Light Reading – Did Sonus Land Time Warner?

Light Reading – Networking the Telecom Industry has a report of Sonus landing a deal with Time Warner to supply key infrastructure, like the softswitch that will support the TW VoIP rollout. Clearly if true it signifies that TW wants to use their own network for VoIP management, and is not going to rely on a … Read more

The GSM Association Awards 2005 – Nominee Shortlist

The GSM Association Awards 2005 – Nominee Shortlist features Bridgeport Networks, a company I mentioned earlier today. It seems their network convergence gateway has caught the attention of the GSM Association Awards Committee. The gateway converges today’s existing mobile networks with broadband networks such as cable, DSL, etc. And that means a true bridging of the … Read more

CallVantage Earns Editor’s Choice from PC Magazine

In the February issue of PC Magazine where many of the VoIP options were reviewed it seems their editors came to the same conclusion I did, that CallVantage is their choice for VoIP, with VoicePulse, the company I also felt was number two to AT&T since I too began some trials. I guess great minds … Read more

Pulver Fids A cool bug…feature! – Mixing Skype with SIP

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Communications Unusual: A cool bug…feature! – Mixing Skpe with SIP Last week I found a bug in Skype that created a furor with some other bloggers. Now Jeff finds a similar bug, happens when one mixes SKYPE and FWD. One person’s feature is another person’s bug it seems.

Unbound Spiral: Skype Predictions

Unbound Spiral: Skype Predictions–Super Skype fan Stuart Henshall cites some predictions about the growth of Skype. My guess is Skype starts to co-exist more with the traditional telcos, rather than simply be a disruptive threat. Imagine a private labeled Skype product that cell companies “resell” that gives you all the features of your cell phone, … Read more

Cisco and VoIP and BridgePort Networks

We’ve been covering Bridgeport Networks for some time, writing about their place in where VoIP is going as part of convergence. Yesterday Forbes listed them as possible acquisition candidate by always buying Cisco. While I think this is not as likely today to happen, one never rules anything out in business. The story is especially … Read more