VoIP

Ah, the sweet promises of a new technology. A recent report by the New Millennium Research Council, an organization of academics and private business experts formed in 1999 to foster …

Voice over Internet Protocol can be delivered cheap enough that it might negate the need for universal-service subsidies, said Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “If the goal …

Voice over Internet Protocol can be delivered cheap enough that it might negate the need for universal-service subsidies, said Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “If the goal …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers that receive universal-service support should submit to auditing to ensure that the subsidies they receive are being used to upgrade and improve networks in rural America, FCC Commissioner …

WASHINGTON-Wireless has always been regulated at the state level, so that sector should not be used as evidence of no state regulation, said James Bradford Ramsay, general counsel of the …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. is expected to launch VoIP consumer telephone service next week in select Minnesota markets allowing customers to move their current voice traffic from traditional telecommunications lines …

After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers’ service line up and providing the wireless industry with …

SAN DIEGO-Palm Inc. announced agreements with several companies to add voice over Internet Protocol, Wi-Fi and authentication software to the Palm Tungsten C handheld. VL Inc. will deliver VoIP technology …

ROCKVILLE, Md.-3e Technologies International Inc. (3eTI) released its 3e-720 Telephony Gateway WLAN solution and the 3e-521IP Industrial Wireless Gateway at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas. The 3e-720 Telephony …

TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp’s popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus on 18 December. Mobile IP is …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications reflected the dramatic drop in the number and size of mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies last quarter, Los Angeles-based Mergerstat reported. Across industry sectors, these transactions numbered …

If teens remain `talkaholics’ and have fun doing it, Voyant Technologies wants to provide the fuel. With an instant voice-messaging solution in a next-generation environment, the company thinks it is …

NEW YORK -Paragon Networks International, Brookfield, Conn., wants to take wireless carriers on a walk across “BROADway” to bridge the gap between today’s circuit-switched networks and tomorrow’s packet-based networks. Introduced …

Audiovox Audiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the …

Spirent Spirent Communications, which provides performance analysis solutions, announced the InfoDM v2.0 release, which is part of the company’s acquisition of InfoSoft Technologies, will supplement Spirent’s CDMA test solution with …

NEW YORK-Arbinet-thexchange Inc. has completed a year-long process of implementing what it calls the first carrier-grade bandwidth trading solution, company officials said at last week’s Telecom Business Conference and Expo …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-As President Clinton stated in his Economic Forum speech, “The United States is unambiguously committed to open markets and trade as the best engine we know of to …

SONY ELECTRONICS Sony Electronics introduced a new alphanumeric pager with a synthesized tuner, generic-over-the-air programming capabilities and the company’s Jog Dial operation, called the MP-7001. The generic-over-the-air programming technology, or …