Vendors reacting as VoIP nets mature

All the week's VoIP news and analysis, 09/14/05
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Network World's VoIP News Alert

Vendors reacting as VoIP nets mature, 09/12/05

Vendors are readying tools that move beyond helping companies
prep their networks to handle VoIP and that focus instead on how
well VoIP networks are running.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-von.html?nl>

EBay to acquire Skype for $2.6 billion, 09/12/05

Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire Internet
telephony company Skype Technologies for $2.6 billion, the
companies announced Monday.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-ebay-skype.html?nl>

How one county designed a state-of-the-art VoIP communications
infrastructure, 09/12/05

How one IT exec designed a $2.5 million communications
infrastructure that is looked upon by the state of South
Carolina as the model other county governments should follow
when creating advanced E911 systems.

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091205-voip-e911.html?nl>

Opinion: Voice just keeps getting worse at filling the coffers,
09/13/05

In this day and age of "unlimited" local and LD services, of
multi-1000 minute cellular plans and rollover minutes, it's hard
to get too excited about the prospects of new voice and triple
or even quadruple play services as a big driver of service ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7063>

Weblog: VoIP management maturity, 09/13/05

has reached the point at which IT managers are readying to buy
tools to manage it. Voice applications pose unique challenges to
data networks, and in the past, vendors focused on helping
enterprise IT managers prepare their nets for the performance
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/management/009968.html?nl>

Layer 8: Vonage runs VoIP sweepstakes, 09/13/05

Vonage is taking a page from Amazon.com's promotional book and
will have "ultimate performing sports heroes" show up at select
customer's homes to install their VoIP. The sweepstakes is
being...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/009957.html?nl>

Review: Z-Connect VoIP phone - Yuck, 09/12/05

At $90 the Soyo Z-Connect G668 is one of the cheapest complete
VoIP phones available. If it wasn't for the lousy documentation
and messed up features we'd like this device. As it is, it is
flawed and ugly.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7064>

Opinion: Avaya banking on SOA, SIP, 09/12/05

Avaya last week brought its top executives to Boston to give
industry analysts an idea of where the company is going, a
vision heavy on software advances and service-oriented
architecture.

<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/091205edit.html?nl>

Opinion: Logitech ships smart mouse, 09/12/05

Plus: IOGear ships USB speakerphone; Gateway delivers 14-inch
widescreen tablet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7065>

Weblog: e-Bay buys Skype, 09/12/05

2.6 billion is a lot of money to pay for anything, but for e-Bay
to pay that much for VoIP phone company Skype, whose business
model is to make money connecting its users to the traditional
phone network, shows a lot of confidence in VoIP. The more ...

<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/009962.html?nl>

Weblog: Vonage hits 1 million paying customers, 09/12/05

VoIP service provider Vonage , which at the very least has won
the name-recognition contest among U.S. VoIP carriers, says it
has logged a significant milestone: it's 1 millionth paying
customer. Not bad for a company started two and a half years ago
...

<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/009961.html?nl>

Layer 8: China moving to block VoIP, 09/12/05

It's safe to say China is just not a big fan of the Internet.
First, there are the country's strict controls on Web site
access, freedom of speech, Internet cafes...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/009944.html?nl>

Are eBay and Skype a good fit?, 09/08/05

Why would an online auction company be interested in buying an
Internet telephone company?
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-ebay.html?nl>

Report: EBay may buy Skype for $2 billion to $3 billion,
09/08/05

In a move that could mark a big strategy shift for the online
auction company, eBay is in talks to acquire Internet telephony
company Skype Technologies for between $2 billion and $3
billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, quoting
...

<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/090805-ebay-skype.html?nl>

Newsletter: VoIP and E-911: The FCC steps in, 09/07/05

Continuing our conversation from the last newsletter, we're
featuring some comments from our colleague, Jim Cavanagh, one of
the leading experts on the issue ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7066>

Newsletter: Quarterly VC survey: VoIP is hot, 09/07/05

U.S. venture capital firms are betting heavily on VoIP.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7067>

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