MCI Launches Internet Phone Trial as VoIP Grows 
Linux Insider Jun 25 2005 11:30AM GMT
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No Internet dialtone in Mexico!
I have just come across an interesting article on how Telmex is blocking VoIP traffic (for example to foreign IP telephony service providers like Vonage or Skype). As you may know, Telmex is the main fixed telephony carrier in Mexico (...)
Posted by Serge On 26/04/05 At 12:22 AM
http://www.living-in-mexico.com/archives/00000030.htm
Comcast to Offer Web-Based Phone Service (VOIP)
Comcast Corp. is joining the crowd of major cable TV and telephone companies venturing into Internet-based phone service, but with a higher price and extra features which the nation's largest cable provider hopes will set its product apart.
The company — which plans to charge per month, or to more than most of Internet phone services — said Monday it believes customers will pay more for features such as battery backup to keep the phone line running during power outages.
http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#82
Yahoo buys VoIP service company Dialpad
Yahoo has bought VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider Dialpad Communications to use its technology in Yahoo's VoIP services, Dailpad said Tuesday.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/06/15/H
Mobile Internet Telephony Visibility Increases
Some well-known names are lining up behind one company's technology to let consumers and enterprises put away their cell phones--and mobile call charges--when they get to their homes and offices.
IBM, VeriSign, and Airespace want to foster roaming between cell phone systems and IP (Internet Protocol) networks so calls to a user's cell phone number can come to a wired or wireless VoIP phone instead. And with dual-mode cell/Wi-Fi phones that are starting to emerge, a subscriber could carry one phone and simply switch modes when in range of a Wi-Fi network.
Complete Article
http://www.notepage.net/blog.htm#92
How much encryption is 'enough' for VoIP?
Whenever the topic of VoIP arises, security continues to be a burning issue. For some reason there is a perception that VoIP, whether transmitted over the Internet or not, is inherently unsecure. For that reason, there likewise seems to be a perceived need for end-to-end encryption of the conversation.
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2005/0620converge2.html?fsrc=rss-convergence
Securing VoIP Is Key In Sustaining A Revenue Stream for Broadband Providers, According to BearingPoi
Securing VoIP Is Key In Sustaining A Revenue Stream for Broadband Providers, According to BearingPoint Report
McLean, Va., June 1, 2005Â-BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE), one of the worldÂ's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, today issued a white paper, Â"Broadband VoIP: Securing a Promising New Revenue Stream,Â" which details the way service providers should focus more effort and resources on Voice-over IP (VoIP) security if they are to provide the level of reliability and trust that subscribers have come to expect with traditional telephone service.
http://www.internetadsales.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5683
MCI broadens services aimed at melding legacy and IP networks
MCI this week said it is offering its Secure Internet Gateway users more access options and direct Internet access connectivity.
http://www.networkworld.com/edge/news/2005/062105-mci.html?fsrc=rss-mci
Cisco Systems Teams with Red Bull Cheever Racing to Bring Wireless and VoIP Technology to the Indian
Cisco Systems Teams with Red Bull Cheever Racing to Bring Wireless and VoIP Technology to the Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS, May 27, 2005 - Cisco Systems, Inc. and Red Bull Cheever Racing today announced that they have teamed-up to bring wireless and Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to the 89th annual Indianapolis 500, the biggest car racing event in the world. For the first time, a racing team will be utilizing this technology to give engineers, pit crews and ultimately the race car drivers, immediate access to real time information and statistics during the race.
http://www.internetadsales.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5663
Software uses P2P technology to create storage networks
Popular Telephony, the start-up that made a splash last year with its PeerioBiz software that creates peer-to-peer IP phone networks without an IP PBX, is introducing PeerioData, software that creates storage networks without dedicated storage servers.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/0309peerio.html?fsrc=rss-storagemgmt
