http://www.eweek.com VOIP and Telephony - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:03:43 -0400 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:03:43 -0400 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:24:26 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/As-Nortel-Sells-Off-Businesses-It-Expands-its-UC-Offerings-702124/?kc=rss - As a bankrupt Nortel Networks looks to sell off various parts of its business, officials continue making enterprise moves, including two unified communications announcements. Nortel announced June 23 that it was extending its SCS (Software Communication System), an open UC solution that had been...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/As-Nortel-Sells-Off-Businesses-It-Expands-its-UC-Offerings-702124/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:15:01 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Google-Voice-Rolling-Out-to-General-Availability-784931/?kc=rss - Google is opening up its Google Voice VOIP management service to more invitees June 25. Users who requested an invitation on the Google Voice site or previously on GrandCentral can expect invitations via e-mail, according to this post from Google Voice product managers Craig Walker and Vincent ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Google-Voice-Rolling-Out-to-General-Availability-784931/?kc=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:59:41 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/IBM-Avaya-Look-to-Secure-Unified-Communications-108376/?kc=rss - IBM and Avaya are looking to increase the security around joint unified communications offerings, a key concern as more businesses embrace a converged communications environment. The two companies are planning to build UC offerings that include security products from IBMs ISS (Internet Security ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/IBM-Avaya-Look-to-Secure-Unified-Communications-108376/?kc=rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:37:49 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Feds-Bust-International-Telephone-Hacking-Conspiracy-171337/?kc=rss - The Department of Justice indicted three individuals June 15 who allegedly hacked into the telephone systems of large corporations and entities in the United States and abroad, selling information about the compromised telephone systems to Pakistani nationals residing in Italy. Along wit...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Feds-Bust-International-Telephone-Hacking-Conspiracy-171337/?kc=rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:09:04 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Nortel-Upgrades-ACE-Communications-Platform-403737/?kc=rss - Nortel Networks is enhancing its new vendor-agnostic communications platform, introduced earlier this year, with an application that enables users to give employees a single number that will reach them at any time on any device. Nortel officials, who announced the enhancements to their ACE (Agi...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Nortel-Upgrades-ACE-Communications-Platform-403737/?kc=rss Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:26:23 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Cisco-Touts-UC-Collaboration-Products-as-HP-Microsoft-Move-In-268939/?kc=rss - Cisco Systems is pushing forward its unified communications and collaboration agenda with a spate of new appliance, collaboration and partner offerings, looking to grab hold of a market that company officials say is at $34 billion. Cisco's move comes just weeks after Hewlett-Packard and Microsof...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Cisco-Touts-UC-Collaboration-Products-as-HP-Microsoft-Move-In-268939/?kc=rss Tue, 19 May 2009 16:16:31 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Microsoft-HP-Enhance-Unified-Communications-Partnership-593107/?kc=rss - Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft at the Interop Las Vegas conference May 19 announced quot;a four-year strategic global initiative to deliver an end-to-end unified communications and collaboration solution. quot; The May 19 announcement is an expansion of the companies' Frontline Partnership, and ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Microsoft-HP-Enhance-Unified-Communications-Partnership-593107/?kc=rss Tue, 12 May 2009 10:29:13 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Ecessa-Offers-More-Reliable-VOIP-688465/?kc=rss - Ecessa is rolling out a new family of WAN link controllers aimed at improving the performance and scalability of VOIP communications. The ClariLink WAN link controller, announced May 12, balances SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) traffic across multiple WAN links and service provider networks, en...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Ecessa-Offers-More-Reliable-VOIP-688465/?kc=rss Mon, 11 May 2009 16:56:57 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Sprint-Teams-with-Cisco-IBM-Microsoft-on-UC-595185/?kc=rss - Sprint is expanding its reach into the unified communications field. The wireless network giant May 11 outlined the capabilities of its offering and touted its partnerships with Cisco Systems, IBM and Microsoft. The collaborations are bringing together Sprint's Global MPLS network; SIP Trunking...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Sprint-Teams-with-Cisco-IBM-Microsoft-on-UC-595185/?kc=rss Mon, 04 May 2009 12:26:48 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/RIM-Cisco-Optimize-BlackBerry-for-Unified-Communications-681035/?kc=rss - Research In Motion has announced, along with other news coming on the eve of its Wireless Enterprise Symposium, in Orlando, Fla., a new version of its BlackBerry Mobile Voice System Server, optimized for use with Cisco Systems Unified Communications Manager, version 6.1 or later. This version ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/RIM-Cisco-Optimize-BlackBerry-for-Unified-Communications-681035/?kc=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:21:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/With-Connectivity-Restored-Police-Searching-for-Bay-Area-Telecom-Vandals-527764/?kc=rss - Connectivity was restored April 10 to tens of thousands of land line, cellular and Internet customers of several telecom companies in the San Francisco Bay Area following the vandalism of underground fiber-optic telephone and Internet cable lines at four locations on April 9. AT amp;T pledged...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/With-Connectivity-Restored-Police-Searching-for-Bay-Area-Telecom-Vandals-527764/?kc=rss Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:09:46 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/ATT-Offers-100000-Reward-for-Conviction-of-Bay-Area-Telecom-Vandals-437552/?kc=rss - REDWOOD CITY, Calif. AT amp;T has pledged a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of vandals who cut underground fiber-optic telephone and Internet cable lines April 9. The felony vandalism disrupted service to tens of thousands of people in five Northern California...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/ATT-Offers-100000-Reward-for-Conviction-of-Bay-Area-Telecom-Vandals-437552/?kc=rss Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:34:46 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Skype-for-Apple-iPhone-Rings-True-in-Labs-Tests-291112/?kc=rss - At CTIA in Las Vegas March 31, Skype continued to make good on its pledge from earlier in the year to deliver the Skype application to a wide selection of mobile smartphone platforms this time releasing Skype 1.0.1 for Apple iPhone. Despite some limitations in the current iPhone platform, Skype wor...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Skype-for-Apple-iPhone-Rings-True-in-Labs-Tests-291112/?kc=rss Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:09 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/VOIP-Growth-Remains-Strong-Despite-Recession-207028/?kc=rss - Recession? What recession? While the dismal economic climate cripples one industry after another, the prognosticators at industry research firm IBISWorld claimed March 30 that voice over IP services are still going strong and currently top IBISWorld's top 10 list of industries expected to have th...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/VOIP-Growth-Remains-Strong-Despite-Recession-207028/?kc=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:45:56 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Nortel-Siemens-Grow-Unified-Communications-Offerings-782193/?kc=rss - Nortel Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications are rolling out enhanced software and services aimed at easing enterprise deployment and management of unified communications technology. Nortel March 25 unveiled the latest release of its Communications Server 1000, which offers greater inte...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/VOIP-and-Telephony/Nortel-Siemens-Grow-Unified-Communications-Offerings-782193/?kc=rss