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A somewhat retrospective, somewhat forward reading story on VoIP in the enterprise.

A new report about the Last Mile Providers of VoIP is out. I’d love to see a copy if anyone gets one. The summary mentions AT&T so I presume it’s regarding CallVantage.

Popular social networking cum dating site Friendster has become the first of the Social Networking hubs to add a VoIP play to their offering by joining in with VoiceGlo’s GloPhone.

In one more step for AT&T’s CallVantage, they have added Circuit City to their list of retailers. The ongoing consumerization of Voice over IP and the making of it a package good is great for the industry. Given AT&T’s marketing clout this has to be a leading move for the company, with more to follow.

Cisco has received their DoD certification. That means their equipment will be part of Command and Control Cisco also landed Bank of America.

BridgePort Networks is expected to announce the closing of Series B financing on Monday of next week if all rings true as they have raised $25 million in new capital. New investors include TD Capital Ventures, which led the round, and BCE Capital (an affiliate of Bell Canada Enterprises), joined existing investors Polaris Venture Partners … Read more

Cisco has taken control of an Aussie VoIP company which it had supplied MPLS enabling hardware and software vendor financing. Cisco has appointed their own receivers to lead collapsed telecommunications company Comindico which owed about $US80 million to Cisco.

In the past I’ve said we’re seeing the day coming of the global carrier for telephony in the branded service offering sense that can be seen as leveraging the capabilities of VoIP for global remote workers of multi-national firms and expats. I feel with the announcement today by AT&T that the day has arrived. While … Read more

With SBC playing the role of integrator and Cisco being the hardware supplier, Ford Motor Company will go VoIP over the next few years. Now, this does not mean that SBC is getting the business to manage and handle the data network. A few years back they struck a deal with Cisco to do just … Read more