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Qwest, which has been embroiled in the MCI take over versus Verizon has quietly launched OneFlex according to Aswath. It seems to me like a “me too” type of offer.

CIO Today has a story that reveals that at one point last summer SBC and Vonage were close on testing an E-911 solution. There’s no reason why SBC backed off or why Vonage didn’t keep pressing for a resolution.

Vonage has struck a deal with Verizon to enable customers of the upstart next gen VoIP carrier to get access to the Public Safety Access Points called PSAPs that fall within the Verizon territory. While its too early to tell how the implementation will work, it’s likely that Vonage will offer their customers a few … Read more

I love this. For months here I’ve been saying VoWiFi is in the future. Now it seems that it’s a big deal because the industry is talking about it at a conference. YAWN !!

Skype, according to Skype Journal’s founder Stuart, is putting a hurting on IM as well as the traditional telco market.

Mr. Blog finds out that the SKYPE API means those that develop with it shall give the ownership of the work output to Skype. And people call Microsoft draconian and monopolistic, this is one for the books.

Even though CallVantage isn’t a part of this story, my instincts tell me the underlying base platform and network topology is the same.

I sat through a demo today with some folks from Macromedia about their new Flash based Breeze VoIP powered web conferencing application. While a lot of what I saw was not what I would call breakthrough, it will put a lot of pressure on the WebEx market and Microsoft’s Live Office efforts to do better. … Read more

Siemens which is dishing off their wireless business to Acer seems to be picking up in a new area. Wi-Fi phones. Siemens entry brings legitimacy to the segment that has largely seen no name brands and OEM phones hit the market to date, largely with mixed results.

XTEN has a new relationship with Symbol Technologies. This is one more indication that the market for soft-phones is growing.