Our regular readers will know that one of our pet subjects that we watch with interest is the different ways Mobile carriers attempt to stop VoIP over WiFi being used on handsets connected to their networks. Obviously they see it as a big threat to their revenue and in many cases handsets are provided ‘free’ as part of a contract.
We see in Germany T-Mobile has taken issue with a VoIP application developed for the iPhone. Sipgate, has developed a SIP client for iPhones (first version) and this has upset T-Mobile who has been able to persuade a German court to ban the use of Sipgate on the iPhone in Germany.
Overall this has to be a very small issue as there are many handsets VoIP capable and many applications available for them.
We will keep our eye on this issue as this one is going to run and run….
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Another Mobile Carrier Trys to Stops VoIP
October 24th, 2008
Our regular readers will know that one of our pet subjects that we watch with interest is the different ways Mobile carriers attempt to stop VoIP over WiFi being used on handsets connected to their networks. Obviously they see it as a big threat to their revenue and in many cases handsets are provided ‘free’ as part of a contract.
We see in Germany T-Mobile has taken issue with a VoIP application developed for the iPhone. Sipgate, has developed a SIP client for iPhones (first version) and this has upset T-Mobile who has been able to persuade a German court to ban the use of Sipgate on the iPhone in Germany.
Overall this has to be a very small issue as there are many handsets VoIP capable and many applications available for them.
We will keep our eye on this issue as this one is going to run and run….
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Another Mobile Carrier Attempts to Block VoIP
October 24th, 2008
Congress approved the FISA Amendments Act after a bruising battle this summer and President Bush has signed it into law. Now comes the hard part: proving the constitutionality of the controversial law that essentially gives telephone companies legal protection from more than 40 civil lawsuits claiming the carriers provided customer telephone and e-mail records of millions of U.S. citizens — often without a warrant or subpoena — to the government.
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Congress may have decided to grant
retroactive immunity to telecoms that helped the NSA (National Security
Agency) eavesdrop on American’s telephone calls and e-mail but now its time to
see what the courts have to say about the constitutionality of the law.
The EFF (Electronic Fronti…
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Groups Challenge Warrantless E-Mail Spying Law
October 20th, 2008
Microsoft introduces Office Communications Server Release 2 at VoiceCon in Amsterdam. In private beta now, the VOIP and messaging and collaboration platform includes an attendant console and built-in audio conferencing to streamline unified communications and collaboration utilities. OCS R2 comes as the UCC war between Microsoft, IBM and Cisco is heating up.
- Microsoft
released details about the next version of its Microsoft Office
Communications Server 2007, Release 2, the company’s unified
communications and collaboration platform that bundles e-mail, instant
messaging, Web conferencing and voice over IP.
Microsoft introduced the platform, whic…
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Microsoft Chats Up Office Communications Server 2007 R2
October 14th, 2008
Skype have been trying to push hard to penetrate the business market and especially the medium to large enterprise type market, we see that Digium and Skype now plan to work together to Skype enable Asterisk.
The Skype for Asterisk connector will enable a presence on the Skype network while getting all the functionality of a PBX. A general Skype login name could be routed into an Asterisk system for call processing and delivery to the next available person in a queue, a single Skype ID could be used for sales, technical support or other types of customer service queues. So in essence a Skype connection will be treated in the same way as a regular trunk or CO line.
While the two companies have had various discussions over the years on how they could work together, a serious effort came to a head at a June meeting at Digium’s Headquarters in Huntsville USA, since then Digium’s software engineers have worked to produce the solution, making it more robust and suitable for a formal beta, but as yet there is no firm date for release. The software is slated to run with all versions of Asterisk including trixbox.
We will watch this one with interest to see if it elevates Skype to be a serious tool for many businesses.
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Asterisk and Skype to Join Forces
October 13th, 2008
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