest” is handled.  If you agree or disagree please call your local representative and tell them how you feel.  If you don’t express your opinion now there will be alot of “closed door” decisions that are being made that you will not have a chance to weigh
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Note:  I really like what they have done with this paper (Times Picayune). After Katrina they really got hit hard and had limited resoures.  They have now pulled it all together and have really been the ear to the street on the happenings in New Orleans and greater Louisiana.

Note: Interesting little article I found about VoIP abuse and spamming.

LG Innotek and Nanoradio announce that they have joined forces to bring low power WiFi technology to the global consumer multimedia and mobile phone market. The first application to result from the partnership is a wireless WiFi Network Camera for use in security monitoring and surveillance system. The two companies will also introduce an integrated low power WiFi System in Package solution for mobile phones during Q2 2007.

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Let the WiMAX gold rush begin. On Dec. 18 and 19, two wireless upstarts — NextWave and Clearwire — filed to go public with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Based on their S-1 forms, both companies hope to make their fortunes on WiMAX, a broadband Relevant Products/Services-wireless technology expected to start making significant inroads in the telecom market next year. Market researcher Gartner Dataquest expects the North American WiMAX services market to swell from 30,000 connections in 2006 to 21.2 million by 2011.

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Note: Matt Florell posted about the new release of the astGUI Client  astGUI 2.0.2 client suite runs on most modern web browsers on almost any GUI-capable operating system, and it includes the astGUIclient client-side web app which extends your phone’s functionality and the VICIDIAL call center suite. This package is free and GPL. (the suite is not an asterisk configuration tool) This package is geared towards Asterisk installations with SIP,IAX or Zap phones and Zaptel, IAX or SIP trunks.
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Note:  This is the follow up for the VoIP fraud story from Japan we reported on in November.  It looks like the Japanese courts have declared the IP Telephony Co. bankrupt.  About 3,000 investors had over 40 Billion Yen ($337 million dollars) taken away in this scheme.  Here is the updated Article: