PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Wireless distributor Brightpoint Inc. is going directly to consumers with branded retail stores. The company will sell mobile phones and services from Sprint Nextel Corp., Virgin Mobile USA L.L.P. and Vonage Holdings Corp. through outlets under the brand Fono Wireless. Brightpoint, which opened...
WASHINGTON-Another deadline for offering enhanced 911 services has come and gone. This time, however, the Voice over Internet Protocol industry is the market begging for relief. In June, the Federal Communications Commission gave VoIP service providers a Nov. 28 deadline to provide E-911 capabilities...
The burgeoning Voice over Internet Protocol industry clipped a hurdle last week as Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that its subsidiary, Sprint Communications Co. L.P., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against VoIP service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that one of its subsidiaries has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Voice over Internet Protocol service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo Holdings Inc. The suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court...
BOSTON-Internet voice provider Net2Phone launched a trial of VeriSign Inc.'s cellular/Wi-Fi connection, the companies said Thursday.During the trial, Net2Phone will allow subscribers to receive and place calls over a Wi-Fi network or mobile carrier network using a single device and phone number. Like Skype,...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional 30 days to come into compliance. The FCC, saying progress is being made on...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional 30 days to come into compliance. The FCC, saying progress is being made on...
ASPEN, Colo.-With the ashes of recently deceased gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson still raining down from the sky, the Progress and Freedom Foundation brought its gonzo deregulation motto to the mountains of Colorado for its annual Aspen Summit. This year's event centered on the...
MIDDLETOWN, R.I.-TowerStream Corp. and Vonage Marketing formed an alliance this week to provide Voice over Internet Protocol services over fixed wireless broadband networks.According to the agreement, TowerStream will offer Vonage's small business VoIP solutions on its New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; San Francisco;...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Broadband phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. and TeleCommunication Systems Inc., a location and wireless data technology provider, have teamed to begin the process of enabling public-safety answering points to handle Voice over Internet Protocol enhanced 911 calls.Beginning this month, Vonage said it...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
Even as Voice over Internet Protocol providers race to meet the Federal Communications Commission's deadline to offer enhanced 911 service, many of them are running into the same roadblock that stymied wireless deployment-incumbent local exchange carriers. VoIP carriers are learning a lesson that wireless...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Fulfillment services provider Brightpoint Inc. reported that its Brightpoint Activation Services L.L.C. subsidiary has been appointed a master agent by Voice over Internet Protocol service provider Vonage Holding Corp.'s Vonage Marketing division.The arrangement calls for Brightpoint to offer its current and future dealers...
WASHINGTON-As the telecommunications industry and public safety met Thursday to discuss how to implement a Nov. 28 deadline for Voice over Internet Protocol providers to offer enhanced 911 to their customers, VoIP users were able to access 911 in New York City. "The deployment...
WASHINGTON-Sometime this month, the Supreme Court will determine the future of broadband. "The next important piece of the broadband puzzle will be revealed when the Supreme Court rules in Brand X," said Thomas Navin, chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau. "How the Supreme...
WASHINGTON-Sometime this month, the Supreme Court will determine the future of broadband. "The next important piece of the broadband puzzle will be revealed when the Supreme Court rules in Brand X," said Thomas Navin, chief of the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau. "How the Supreme...
WASHINGTON-After hearing emotional presentations from users who were unable to successfully connect to 911 from Voice over Internet Protocol phones, the Federal Communications Commission last week adopted rules requiring VoIP providers to offer direct access to 911 services within about 165 days. "VoIP providers...
Political rag Roll Call recently ran a frighteningly clever cartoon with a meaningless wireless twist that oh-so-poignantly captured a toxic Capitol Hill environment that threatens to undermine action on important issues, including a meaningful wireless one.First, the cartoon. A caricature of Senate Majority Leader...
EDISON, N.J.-VoIP carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. said it has agreed to purchase access to elements of the wireless and wireline enhanced 911 network to offer E911 service to its customers from SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp.Vonage said the deal, which followed months of...
WASHINGTON-While wireless carriers had years to deploy enhanced 911 services (and still missed the mark), Voice over Internet Protocol carriers are expected to have only until fall if rules proposed by new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin are adopted by the full commission Thursday. "If...
WASHINGTON-Vonage Holding Corp. Wednesday said it hopes that a 911 Voice over Internet Protocol solution announced last week by Verizon Communications Inc. can be implemented throughout Verizon's service territory within six months and allow VoIP customers to dial 911 even if they have a...
The MVNO wave is building strength as a growing number of companies have announced plans to enter the wireless space using established operators' mobile networks. Analysts' note that while the wave is gaining momentum, an even stronger surge is expected in the next 12...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants the agency to address how consumers will be able to access 911 when using Voice over Internet Protocol technology. As such, he told lawmakers he plans to include the item at a Federal Communications Commission meeting this month. "I...
WASHINGTON-New FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants access to 911 when using Voice over Internet Protocol to be an agenda item at the Federal Communications Commission meeting in May, Martin told lawmakers during a budget hearing Tuesday."I immediately asked our staff to develop a plan...
