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Google Voice Makes Faster Calls on Android, BlackBerry

Admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:30:41 +0000

Google added direct access numbers to its Google Voice for mobile application on Android and Blackberry smartphones. The company is actively soliciting suggestions from users about how to improve Google Voice. – Google July 22 moved to accelerate calls placed on Android and Blackberry smartphones through its
Google Voice for mobile application, the latest in a string of changes the
company has made to its phone management tool.
Google Voice is a free Web calling and
phone management application.
The p…

Updated Skype for iPhone 4 Now Available

Admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:30:40 +0000

Skype has released an update of its VOIP app for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS smartphones running iOS4. The multitasking-savvy version lets users run Skype in the background, among other features. – Skype has launched a Version 2.0.1 of its VOIP (voice-over IP) software for Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets running iOS4.

Released July 21, the newest version of the application plays to the operating systems multitasking capabilities, enabling users to run Skype in the background, as well…

Polycom, BT UC Solutions Leverage Microsoft Communications Server ‘14′

Admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:30:12 +0000

Polycom and BT are unveiling enhancements to their communications solutions to take advantage of Microsofts Communications Server 14 offering. – Polycom and BT are bulking up their communications offerings to
leverage Microsofts plans for its Office Communications Server
technologies.
The two companies made their announcements during the
first two days of Microsofts Worldwide Partner Conference in
Washington, D.C.
Polycom introduced ad…

iPhone 4 Two-Way Calling Available from Fring

Admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:30:11 +0000

Fring, a provider of voice over IP apps, was slightly overwhelmed, following the release of a two-way calling app allowing iPhone 4 owners to chat face-to-face with friends on various mobile platforms. – Fring has introduced an already popular new app to the Apple App
Store that allows iPhone 4 owners to enjoy two-way video calls over
WiFi or 3G, with friends on older iPhone, Android or Symbian
smartphones.

The app has proven so popular, however, that the Fring Blog waved a white flag, notin…

Businesses Find VOIP, SIP Technologies Cost-Effective, Study Shows

Admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:30:14 +0000

A Frost & Sullivan report predicts solid future growth for SIP and VOIP technologies, though it warns that stiff competition would drive down margins for service providers. – According to Frost amp; Sullivan’s North American VoIP Access and SIP
Trunking Services Markets report, the market earned revenues of $717.3 million
in 2009 and it is estimated to reach $3.9 billion in 2016.
The report predicts the market will continue to build on its
quot;impressive, downt…

Google Voice Fans Start Petition for a Desktop Client

Admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:30:13 +0000

TechCrunch has tantalized users for months with the idea that Google is building a desktop client of its Google Voice phone management application using its Gizmo5 assets. After reports that Google Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were shelving the product for being desktop-based, a grassroots petition has begun for people who desire a desktop VOIP client for Google Voice; sign it online at giveusgvdesktop.com. – Google just launched its free phone management
application Google Voice to the general public June 22.
While that release is a Web-based program to let users route
calls to home, work and mobile phones through a special number from Google,
TechCrunch has tantalized users for months with the idea…

Mobile VOIP Minutes to Skyrocket by 2015: Juniper Research

Admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:30:13 +0000

The number of mobile VOIP minutes will double every year, according to Juniper Research, reaching 470.6 billion by 2015. Traditional mobile operators need to address the trend, the analysts say. – The number of mobile VOIP minutes that will be carried on 3G and 4G
networks every year will double annually over the next five years,
according to Juniper Research, which will be a boon to such companies
as Skype and Nimbuzz.
In a report issued July 1, Juniper analysts said the
annual mobile V…

HP, Avaya Announce UC Partnership

Admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:30:14 +0000

HP and Avaya have announced a three-year partnership that will have HP selling and servicing Avaya UC solutions, including Avayas Aura platform. The move is part of HPs strategy of competing with Cisco through a series of alliances with the likes of Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent. – Hewlett-Packard is partnering with Avaya to help expand its unified
communications offerings in its ongoing competition with Cisco Systems.
HP officials on June 29 announced a three-year
alliance that will include HP selling and servicing Avaya UC and
Contact Center products as part of HPs UC am…

Polycom CEO: Company Is Not for Sale

Admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:30:10 +0000

Two weeks into his term as CEO of video conferencing technology vendor Polycom, Andrew Miller told Reuters that despite rumors to the contrary, Polycom is not for sale. In fact, the company, which is competing against the likes of Cisco in the video collaboration space, is looking for companies to buy that could complement its product portfolio. – Polycom, a top rival to Cisco Systems in the increasingly competitive video collaboration space, is not only not for sale, its actively looking for other companies to buy, according to its new president and CEO.
Andrew Miller, who was appointed the companys top executive earlier this month, told Re…

Genband Integrates Nortel VOIP Products into Road Map

Admin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:30:21 +0000

Less than a month after closing its $182 million deal to acquire Nortel’s CVAS unit, Genband is unrolling a road map that incorporates Nortel’s products and its own. – Genband is moving ahead aggressively with its plans now that it has Nortel
Network’s voice-over-IP business in the fold.
Genband
closed its $182 million deal for Nortel’s CVAS
(Carrier VOIP and Application Solutions) unit May 28, and since that time,
officials have met with more than 100 custom…