Legislation enacted to protect emergency calls via VoIP; Microsoft free tool monitors voice quality

Convergence & VoIP News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Pingtel - A Bluesocket Company Open Source IP Communication Whitepaper Proprietary voice solutions are expensive. Businesses looking for next generation phone systems find that there are few truly open solutions, as equipment prices and ongoing fees lock in proprietary products. Open source VoIP sets a new trend that includes vendor choice, rapid technology development, and lower up-front and ongoing costs. Network World's Convergence & VoIP News Alert, 11/07/07 Legislation enacted to protect emergency calls via VoIP, 11/05/07: Emergency triple zero calls from VoIP services are covered under legislation that formally came into effect in Australia Monday. Microsoft releases free tool to monitor voice quality, 11/01/07: Microsoft Wednesday released a free module for its just released Office Communications Server 2007 that lets users troubleshoot voice quality issues by monitoring network performance in real-time. The Network World IT Buyer's Guides provide comprehensive, detailed information on how to select, test, buy and deploy thousands of network and IT products. The new Network World IT Buyer's Guides offer even more features than before, here's just one that's worth checking out: VoIP Security Products Find the Best Audio Conferencing System Download this whitepaper, "Navigating a New Generation of Conference Phone Solutions," to learn how to select the right audio conferencing system to meet your business needs. Discover what to look for based on the size of the room the system will reside, the types of meetings that the system will support and number of participants. Get all of the details today. Click Here for More Information Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 19, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter's subject. The Convergence & VoIP Newsletter, written by analysts Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick, will be merged with the VoIP News Alert and will be named the Convergence & VoIP Alert. You'll get Steve and Larry's analysis of the convergence and VoIP market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day's convergence news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Mondays and WedneWAN + WAN ALertsdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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