Wednesday, September 21, 2005

What IMS promises enterprises and carriers

All the week's VoIP news and analysis, 09/21/05
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Network World's VoIP News Alert

What IMS promises enterprises and carriers, 09/26/05

The latest buzzword in telecommunications isn't the name of a
box, an application or a service. Instead, IMS is a way of
organizing all those elements and more.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-ims.html?nl>

Users discuss big VoIP rollout risks and rewards, 09/20/05

Enterprise telecom managers in the thick of some of the biggest
VoIP rollouts in the industry spoke of the challenges and --
hopefully, they say -- bottom-line benefits of converged
voice/data infrastructure during a panel at the Voice on the Net
show ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-voip-von.html?nl>

AOL offers VoIP service, 09/20/05

America Online announced Tuesday it will offer a VoIP service
starting Oct. 4, entering a heated race for Internet-based
telephone services.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092005-aol-voip.html?nl>

VON: Microsoft, Qwest team up on VoIP, 09/20/05

Microsoft and Qwest Tuesday revealed they are collaborating to
provide VoIP and other telecommunications convergence services
to small and medium-sized businesses, making Qwest the first
service provider to leverage Microsoft's recently launched VoIP
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7423>

Avaya buys P2P VoIP maker Nimcat for $46 million, 09/19/05

Avaya this week bought Nimcat Networks, a maker of peer-to-peer
IP phone software, for $46 million.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7424>

Radio: Video distribution and RSS, 09/19/05

We're joined on the program by Robert Petty, CEO and co-founder
of ROO, a company that serves video from multiple content
providers through its rootv.com Web site. Petty is here to talk
about the challenges of video distribution and how RSS is being
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/research/2005/0919radio.html?nl>

Wireless: Volunteers give voice to evacuees, 09/19/05

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a volunteer group of network
and wireless experts has moved from outfitting small
northeastern Louisiana shelters with wireless Internet access
and VoIP phones to preparing a desperately needed 45M bit/sec
wireless ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7425>

Siemens to restructure IT and telecoms units, 09/19/05

Job cuts have been rumored for months at Siemens Business
Services, the money-losing IT services arm of Siemens. Now
they're official: 2,400 over the next two years.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7426>

Cisco targets SMBs with convergence, 09/19/05

Cisco this week is expected to launch bundled IP voice and
switching gear for small and midsize businesses looking to roll
out converged networks quickly and at a low cost.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7427>

EBay bid shows promise of VoIP, 09/19/05

The $2.6 billion purchase of Skype last week by eBay further
cements VoIP as an industry-altering business technology. The
deal raises the public profile of VoIP just as Fall VON 2005
opens its doors this week in Boston, where service providers
will ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-von.html?nl>

Siemens Business Services to remain intact, 09/16/05

Siemens Business Services, the money-losing IT services arm of
Siemens, plans to reduce costs by trimming its personnel and
service offerings, but has no intention of spinning off the
entire company into a partnership, a company spokesman said
Friday.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7428>

Volunteers rebuild Gulf Coast communications with wireless nets,
09/16/05

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a volunteer group of network
and wireless experts has moved from outfitting small
northeastern Louisiana shelters with wireless Internet access
and VoIP phones to preparing a desperately needed 45M bit/sec
wireless ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7429>

House committee floats broadband bill, 09/15/05

The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee
on Thursday released a draft version of a telecommunications
reform bill that would define all broadband services as equal
for regulatory purposes.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7430>

Newsletter: Nortel, Microsoft strengthen partnership, 09/14/05

In addition to the VoiceCon Fall announcements and
demonstrations we highlighted last time, today we'd like to
point to news from Nortel and Microsoft, which ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert7431>

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