Review: Is Microsoft OCS your next IP PBX? Verizon nears convergence goal

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by ShoreTel eBook: IP Telephony from A to Z Get the book on VoIP, from vendor evaluation and selection to ensuring reliability and security. Whether you're considering a rollout or you've already deployed, you'll quickly get up to speed on the most important IP telephony issues and factors. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 06/25/07 Review: Is Microsoft Office Communications Server your next IP PBX? 06/25/07: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007: Your next IP PBX? Beyond E911: 21st century emergency services, 06/20/07: Johna Till Johnson's Eye on the Carriers: All telecom service providers should be required to provide E911 services, even VoIP companies. The fixed-mobile convergence state of the nation, 06/20/07: We’ve been holding our breath for a long time now waiting for signs of progress with fixed-mobile convergence. Luckily, we have extra large lung ... Executive Guide - VoIP: No Turning Back Discover how real-work enterprises are deploying VoIP via several case studies Click here for more information. T-Mobile, Truphone: disconnected over VoIP, 06/19/07:  A U.K. start-up specializing in offering Internet telephone service via certain Nokia Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones is making few friends with mobile operators, signaling tension ahead in the high-stakes mobile-phone industry. Verizon nears convergence goal, 06/20/07: Verizon Business will announce vendors it has selected for its converged core router architecture and its next-generation multiservice access edge in the third quarter, according to officials interviewed at the NXTcomm conference. Verizon debuts fixed-mobile services, 06/20/07: Verizon this week unveiled three fixed-mobile convergence services at the NXTcomm conference.

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