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Skype’s VOIP software will now run on Sony Ericsson’s Satio, Vivaz and Vivaz Pro smartphones, which use the latest version of the Symbian mobile operating system. Skype is making a push to get its software onto more devices, from traditional PCs to mobile devices to consumer electronics such as HD televisions. – Skype is continuing to expand the reach of its video conferencing
technology, pushing Skype
software deeper into the mobile space.
The VOIP (voice over IP) company June 15 announced that it is
putting its Skype application on three Sony Ericsson smartphones that run the
latest Symbian mobile o… Read the rest of this entry »

LG Electronics is introducing its executive conferencing system, a 24-inch HD display with integrated video communication capabilities from LifeSize Communications. The all-in-one system includes an integrated camera, microphone and speakers, and can interoperate with UC offerings from the likes of Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft. – LifeSize Communications and LG Electronics have teamed up to create an
all-in-one collaboration system, with video and audio conferencing capabilities
housed in a 24-inch high-definition display.
LG’s executive conferencing system, announced June 9, is
powered by LifeSize’s HD video communicatio… Read the rest of this entry »

At the InfoComm 2010 show, Cisco introduced the Tandberg TelePresence Server, which supports Ciscos Telepresence Interoperability Protocol, which is designed to make solutions from Cisco and third-party vendors work together. Cisco also unveiled the TelePresence Commercial Express, a low-cost telepresence product aimed at SMBs. – Cisco Systems is putting support for its interoperability protocol into its
Tandberg TelePresence Server, the first step in its push to enable the
telepresence products from Cisco and other vendors to work together.
The TIP announcement was one of several Cisco made June 8 at
the InfoComm 2010 s… Read the rest of this entry »

Polycom continues to grow its telepresence offerings in the face of growing competition from the likes of Cisco and LifeSize, most recently with the unveiling of its OTX 300 system. OTX is designed to offer full telepresence capabilities while using half the network bandwidth as competing products. – Polycom officials are continuing to position themselves as a lower-cost video conferencing alternative to Cisco Systems, announcing June 7 a telepresence solution that offers the same capabilities while using half the network bandwidth.
Polycom announced its OTX (Open Telepresence Experience) 300, … Read the rest of this entry »

Nearly 5 million consumers have downloaded a Skype Web application that launched in May, the company reports, allowing users of Apple’s iPhone to use Skype’s VOIP service over the cellular network for the first time. – NEW YORK, June 2 (Reuters) Nearly 5
million consumers
have downloaded a Skype Web telephony application that launched
Sunday, allowing users of Apple Inc’s iPhone to use
privately held Skype’s service over the cellular network for
the first time, Skype said on Wednesday.
Before the launch of… Read the rest of this entry »

Skype will release a chat app with video in 2010 that will be available to all smartphones running Android unlike the Verizon Skype app for Android thats open only to Verizon customers. – Skype, a provider of VOIP (voice over IP) applications, plans to launch an
application that can be used on any smartphone running Googles Android OS.

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HP and Alcatel-Lucent are offering services and solutions designed to make it easier for enterprises to migrate off their legacy PBX systems and onto a UC solution. The partnership is part of a 10-year alliance HP and Alcatel-Lucent announced a year ago. – Hewlett-Packard and Alcatel-Lucent are partnering on a series of unified communications solutions, part of the 10-year technology alliance the two companies announced almost a year ago.
HP and Alcatel-Lucent officials announced May 24 a
mix of solutions and services from both companies designed to… Read the rest of this entry »

A number of vendors, including Microsoft, Polycom and HP, are creating the UCIF to leverage currently available standards to improve interoperability among unified communications products. Juniper and Logitech also are founders of the UCIF, which has about a dozen members. However, absent from the membership rolls are Cisco and Avaya. – Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Polycom are among the founding members of an
alliance created to push interoperability between unified communications
offerings using currently established standards.
Other founding members of the UCIF (Unified Communications
Interoperability Forum) include Juniper… Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft is discontinuing its Response Point phone system software, which businesses of up to 50 people could use to manage a complex phone system and make calls via VOIP. Microsoft says the shutdown is due to slow sales. Originally launched in 2007, Response Point offered services such as after-hours receptionist settings, and hardware was sold through Microsoft’s OEM partners. Microsoft will discontinue sales, support and development on Aug. 31, but businesses will be able to use the system past that point, per their purchaser agreements. – Microsoft has made what it called the tough decision to
terminate its Response Point phone system software, which used voice over IP to
save small and midsize businesses money on their communications bills. Although
Microsoft marketed the product as an ideal way for businesses of up to 50
empl… Read the rest of this entry »

The VidyoHealth telepresence system for health care providers is designed to enable doctors to communicate more easily and affordably with other doctors and with patients. The Vidyo system uses the Internet, rather than requiring dedicated telehealth networks. – <p>Video collaboration vendor Vidyo aims to make it easier for health care
providers and organizations to use telepresence technology in their day-to-day
work.</p>
<p>Vidyo is rolling out VidyoHealth, a telemedicine video
conferencing product that enables health care providers to user the Intern… Read the rest of this entry »