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| EU scrutinises VoIP blocking cases |
| Wednesday Nov 12, 2008 filed under : VoIP News |
VoIP calls.
According to a report in the International Herald Tribune, EU antitrust authority the European Commission has sent questionnaires to phone companies about the practice.
The geopolitical body is seeking to ascertain which tools have been used to "control, manage, block, slow down or otherwise restrict or filter" Internet-based voice calls.
Business news network Bloomberg is said to have obtained a copy of the questionnaire sent out by the EC, though the document does not identify any individual companies.
Addressing the potential motivation for blocking VoIP for business calls, Gartner research director for mobile devices Carolina Milanesi said: "Mobile carriers are worried about the short-term impact and the cash cannibalisation on voice calls."
But according to Marcel Smits, the chief financial officer of KPN, such a strategy is actually counterproductive.
"These products really enlarge the market," he is quoted by the International Herald Tribune as having said. "People use Skype differently than they use their normal phone."
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| South Korea leads way in VoIP portability |
| Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 filed under : VoIP News |
| South Korea's Communications Commission has introduced number portability between PSTN and VoIP service providers, Ovum.com reports.The Asian nation will now allow personal and business telecommunications users to switch from fixed-line to VoIP-based packages without changing their number.It is making the move in a bid to shore up demand for small business VoIP in particular, aiming to boost the uptake of IP PBX and related business telecoms.read more |
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| First VoIP over WiMAX service launched |
| Monday Nov 10, 2008 filed under : VoIP News |
| In a move that will have a significant impact on the ability of remote workers to carry out business telecommunications work, the first VoIP over WiMAX service has been launched.Utah-based firm Alianza Corp has been developing its integrated VoIP/UC platform for a number of years and has now teamed up with commercial WiMAX network supplier BridgeMAXX.Working in partnership, the two companies have released BridgeMAXX VOICE, which Voip Planet says could be the first WiMAX-based VoIP service ever to be brought to market.read more |
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| Small businesses 'recognise benefits of VoiP' |
| Monday Nov 10, 2008 filed under : VoIP News |
| Increasing numbers of small businesses are recognising the financial and productivity benefits offered by adopting VoIP telecommunications solutions, it has been claimed.Writing in Computer Weekly, Sue Hogg, director of Microsoft UK's information worker business group, asserted that it is wrong to think of VoIP solutions as "the exclusive domain of the enterprise".Pointing to a far wider uptake of the technology, she insisted that VoIP is just one of several communications technologies which allow small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to optimise their operations.read more |
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| US firm develops VoIP voting system |
| Monday Nov 10, 2008 filed under : VoIP News |
| San Diego-based firm Everyone Counts has outlined its plans to deploy VoIP technology for election voting purposes, VoIP Planet reports.The company cited the case of Australian military personnel who used a trial version of the telecommunications solution to register their vote in a recent federal election.While just 22 per cent of serving personnel registered their vote when given the option of doing so via mail, that figure skyrocketed to 75 per cent when the VoIP solution was presented as an option.read more |
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